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| Posted by: Shamalama 20-Apr-2004, 09:37 AM |
| Man dies after a game of "Let's set fire to the rug and see who stays in the house longer" --- An intoxicated Davis Park man died after he lit a rug on fire and challenged his roommate to see who could stay in the house on Fire Island longer Saturday night, Suffolk County police said. Police said Thomas Woods, 59, ignited the rug in his house at 9 Driftwood Walk sometime before 8 p.m. As the fire spread, Woods fired one or two rounds from a pre-World War I Mauser pistol, said Det. Sgt. Ed Fandrey of the Suffolk County homicide squad. Police do not know why he fired the gun. When the fire began spreading dangerously, Woods' roommate, Rod Bennett, ran to a neighbor's house to call 911 a few minutes after 8 p.m. Volunteers from the Davis Park Fire Department responded, along with neighbors who tried to extinguish the blaze with garden hoses and anything else they could find. But it was too late. "All of a sudden, flames shot up," said one neighbor, Nancy Buglino. "The whole sky was lit up." A total of 75 firefighters from neighboring Fire Island departments as well as Blue Point and Patchogue eventually responded, some traveling across the Great South Bay by ferry. The fire was brought under control in 40 minutes. Full story at: http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/longisland/ny-lifire193764196apr19,0,610694.story?coll=ny-linews-print |
| Posted by: Eamon 20-Apr-2004, 09:42 AM |
| One less moron on the island. Drinking and IQ's below 40 don't mix. Eamon |
| Posted by: maisky 20-Apr-2004, 09:44 AM |
| Natural selection can be effective! |
| Posted by: JaneyMae 20-Apr-2004, 10:53 AM |
| Amazing! Simply amazing how dumb, nay, stupid, nay, out there people can be!! Oh! *whispering* Maisky was there and he really set the fire! |
| Posted by: Aaediwen 20-Apr-2004, 03:58 PM |
| Might be a candidatre for the Darwin awards, if I believed it. |
| Posted by: maisky 21-Apr-2004, 07:07 AM | ||
You should point a finger! Who falls down and gets broken several times a year?  |
| Posted by: Mailagnas maqqas Dunaidonas 21-Apr-2004, 09:22 PM | ||||
Naw . . . at age 59, he would be too old for a Darwin award, which requires removing oneself from the gene pool while reproduction is still possible. Either he's already reproduced or removed himself from the gene pool long before the act in question. Either way, his
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| Posted by: Shamalama 18-May-2004, 02:24 PM |
| A Near-Miss for the Darwin Award. --- ODESSA, Texas -- A student who drank a chemical from his high school lab on a dare was recovering in a hospital, but not before a scare. The student drank the unidentified chemical on a two-dollar bet at the school, said Nancy Smith, a UMC supervisor. "We need to find out what it was from the toxicologist," Assistant Principal Ray Lascano said. "All of those materials belonged to one of the chemistry labs." The student was found last Wednesday in a school hallway, bleeding from the nose and mouth. The unidentified student, a junior at Odessa High School, was upgraded Monday from critical to satisfactory condition at University Medical Center in Lubbock. Lascano, who talked with the youth's mother Monday afternoon, said swelling in his throat had receded enough for him to talk. The student was moved from the Lubbock hospital's intensive-care unit to the pediatric unit, he said. Lascano said Ector County Independent School District officials were still investigating. Full story at: http://www.wftv.com/newsofthestrange/3317172/detail.html |
| Posted by: Shamalama 18-May-2004, 02:28 PM |
| And another Near-Miss for a Darwin --- A BUNGLING thief tried to siphon diesel from a camper van but got a mouthful of raw sewage. The would-be raider missed the fuel tank in the dark and put a tube into the van's septic tank by mistake. And after sucking up the foul-smelling waste, he threw up on the spot and fled. Pensioner John O'Hare found a puddle of vomit and an abandoned petrol container when he stepped out of the van in the morning. And last night he smiled: 'I hope the thief has learned from his experience and given up his evil ways.' John, 73, and wife May, 69 of Arden, Glasgow had spent a week touring Scotland before stopping off for the final night of their holiday in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire. John said: 'We made sure everything was safe and secure and settled down for the night. The following morning we were disgusted to find that under the cover of darkness a thief had attempted to siphon off diesel from the fuel tank. 'But fortunately for us, he was left with a nasty taste in his mouth.' John found a plastic siphon tube and an empty fuel container next to their camper. The contents of the septic tank had been drained and lay on the ground next to a pool of the thief's vomit. Also abandoned at the scene was a pile of pound coins which John believes may have been stolen from a vending machine earlier in the night. John and May donated the abandoned pound coins to Oxfam. John said: 'We hope this thief will give up robbing visitors and tourists seeking a peaceful and pleasant holiday after what happened to him.' Full story at: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=14248320&method=full&siteid=89488&headline=sucker-name_page.html |
| Posted by: Aragorn 18-May-2004, 03:23 PM |
Haha  those are real funny. It is amazing what people will do for money or attention. |
| Posted by: maisky 18-May-2004, 04:53 PM | ||
Some even become POLITICIANS and have EVERYBODY abuse them for a living! |
| Posted by: Annabelle 18-May-2004, 10:03 PM |
| Or you have a Maisky and abuse him for a living! Where is your sister? Tell her to get in here I miss her! |
| Posted by: maisky 19-May-2004, 03:46 AM | ||
 E-mail her yourself! I don't tell HER what to do. See my answer in the fishing thread, Mistress Annabell. |
| Posted by: gtrplr 19-May-2004, 09:11 AM |
| Common sense isn't very common. We seem to have an unlimited supply of stupid. (read sig for more) |
| Posted by: faolin 19-May-2004, 09:34 PM |
| I'm just so amazed that these raving idiots made it this far. All I can say is I pity their offspring if they have any, because they must be stuck with some of the worst genes in the world |
| Posted by: Richard Bercot 19-May-2004, 10:08 PM |
A few years back, I was going to run for President of the United States and start a new party called "Common Sense". But I was told that I would not get any votes because people did not know what Common Sense was anymore.  |
| Posted by: Shamalama 24-May-2004, 01:45 PM |
| Here's another Near Miss: --- Doctors say a Chinese man who swallowed a three-inch knife to fool police is lucky to be alive. Mao Kyan, 36, downed the weapon as police raided his flat searching for drugs. Keen to avoid an extra charge of possessing a weapon, he pushed the knife down his throat, where it stuck. Kyan believed it had somehow been digested, but after suffering throat pains eight months later, he went to hospital, Russian news website Pravda reported. Medics were staggered to find the knife and carried out an immediate operation to remove it. They described his survival as a miracle, adding that the knife "could have killed him at any second". Full story at: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004240004,00.html |
| Posted by: Shamalama 02-Jun-2004, 10:17 AM |
| Why you don't grill with gasoline. A family barbeque in Lehi had a horrible ending because of an explosion. Witnesses say a 40-year old man was having trouble getting the grill hot enough, so he poured gasoline on it. The fire flared and the gas can exploded, causing third degree burns on the man. He was flown to the University of Utah Hospital with burns on about a third of his body. Full story at: http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=39&sid=97542 --- OK, for those of you that don't know: Don't grill/barbecue with gasoline. |
| Posted by: tsargent62 02-Jun-2004, 11:06 AM | ||
I think of that kind of thing every time I see some door knob squirting lighter fluid on burning fire. I guy my aunt knew died that way. He was, like I said, squirting lighter fluid on a burning fire in his fire place when the flame traveled up the stream. The can exploded killing the man and burning his house down. |
| Posted by: Eamon 02-Jun-2004, 11:14 AM |
| I worry about those morons drinking beer and deep-frying with thier new Turkey Fryers. Great combination, intensly hot flame, gallons of scalding oil, propane tank...accident waiting to happen. Eamon |
| Posted by: Shamalama 10-Jun-2004, 12:32 PM |
| And for today's nominee: A Milwaukee woman has died after accidentally dousing herself in lighter fluid. Police said the woman, 31, was trying to throw the lighter fluid on her boyfriend to set him on fire, but ended up burning herself instead. Her boyfriend had only minor injuries. Police said the two were having an argument at their home on 18th and State Street. During the incident the house caught fire, and eight people are now homeless. Full story at: http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/news/3395745/detail.html |
| Posted by: greenldydragon 10-Jun-2004, 03:04 PM |
| Stupid having a horrible effect on other people (who may be smart or are just dumb to be living next to a stupid person). |
| Posted by: Shamalama 16-Jun-2004, 09:10 AM |
| Explosion smashes Lincoln man's face By Leah Thorsen An explosion heard up to a mile away from Brian Kitten's south Lincoln yard. An explosion that shot a chunk of concrete into Kitten's face, knocking him out, breaking his jaw and smashing some teeth. The fireworks show didn't go as planned. That's why Kitten, co-owner of Brewsky's, was listed in fair condition Monday afternoon at BryanLGH Medical Center West. On Friday, Kitten was in his yard at 1955 S. Pershing Road, near South 20th and Calvert streets. About 11 p.m., Kitten tried to fire an artillery fireworks shell from a homemade launcher, which was a five-gallon bucket with concrete on the bottom, police said. Maybe he incorrectly loaded the shell, which was lit by a long wick, into a tube. Or maybe it got stuck, said Ken Hilger, the city fire inspector investigating the explosion. Whatever happened, the fireworks - listed as "Class B," meaning they're intended for use at commercial shows - exploded too early. The blast sent chunks of the bucket and concrete flying in a circle, smashing through a fence, breaking windows in Kitten's house and a neighboring house - and ripping apart Kitten's face. Full story at: http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2004/06/15/local/10051063.txt |
| Posted by: Herrerano 16-Jun-2004, 01:35 PM |
| That is the Darwinian selection of people in the chemical industry. A future chemical engineer in the making. Leo  |
| Posted by: Shamalama 29-Jun-2004, 01:29 PM |
| Men Apparently Lighting Fireworks In Vehicle POSTED: 7:34 am EDT June 29, 2004 MELBOURNE, Fla -- A 23-year-old man was killed and another injured when fireworks in the back seat of their car exploded and ignited the car, according to Local 6 News. Police said Aravis Walker, 23, and Antonio Robinson, 27, were lighting fireworks and throwing them from their vehicle Mondaynight while driving in the area of Carver Street in Melbourne, Fla. At some point, an amber from a cigarette or one of the lit fireworks fell on the back seat of the car and ignited several other explosives.  Robinson was able to exit the vehicle after running into a light pole at Carver Street and Walker Street. However, Walker was not able to get of the car and sat in the car as it burned. Both men were burned over 90 percent of their bodies and transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center. Full story at: http://www.local6.com/news/3472122/detail.html |
| Posted by: Shamalama 07-Jul-2004, 11:59 AM |
| Not really a "survival of the fittest", but certainly a description of a "genius". --- A gas station in North Phoenix sold $500,000 worth of over-the-counter decongestants, whose active ingredient is pseudoephedrine, in the past year. That was more that the value of the gasoline he sold during the same period. Pseudoephedrine is the key ingredient used to produce the addictive illegal drug methamphetamine. There must be a ton of people in North Phoenix with head colds. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&ncid=676&e=6&u=/usatoday/20040706/ts_usatoday/storescrackdownoncoldmedicinemisuse |
| Posted by: Shamalama 07-Jul-2004, 12:14 PM |
| And some more genuises: Two teenagers were injured in an explosion when they used a sledgehammer to extract gunpowder from shotgun shells and bullets, police said. Authorities were investigating whether the 16-year-old boys were trying to make homemade fireworks the night of July 4. The teens were taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital with first-, second- and third-degree burns, Harris County Fire Marshal Mike Montgomery said. The hospital did not release any information about the victims. Police said the teens were grinding powder from the shells and bullets with a hammer, setting off the blast in a Harris County home. Investigators seized bullets, a homemade discharging device and a videotape the youths made to document their efforts, police said. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/07/06/national1100EDT0556.DTL |
| Posted by: Brandelynn 08-Jul-2004, 05:13 PM |
| Okay, first of all: Eamon, you may have the best avatar I have seen thus far. I *love* Stephen in 'Braveheart.' I've even tried to catch some other movies David O'Hara has been in. Meanwhile, back at the ranch..... The Darwin Awards are one of my favorite things on earth. Y'all just don't know. Here's one for ya... Darwin Award: Sequined Pastie 1998, New Jersey Burlesque clubs aren't as safe as they used to be. An unidentified 29-year-old man choked to death on a sequined pastie he had removed with his teeth from an exotic dancer at a Phillipsburg establishment. "I didn't think he was going to eat it," said a dancer identified only as Ginger, adding, "He was really drunk." If Ginger had used stronger pastie adhesive, this Darwin winner would still be swimming in the gene pool. |
| Posted by: Brandelynn 12-Jul-2004, 12:35 AM |
| Here's a Darwin Award Winner that highlights the intellect of everyone's best friend: the armed robber. Wrong Time, Wrong Place 3 February, 1990, Washington A man tried to commit a robbery in Renton, Washington. It was probably his first attempt at armed robbery, as suggested by the fact that he had no previous record of violent crime, and by his terminally stupid choices: 1. The target was H & J Leather and Firearms. A gun shop. 2. The shop was full of customers -- firearms customers -- in a US state where a substantial portion of the adult population is licensed to carry concealed handguns in public places. 3. To enter the shop, he had to step around a marked police patrol car parked at the front door. 4. An officer in uniform was standing next to the counter, having coffee before reporting to duty. Upon seeing the officer, the would-be robber announced a holdup and fired a few wild shots. The officer and a clerk promptly returned fire, covered by several customers who also drew their guns, thereby removing the confused criminal from the gene pool. No one else was hurt. |
| Posted by: BluegrassLady 12-Jul-2004, 10:14 AM |
 I just love this thread!!! Whenever I think I've done something stupid, I can come here and see some of really dumb things people are doing! Instantly makes me feel better. Please keep them coming. |
| Posted by: Brandelynn 12-Jul-2004, 01:51 PM |
| Then you'll love this one, BluegrassLady. Something we should think about adopting: South African anti-theft devices. Darwin Award Honorable Mention: Airbag Weapons April 1999, South Africa In South Africa carjacking has become popular in recent years. The South African law has lenient provisions for self-defense, and allows "lethal action" if personal property is in danger. Citizens are inventive in creating matial security systems for their cars. Poison gas, acid showers, flamethrowers, and automatic gunfire are not unknown. One such security system relied upon an airbag installed in the car roof. If a driver sat down without disabling the mechanism, the airbag would inflate and hit the victim atop his head with a force strong enough to render him unconscious. And that is exactly what happened to Pieter, who, armed with a pistol, attempted to steal this vehicle. When the airbag explosed, he thought that someone was shooting at him, and he instinctively fired the pistol twice. Unfortunately for him, his gun was still in his pocket at the time. One bullet hit his knee, and the other lodged in the base of his penis. (ow) |
| Posted by: maisky 12-Jul-2004, 03:24 PM | ||
OUCH!!! |
| Posted by: Brandelynn 13-Jul-2004, 12:34 AM |
Yes, maisky, that's an ouch. But the thief must have managed to maintain the use of his... um... appendage, otherwise it would have been more than an Honorable Mention, right? @-,-'--- |
| Posted by: BluegrassLady 13-Jul-2004, 04:55 AM |
| Oh, Brandelynn, that one was priceless!!!! You've started my morning with a big laugh!! |
| Posted by: Shamalama 14-Jul-2004, 01:20 PM |
| Here's another genius: LONDON (Reuters) - A British man who accidentally shot himself in the testicles after drinking 15 pints of beer was jailed for five years on Tuesday for possessing an illegal firearm, a court spokesman said. David Walker, 28, was arguing with a friend at a pub in South Yorkshire, northern England, when he went home to get his sawed-off shotgun, which he jammed into his trousers. But as he walked back to the pub, the gun went off, blasting pellets into his testicles. Doctors later removed what remained of his testicles during emergency surgery. Walker admitted possessing a prohibited weapon at a hearing in June at the court in Sheffield. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&e=2&u=/nm/odd_testicles_dc [no pictures available] |
| Posted by: Shamalama 14-Jul-2004, 02:06 PM |
| And another one today (is there a full moon?): Local man blows off arm with pipe bomb Andrew Greff drove to a Bismarck hospital with one arm Saturday morning after he blew apart his other arm with a pipe bomb. "I lit a pipe bomb, and it went off in my hand," the 21-year-old Bismarck man told St. Alexius Medical Center staff at about 6:30 a.m. when he ran through the emergency room doors. He said the accident happened at Kimball Bottoms, about 10 miles south of Bismarck. The explosion blew apart Greff's left arm between his hand and mid bicep, Bismarck Police Lt. Dan Donlin said. Later that day, investigators went to Greff's apartment with a search warrant. No one answered their knocks, but they found a 20-year-old man hiding in the closet when they went inside. The man was not arrested, and police would not release his name. Further investigation revealed that Greff's friend Doug Feist, of Bismarck, helped make the pipe bombs and that he and Greff were attaching them to propane tanks, Donlin said. Feist was arrested after a witness said Feist helped construct the bomb, Donlin said. Earlier this month, Greff and Feist were accused of keeping poisonous snakes in Greff's 306 N. 13th St. apartment. They both face felony reckless endangerment charges for putting neighbors in danger. Greff was out of jail on a $500 bond. http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2004/07/12/news/local/nws01.txt |
| Posted by: Brandelynn 23-Jul-2004, 12:48 AM |
| Wait a minute... Did that say 15 pints? 15? I couldn't even find the shotgun in my pants at that point, let alone pull the trigger. And I'm not a cheap drunk. Yowza! I've got another one for ya; if this guy's girlfriend argues like my husband, I can kind of understand, though...  Darwin Award: Avoiding a Fight 19 December 1999, New York A man died after falling off the roof of a moving car. He was arguing with his girlfriend during a drive home for Christmas along Interstate 88. Although the vehicle was travelling in excess of sixty-five miles per hour in the midst of gale-force winds, the man decided to exit the car onto the roof, presumably to escape from the fight. The luckless boyfriend fell to the ground, where he lay until paramedics rushed him to the hospital. He died the next day due to head injuries. The woman was charged with driving under the influence. (wonder if they'd had 15 pints, too...)  |
| Posted by: Shamalama 23-Jul-2004, 10:40 AM |
| Body found at site of home explosion Updated: 7/22/2004 10:47 PM MDT EL PASO COUNTY - Sheriff's deputies have recovered a body from the rubble of a home that exploded near Black Forest Wednesday afternoon. The house went up in flames. Thursday, searchers found the body of an adult male in the rubble. The sheriff's office isn't identifying him yet, but the owner of the home hasn't been seen since the explosion. Neighbors say he was known to experiment with rockets and fireworks. http://9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=ea53ad9c-0abe-421a-00a0-675b8a441b50&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf |
| Posted by: Shamalama 23-Jul-2004, 12:01 PM |
| Now this guy ain't dead yet, but he soon may be. WHISKEY FLATS, Texas -- A man stuffed the tails of nine live rattlesnakes in his mouth, besting his record of eight.  "I have to break my own records. Heck, there's nobody else who can do it," said Jackie Bibby. "I think I could do 12 or 13, but probably no more. My mouth is only so big." (11/21/03 AP photo) |
| Posted by: Brandelynn 23-Jul-2004, 12:35 PM | ||
Yeah..... I think the same could be said of his brain.  |
| Posted by: Brandelynn 23-Jul-2004, 01:23 PM |
| A few short-but-sweets... Darwin Award: The Bumbershoot 18 April 1999, Germany A sword-swallower died in Bonn after he put an umbrella down his throat -- and accidentally pushed the button that opened it. ----- Darwin Award: Mental Eclipse 11 August 1999, Germany A forty-two-year-old man killed himself watching the total solar eclipse while driving near Kaiserslautern. A witness saw the man weaving bach and forth as he concentrated on the partially occluded sun. Suddenly he accelerated and hit the bridge pier. He had apparently just donned his solar viewers, which are dark enough to totally obscure everything except the sun. |
| Posted by: BluegrassLady 23-Jul-2004, 01:30 PM | ||
Oh, Brandelynn, this one's priceless!! I think it's got to be my favorite! |
| Posted by: Brandelynn 24-Jul-2004, 03:58 AM |
| Did you get that interesting mental picture of the umbrella opening, the Looney Tunes-inspired one? |
| Posted by: Shamalama 24-Jul-2004, 05:39 PM |
| (Greenwood) -- A teenager is in a drug-induced coma. Thomas Jefferson, 15, is clinging to life on a ventilator following a harrowing ordeal. Authorities say it happened in front of a home in the 4300 block of Mahogany Drive in Greenwood on July 5th. "[A friend] goes and gets the gasoline, the victim takes his shirt off, he pours the gasoline on the shirt, the victim puts his shirt back on and his other friend lights him on fire,? explained Eric Brown, White River Township Fire Marshal Authorities say that happened after Jefferson and two friends ran out of fireworks and decided to try to light each other's clothes on fire. Jefferson was engulfed in flames from his head to his waist. http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2074697&nav=0Ra7P4Ho |
| Posted by: maisky 25-Jul-2004, 09:48 AM |
| This one is definitely in the "HEY, Ya'all watch this" catagory. |
| Posted by: BluegrassLady 25-Jul-2004, 10:01 AM | ||
I do! Every time I think of this one, I get a chuckle. Definately a classic! |
| Posted by: Brandelynn 26-Jul-2004, 12:03 AM | ||
Me, too. You know, I wondered why umbrellas seem to open with less force than they used to... the guy's family probably sued. It may not have happened in our great land of litigation, but maybe they'd visited recently, or something. Here's one I betcha didn't know about: Historical Darwin Award Attila the Hun was one of the most notorious villains in history. He conquered all of Asia by 450 A.D. by destroying villages and pillaging the countryside. This bloodthirsty man died from a nosebleed on his wedding night. After feasting and toasting his own good fortune, he was too drunk to notice his nose, and he drowned in a snoutful of his own blood. I guess that'd be a good example of hubris. So, how many of y'all been that drunk, honestly? |
| Posted by: maisky 26-Jul-2004, 05:19 AM | ||
I think I was, but I don't remember very much about it.  I remember waking up one morning on my back in a rice field with no memory of getting there, or where "there" was. I cautiously approached the rice farmer, who had been studiously ignoring me, and asked him where a city was. I tried several languages before he understood me. After laughing so hard he sat down, he pointed to the south and said "Bangkok". I was only a couple of miles from the edge of town. I must have wandered out there in my "cups". My buddies in the unit (we were on R&R) were usually better at keeping track of me..... I was just glad that it happened in Thailand... |
| Posted by: gtrplr 27-Jul-2004, 03:06 PM | ||
Sounds like you really "Thai'd one on". |
| Posted by: Brandelynn 27-Jul-2004, 03:15 PM | ||
Boooooooo! |
| Posted by: Shamalama 02-Aug-2004, 12:44 PM |
| Not quite a Darwin, but a Genius nonetheless. --- A Des Moines teenager charged Saturday with failure to maintain control of her car and violation of an instruction permit in a freeway crash said snacking on an ear of corn while driving did not contribute to the mishap. "I was paying attention," said Khanh Minh Thi Quach, 17. "This is very new in my life; I've never had an accident before." One of the children in the other vehicle who was hurt in the crash had just competed in the 1,500 meter racewalk event at the 2004 AAU Junior Olympics. Police Officer Robert Cornwell thought the corn snacking was important enough to mention in his report. He wrote, "Witness said (Quach) was distracted because she was eating corn on the cob while driving."  The accident occurred on the far west side of Des Moines on Interstate Highway 235. Westbound traffic was coming to a stop where lanes narrow for construction, police said. Quach said she hit her brakes "maybe too hard." Her car slid 129 feet and another westbound car driven by Charvaise Butler of Capitol Heights, Md., collided with it. Butler's husband, Zachary Butler, 34, and children Alnae Butler, 7, and Darrian Butler, 9, were taken to Iowa Methodist Medical Center for treatment. None of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening, police said. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040801/NEWS04/408010340/1001/NEWS |
| Posted by: Shamalama 18-Sep-2004, 07:15 AM |
| OK people, I enjoy an ale or a wee dram as much as the next person. And I've also spent many younger days at a major university consuming adult beverages. But this is a bit over the top. --- Officials: Dead Woman Had Up to 40 Drinks By DAN ELLIOTT Associated Press Writer FORT COLLINS, Colo. ? A 19-year-old college student drank up to 40 beers and shots of liquor in an 11-hour period before she was found dead in a fraternity house, investigators said Friday. Samantha Spady had a blood-alcohol level of 0.436 percent ? above the 0.4 percent considered potentially deadly ? when her body was found Sept. 6 at the Sigma Pi fraternity house at Colorado State University, Deputy Coroner Dean Beers said. Spady drank the equivalent of 30 to 40 12-ounce beers or 1-ounce shots of liquor, Beers said, but her death was ruled an accident and there was no evidence of foul play. Spady was found fully clothed, and her body had not been moved. Spady began drinking with companions at 6 p.m. on Sept. 5 and did not stop until about 5 a.m. the next day. Investigators said Spady and her friends started with beer but later switched to vodka. Spady's body was found in a lounge of the fraternity house by a fraternity member giving a tour the evening of Sept. 6. Beers said Spady probably died about midmorning that day. http://www.ajc.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Fraternity_Death.html |
| Posted by: Shamalama 18-Nov-2004, 02:31 PM |
| Colfax man dies following bizarre mishap at home Bee Regional Staff Published 2:15 am PST Thursday, November 18, 2004 Placer County sheriff's officers are speculating that a Colfax man who was found burned to death this month had stuck his booted feet in an oven to warm them. The boots apparently caught fire and the victim ran through the house as other clothing began to catch fire, said Lt. George Malim. The man then ran outside, fell on a pile of broken bottles, got up and tried to run again before collapsing and dying in the back yard, Malim said. "It had to be a horrible and painful death as he ran in a panic," Malim said. "He lived alone. No one was there to help." The victim, Grant John Wilson, 43, had a history of mental illness, the lieutenant said. Wilson's father discovered the body at his son's home on Placer Hills Road when he went to check on him, Malim said. It appeared the body had been there for several days, he said. Investigators found the oven turned on and its door open, leading them to believe Wilson had put his feet inside, Malim said. http://www.sacbee.com/content/community_news/placer/story/11450213p-12364276c.html |
| Posted by: Rindy1202 18-Nov-2004, 07:58 PM |
Dumb and Stupid, but interesting, thanks for sharing.  |
| Posted by: maisky 23-Nov-2004, 07:20 AM |
| SYDNEY (Reuters) - Bemused diners watched as three hapless thieves unsuccessfully tried to kick open a sliding door in a botched attempt to rob an Australian seafood restaurant, police said on Monday. The men, wearing balaclavas, ran off empty-handed but left their bootprints on the industrial-strength glass door in a robbery bid that Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio said could have been mistaken as "a rehearsal for a slapstick comedy." Police said about 20 diners watched as the men, one of whom was carrying a knife, tried to push open the door of the restaurant in the coastal village of Gerringong, 140 km (85 miles) south of Sydney, and then began kicking the glass. "They're probably more dangerous because they're dumb," police investigator Jamie Williams said. Restaurant owner Greg Moore said diners remained calm as they watched events unfold while enjoying dessert and coffee. "The door's open, the sign says 'Slide' but obviously with their balaclavas they couldn't read too well," Moore said. |
| Posted by: TheCarolinaScotsman 23-Nov-2004, 12:46 PM | ||
What makes him think the balaclavas had anything to do with it? |
| Posted by: maryellen 24-Nov-2004, 08:17 AM |
| The gene pool cleans up itself! |
| Posted by: maisky 30-Nov-2004, 06:24 AM |
| Here is another, from CNN: KENT, Washington (AP) -- A man who placed a lava lamp on a hot stovetop was killed when it exploded and sent a shard of glass into his heart, police said. Philip Quinn, 24, was found dead in his trailer home Sunday night by his parents. "Why on earth he was heating a lava lamp on the stove, we don't know," Kent Police spokesman Paul Petersen said Monday. After the lamp exploded, Quinn apparently stumbled into his bedroom, where he died Sunday afternoon, authorities said. Police found no evidence of drug or alcohol use. |
| Posted by: JaneyMae 30-Nov-2004, 11:51 AM |
Are people really this dumb? They must truly come from the shallow end of the gene pool!  |
| Posted by: maisky 30-Nov-2004, 11:59 AM | ||
Are you forgetting some of our relatives in Ririe? |
| Posted by: JaneyMae 30-Nov-2004, 12:44 PM |
 What a frightening thought! I try not to remember them...since they are all related in many ways! |
| Posted by: maisky 01-Dec-2004, 07:48 AM |
| Yes, the Hunter side of the family is definitely "tight knit". |
| Posted by: dragonboy3611 02-Dec-2004, 09:27 AM |
| When the flames shot up, it must have been the fat catching on fire! I got it now! People must have to be really, really crazy...or have something wrong with them to stay in a house that's caught on fire just to win a bet. Well he won it! Of course, lost his life in the mix. Reminds me of select people here... Just kidding! |