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Man sues Walmart over gas can explosion (Darwin award)
KOIN.com ^ | 02/25/2015 | AP

Posted on 01/26/2015 8:44:56 PM PST by aimhigh

The Register-Guard reports Daniel Rowlett is seeking $13 million. He says Walmart sold him a plastic can produced by Blitz USA that exploded as he poured fuel into a burn barrel in October 2013. He suffered burns over nearly half his body.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: fire; gas; napl; walmart
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To: Arthur McGowan
In order to win the Darwin Award one must become incapable of passing on one’s DNA.

If he burned off his p*nis in the process doesn't that make at least a finalist? Maybe even first runner-up.

41 posted on 01/27/2015 4:32:15 AM PST by Tonytitan
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To: aimhigh

One time I pulled up to the gas pumps at a gas station only to look over and see a Darwin contender leaning down pumping gas into a 5 gal. can while smoking a cigarette. I hadn’t turned off the car yet so I put it back in drive and drove to another gas station.


42 posted on 01/27/2015 4:58:15 AM PST by MagnoliaB
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To: Kenny Bunk

LOL, I’m sorry for your loss.


43 posted on 01/27/2015 5:06:27 AM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

I have a burn ring in my backyard. How do I light it? A double handful of Match Lite charcoal.


44 posted on 01/27/2015 5:54:52 AM PST by fredhead (Join the Navy and see the world.....77% of which is covered in water.)
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To: aimhigh

More “pussification” of the male gender at work. My old dad taught me the difference between gasoline, charcoal lighter fluid, and diesel fuel. He explained how to store and handle each and the precautions to take when using them. He always preached “Safety First”.

Never forget, fathers and father figures are important in the lives of young men. Mom never knew the first thing about these subjects, nor did we care, because dad had taught us the manly art of starting a fire safely without burning down the neighborhood.


45 posted on 01/27/2015 6:45:32 AM PST by Texicanus (Texas, it's like a whole 'nother country.)
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To: upchuck
Don’t you have to be dead to win a Darwin Award?

No, just removing your capability to procreate will do it. If'n your stupidity removes/injures your meat and two veg, and you can't use 'em anymore to procreate, you qualify.

46 posted on 01/27/2015 7:58:25 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: RichInOC
1. Pour first, then light.

Where's the fun in that?

47 posted on 01/27/2015 8:00:51 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: Kenny Bunk

Don’t forget to sue the flip-flop manufacturer..Clearly they were complicit...And the importer that brought the defective footwear into the US...


48 posted on 01/27/2015 9:20:09 AM PST by elteemike (Light travels faster than sound...That's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak!)
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To: taxcontrol

Best summation so far, Sir! IMHO...


49 posted on 01/27/2015 9:21:27 AM PST by elteemike (Light travels faster than sound...That's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak!)
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To: fredhead
I have a burn ring in my backyard. How do I light it? A double handful of Match Lite charcoal.

Are you seriously?

50 posted on 01/27/2015 12:44:26 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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To: elteemike

Algonquin J. Calhoun, Esq. will leave no tern unstoned.


51 posted on 01/27/2015 2:07:56 PM PST by Kenny Bunk
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
I’m sorry for your loss.

Yeah right. I didn't see any money on gofundme for the funeral expenses.

52 posted on 01/27/2015 2:10:15 PM PST by Kenny Bunk
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To: Kenny Bunk

Uh, the check is in the mail. ;^)


53 posted on 01/27/2015 2:14:12 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: Kenny Bunk

I use the firm of Duwee, Cheatem and Howe myself...

Never let me down yet...


54 posted on 01/27/2015 6:04:56 PM PST by elteemike (Light travels faster than sound...That's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak!)
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To: aimhigh

Aren’t you supposed to pour the gas BEFORE you light the fire? And what prevents things from going ka-boom in the barrel if you light gasoline-soaked fuel in a barrel?


55 posted on 01/27/2015 7:22:41 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Je suis Charlie, you miserable Islamist throwbacks!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
And what prevents things from going ka-boom in the barrel if you light gasoline-soaked fuel in a barrel?

I weep for your deprived childhood! Did you not practice the flaming arrow thing? Goes KABOOM, you are 25 yards up wind .... hopefully. Jolly fun.

My epic trick one dark and stormy night: pouring gasoline ... rather a lot ... into a ancient hollow walnut tree infested with giant green hornets. Stepping off a few yards, I launched ye olde flaming arrow. You wanna talk KABOOM? Suddenly the night sky was filled with flaming kamikazi hornets making for the cedar-shingled house and barn roofs. Spectacular, really. Bloody tree burned for days, as did my posterior. Blaming it on my sister did not work.

She may be suing me for defamation, but since this happened in '57, Algonquin J. Calhoun, Esq., my infallible guide in all things legal, has advised me to forget about it.

56 posted on 01/27/2015 8:14:57 PM PST by Kenny Bunk
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