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Janesville Teen Hurt by Shrapnel in Toilet Explosion
Janesville Gazette ^
| August 27, 2004
| Gazette Staff
Posted on 08/28/2004 3:40:35 PM PDT by Chummy
Janesville teen hurt by shrapnel in toilet explosion
(Published Friday, August 27, 2004 02:00:01 PM CDT)
Gazette Staff
A Janesville teen injured by shrapnel from an exploding toilet was treated and released at Mercy Hospital on Thursday.
The 19-year-old, who will be a sophomore this fall at UW-Madison, told police she had lit an M-80 firecracker inside the home because "she just wanted to see what would happen," according to police reports.
After she lit the firecracker, she threw it into the toilet to try to extinguish it, but the M-80 exploded. The explosion amputated the tip of her middle finger and injured the pad of her left thumb. "Porcelain shrapnel" also injured her foot, according to reports.
The woman told police she had found the M-80 while working over the summer at the Janesville city landfill.
TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: explosion; explosive; fireworks; janesville; madison; uw; wisconsin
Well, good thing she wasn't more seriously hurt, but "UW-Madison" tied along with this tale of another Darwin Award winner lends one to think another Kerry voter may have been its star attraction.
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posted on
08/28/2004 3:40:37 PM PDT
by
Chummy
To: Chummy
Let me be the first.."What, NO Purple Heart?"
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posted on
08/28/2004 3:41:16 PM PDT
by
ken5050
(Bill Clinton has just signed to be the national spokesman for Hummer..)
To: ken5050
Ooooo, FAST response! Good one!
Yep, Just For Kerry got that first one for something like this, now didn't he?
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posted on
08/28/2004 3:42:17 PM PDT
by
Chummy
(RepublicanAttackSquad.biz: "A vote 4 Kerry is a vote for Osama")
To: Chummy
Yep, Just For Kerry got that first one for something like this, now didn't he?
Actually, no. This young woman was actually injured.
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posted on
08/28/2004 3:49:24 PM PDT
by
kenth
To: ken5050
You didnt serve on the same swift toilet as her and you are funded by republicans I demand you retract and apoligize for this smear tactic.
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posted on
08/28/2004 4:22:26 PM PDT
by
aft_lizard
(I actually voted for John Kerry before I voted against him)
To: Chummy
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posted on
08/28/2004 8:09:57 PM PDT
by
RippleFire
("It was just a scratch")
To: Chummy
She is an obvious liberal who never learned how to do these things in grade school, where you're supposed to, so I will explain it:
- Post lookouts
- Wait for someone important to take their constitutional
- Light M80 or cherry bomb
- Flush down adjacent toilet
- Get away from the pending geyser
- Watch the sh*t hit the fan
Been there. Done that and the principal deserved it!
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posted on
08/29/2004 9:10:22 AM PDT
by
pt17
To: Chummy
The 19-year-old, who will be a sophomore this fall at UW-Madison, told police she had lit an M-80 firecracker inside the home because "she just wanted to see what would happen," according to police reports.
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Another Mensan enrolled in one of our esteemed & hallowed institutes of higher learning. |
Maybe next semester she'll swallow the lit M80 to see what will happen.
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posted on
08/29/2004 9:14:03 AM PDT
by
Fintan
(Who took the cork off my lunch????.)
To: Chummy
None of this could have happened. It is all a lie, because everyone knows M80's are illegal.
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posted on
08/29/2004 12:46:14 PM PDT
by
Indie
(Ignorance of the truth is no excuse for stupidity.)
To: Vic3O3; cavtrooper21
It's truly amazing just how dumb people are!
Semper Fi
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posted on
08/30/2004 7:37:17 AM PDT
by
dd5339
(A sheepdog, a warrior, someone who is walking the hero's path.)
To: dd5339
Hmm..you been up to Wisconsin lately?? I seem to recall something similar happening once in western Kansas...!
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posted on
08/30/2004 8:29:30 AM PDT
by
Vic3O3
(Jeremiah 31:16-17 (KJV))
To: Vic3O3
Nah, he was in Cambodia at the time.
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posted on
08/31/2004 7:00:38 AM PDT
by
cavtrooper21
("Why walk when you can RIDE!!" The "real" Cavalry motto.........)
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