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  • And this years Darwin Award goes to......

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mai...ead/ar-AAcBc0n

    as bad as the one who lit off a rocket from his ass many years ago.
    I'm lost without a paddle and headed up SH*T creek.
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  • #2
    Definitely a candidate...

    Just like the guy a few years ago who decided to make his own firecracker, by getting the explosives from a grenade with a chainsaw

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    • #3
      Quoth Racket_Man View Post
      http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mai...ead/ar-AAcBc0n

      as bad as the one who lit off a rocket from his ass many years ago.
      I dunno...I think this guy is a contender...

      http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/04/us/tex...igator-attack/

      "He removed his shirt, removed his billfold ... someone shouted a warning and he said 'blank the alligators' and jumped in to the water and almost immediately yelled for help," Price said.
      Also...

      Judge Price has ordered an autopsy.
      The autopsy shouldn't take long. "Primary Cause of death: Eaten by Alligator. Secondary cause of death: Stupidity."

      Hey, maybe the guy mis-read the sign. Commas can help with meaning.

      The sign said, "No swimming alligators". Maybe he thought the sign meant there were no swimming alligators in the water.
      Last edited by mjr; 07-06-2015, 04:08 PM.
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      • #4
        “I was the first one who got there. There was no rushing him to the hospital. There was no Devon left when I got there,” his brother said.
        Ow. Fuck. I didn't need to see thaaaaat >_>
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        • #5
          From the start of the article:

          A freak accident...
          No no nonononono. This was planned idiocy.
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          • #6
            LL - Are you saying that the reporter left out the requisite quote? As in "Hey! Watch this!"

            edit: He was apparently one of Disneyworld's Gaston character players.
            Last edited by EricKei; 07-06-2015, 05:30 PM.
            "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
            "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
            "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
            "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
            "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
            "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
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            • #7
              Quoth EricKei View Post
              LL - Are you saying that the reporter left out the requisite quote? As in "Hey! Watch this!"

              edit: He was apparently one of Disneyworld's Gaston character players.
              No, I'm saying that calling this a freak accident does a real disservice to genuine freak accidents. This was a situation where you could see this outcome coming from a mile away considering he was firing it through a mortar.

              And he played Gaston at the parks? Methinks he took his character role a little to seriously.
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              • #8
                Actually, the coverage I saw went tinto more details.

                Apparently he was joking around (which he had a reputation for) and had no intention of actually setting it off on his head.

                But the lighter got too close to the fuse and... Ouch.

                Still *stupid*, but not a case of injury due to what he'd *planned* on doing.

                I could see myself doing something similar when I was younger. But not with the lighter *lit*. That raises things from "Silly, but safe" to "one slip and you're history".

                He made that one slip.

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                • #9
                  Quoth mjr View Post
                  I dunno...I think this guy is a contender...

                  http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/04/us/tex...igator-attack/

                  Another article on that story

                  I think somebody misspelled the word "brain" on his t-shirt (third picture of the guy)
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                  • #10
                    His Mother now wants more strict regulations for fireworks'

                    http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medi...aws/ar-AAcGx67
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                    • #11
                      Quoth Racket_Man View Post
                      His Mother now wants more strict regulations for fireworks'

                      http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medi...aws/ar-AAcGx67
                      Interestingly, I actually went to Maine in the early-mid 1990's. My first and only trip there.

                      It was during Summer, around July 4th. And at the time, the only legal fireworks were those "sparkler" things, if I recall correctly. They had a fireworks show, but that was put on by the city.
                      Last edited by mjr; 07-08-2015, 10:57 AM.
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                      • #12
                        Quoth Racket_Man View Post
                        His Mother now wants more strict regulations for fireworks'

                        http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medi...aws/ar-AAcGx67
                        Because of course, EVERYONE is a total idiot and needs to be protected from themselves. Can't admit that she raised a moron, right?
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                        • #13
                          Quoth ComputerNecromancer View Post
                          Actually, the coverage I saw went tinto more details.

                          Apparently he was joking around (which he had a reputation for) and had no intention of actually setting it off on his head.

                          But the lighter got too close to the fuse and... Ouch.

                          Still *stupid*, but not a case of injury due to what he'd *planned* on doing.

                          I could see myself doing something similar when I was younger. But not with the lighter *lit*. That raises things from "Silly, but safe" to "one slip and you're history".

                          He made that one slip.
                          I still stand with my original statement. Granted the slip was not intentional, but he still had a functioning charge properly loaded in a mortar and had a lit lighter that he was waving around. As such, still planned idiocy.
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                          • #14
                            Wait a minute, I just lit a rocket. Rockets explode!
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                            • #15
                              I read about this on "treeware", didn't try the links. Wouldn't be surprised if he had put the shell (without the tube) on top of his head. His mother wants tighter regulations on fireworks? Captain Obvious would say "Don't get drunk and put fireworks on your head". Some people would find a way to injure themselves with the party horns that unroll when you blow into them.

                              Classic case of a redneck's last words - "Hold my beer and watch this".
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