July's Darwin awards has a strong contestant
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Yeah f
k those alligators. "Orange County Justice of the Peace Rodney Price told CNN affiliate KFDM that Woodward ignored verbal warnings and a posted "No Swimming Alligators" sign and seemed to mock the deadly creatures before going in the water.
"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. "
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/04/us/texas-alligator-a...
great idea
That'll show 'em!
ianrb said:
When I was a kid we used to "launch" fireworks from a cardboard tube placed on the shoulder like some sort of missile launcher. Worked great until one stuck in the tube, took me a second or two to work out it was still in there at which point I dropped the tube and legged it. The tube exploded like nothing I've seen before or since! TX.
Wow. Being stupid hurts.
ianrb said:
Edited by Pesty on Sunday 5th July 21:08
Was this his cousin? As its a pretty good contender.....
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/u-man-shoots-off-firewor...
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/u-man-shoots-off-firewor...
Terminator X said:
When I was a kid we used to "launch" fireworks from a cardboard tube placed on the shoulder like some sort of missile launcher. Worked great until one stuck in the tube, took me a second or two to work out it was still in there at which point I dropped the tube and legged it. The tube exploded like nothing I've seen before or since!
TX.
A couple of mates and I found a bit of straight piping so bought half a dozen rockets and hid near a bus stop. The test was to fire the rocket at the bus so that it hit it once on the move. Not as easy as it sounds.TX.
The first rocket went well, but missed the bus by some distance. The second was a bit more accurate.
This was in the 1950s, and the buses had an opening at the back, just like Routemasters, but older.
The rocket went in the entrance, up the stairs, hit the roof and then exploded.
The bus was full of people coming home from work. My assumption is it scared one or two of them. It certainly scared us. We ran away but the local bobby, no idiot, came to cub night, called me and my friend, also Derek, to the front and then hit us round the head. It really hurt, almost like a punch.
That, though, was it. I didn't tell my parents as the rocket attack on buses might have come up.
Tremendous fun. I thorougly recommend it as a hobby.
McTory said:
"identified by DNA from his toothbrush" not really enough left to be that messy. Anyway, he can't be a darwin award nominee, he was a father of two. Cannot fathom what led up to that happening.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff