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Man Hurt As Homemade Rocket Explodes
clickondetroit.com ^ | EST February 1, 2010 | clickondetroit.com

Posted on 02/02/2010 12:03:24 PM PST by Westlander

Investigators said they were told by witnesses that the 62-year-old man had been drinking when he fashioned a device using a motorcycle muffler, a piece of pipe, gunpowder, match heads and gasoline.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Miscellaneous; UFO's; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: alcoholinvolved; darwinwannabe; explosion; gunpowder; holdmahbeer; holdmuhbeer; rocket; rocketman
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1 posted on 02/02/2010 12:03:27 PM PST by Westlander
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To: Westlander

Another Obama voter.


2 posted on 02/02/2010 12:05:35 PM PST by Levante
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To: Slings and Arrows

Watch This... PING


3 posted on 02/02/2010 12:06:42 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Don't fall for the Global Warming hysteria.)
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To: Westlander

Rednecks famous last words: “’ey, hold ma’ beer and watch this”.


4 posted on 02/02/2010 12:07:27 PM PST by RC one (WHAT!!!!)
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To: Westlander

Officials are considering criminal charges? If all idiots were charged as criminals, residents of congress and the White House would be in the slam.


5 posted on 02/02/2010 12:08:57 PM PST by Oldpuppymax
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6 posted on 02/02/2010 12:10:22 PM PST by TonyInOhio
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To: Westlander

The Roadrunner wins again.


7 posted on 02/02/2010 12:12:31 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (I was born in America, but now I live in Declinistan.)
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To: Westlander

Kicking Bird reinvents himself as an aspiring pyro technician I see....


8 posted on 02/02/2010 12:12:45 PM PST by Vaquero (BHO....'The Pretenda from Kenya')
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To: Westlander
Wow, I used to do that kind of crazy stuff, back when I was a kid.
I decided I wanted to keep my fingers, lol.
9 posted on 02/02/2010 12:13:03 PM PST by Kansas58
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To: Westlander
man had been drinking when he fashioned a device using a motorcycle muffler, a piece of pipe

This solves the riddle of the guy on the other thread who went to the hospital with his Wee-wee stuck in a piece of pipe!

10 posted on 02/02/2010 12:15:24 PM PST by ErnBatavia (It's not the Obama Administration....it's the "Obama Regime".)
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11 posted on 02/02/2010 12:16:13 PM PST by PrinterEagle
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To: Westlander

Let me see, gunpowder, match heads, gasoline and alcohol.

Nope, nothing could possibly go wrong with this idea....


12 posted on 02/02/2010 12:16:54 PM PST by stylin_geek (Greed and envy is used by our political class to exploit the rich and poor.)
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To: TonyInOhio

LMAO!!!! LOVE it! ;-)


13 posted on 02/02/2010 12:18:39 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I don't have a 'Cousin Pookie'.)
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To: Westlander

He should stick with safer sports.

14 posted on 02/02/2010 12:19:28 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (I was born in America, but now I live in Declinistan.)
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To: Westlander

Did the muffler have ACME on it. I can’t get this picture of Willie Coyote out of my mind.


15 posted on 02/02/2010 12:23:41 PM PST by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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To: Westlander

now c’mon....Jamie and Adam tell you at least four times per episode, DON”T TRY THIS AT HOME!!


16 posted on 02/02/2010 12:30:56 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Levante

article does not give his name....come to think of it, don’t a lot of Palestinians live in Detroit?


17 posted on 02/02/2010 12:32:46 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Oldpuppymax

I’ll show those Candadians to shut ME off at the Windsor Ballet...


18 posted on 02/02/2010 12:34:02 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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19 posted on 02/02/2010 12:54:40 PM PST by MtnMan101 (THE PROBLEM WITH SOCIALISUM IS THAT YOU EVENTUALLY RUN OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY)
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To: Westlander
Hey y'all, watch this
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20 posted on 02/02/2010 12:58:40 PM PST by ComputerGuy (Not my real name)
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