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Boy Scout Gets Knife Lodged In Brain
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| December 23, 2005
Posted on 12/23/2005 11:23:24 AM PST by jdm
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To: RedBeaconNY
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posted on
12/23/2005 1:31:10 PM PST
by
BostonianRightist
("Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue." ~ Senator Goldwater)
To: jdm
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posted on
12/23/2005 2:25:53 PM PST
by
solitas
(So what if I support an OS that has fewer flaws than yours? 'Mystic' dual 500 G4's, OSX.4.2)
To: RedBeaconNY
The LDS church is heavily involved in scouting activities, so I'd guess that Utah has a very large number of scouts, per capita.
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posted on
12/23/2005 2:27:51 PM PST
by
andyk
(Fear my strategery of misunderestimation.)
To: jdm
Did you look at all of the pictures? Why did they have to cut open the top of his head?
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posted on
12/23/2005 2:28:49 PM PST
by
andyk
(Fear my strategery of misunderestimation.)
To: Airborne1986
That's true!!! Good observation...
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posted on
12/23/2005 2:31:52 PM PST
by
jdm
(I'm not blunting.)
To: andyk
As a member of the LDS church and an Eagle scout, I can verify that, but it doesn't mean that Utah scouts have to have a high accident rate.
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posted on
12/23/2005 3:24:12 PM PST
by
RedBeaconNY
(Vous parlez trop, mais vous ne dites rien.)
To: RedBeaconNY
As a member of the LDS church and an Eagle scout, I can verify that, but it doesn't mean that Utah scouts have to have a high accident rate.
LOL! I was just trying to say that with a higher per capita number, you would expect more accidents than other areas. I personally don't think that the scouts seem to have more accidents in Utah. I think it's just because there's so much wilderness that's enjoyed by so many people, especially bikers, climbers, and skiers, that they're bound to have more accidents.
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posted on
12/23/2005 3:32:50 PM PST
by
andyk
(Fear my strategery of misunderestimation.)
To: andyk
Mmmmm... I need to go camping more. I'm still trying to figure out why the leader had an open Leatherman Micra in the first place(I carry one on my keychain; it takes a good 10 seconds to pull out the INCH LONG blade), and if he had to throw it, how did he possibly throw it so hard as to put it an inch into a kid's skull?
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posted on
12/23/2005 3:37:37 PM PST
by
RedBeaconNY
(Vous parlez trop, mais vous ne dites rien.)
To: andyk
Curiosity?
Most likely they 'topped' him to make sure everything was OK inside - the article DOES mention that the blade missed an artery by 2mm...
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posted on
12/23/2005 4:04:10 PM PST
by
solitas
(So what if I support an OS that has fewer flaws than yours? 'Mystic' dual 500 G4's, OSX.4.2)
To: Clint N. Suhks; SandRat
He's lucky to be alive. I wonder what the SM was doing with his knife before the other boy fell?
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posted on
12/23/2005 6:04:50 PM PST
by
Coleus
(Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, birds, algae)
To: jdm
There's going to be a whole lot of Adult and Youth training going on on the Rules of Safe Scouting and I would suspect that all Adult and youth Toten Chits just got canceled and will have to be reearned.
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posted on
12/23/2005 6:17:06 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: jdm
“That's the best spot you know, if you're going to have a knife in your head,” said Kevin. I'm putting that at the very top of my most-useless-facts file.
Glad the kid's going to be okay!
To: jdm
Another fine story of the glory that is Scouting.
At least he survived to live another day. Too many this year were *not* so lucky.
Maybe we should do a "2005 the year in Scouting" review.
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posted on
12/23/2005 11:59:58 PM PST
by
newzjunkey
(Remember the less fortunate this season: "U.S. Marines Toys for Tots" "Salvation Army")
To: Halls
Treat the acne? What for? It's not going to kill him.
Unlike, let's say... Scouting!
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posted on
12/24/2005 12:02:54 AM PST
by
newzjunkey
(Remember the less fortunate this season: "U.S. Marines Toys for Tots" "Salvation Army")
To: jdm
Wow. Glad the Scout will be ok.
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posted on
12/24/2005 12:07:05 AM PST
by
MarMema
(He will bring us goodness and Light.)
To: JennysCool
I think teachers and journalists are in a battle to see who can be the stupidest.
To: andyk
That's my question also. The kid should have instinctively just pulled the thing out.
And if the leader with an open knife in his hand needed to catch someone, he would instinctively simply drop the knife, not throw the thing so hard it penetrates a skull 15 feet away.
I think Darwin must have skipped by this town.
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posted on
12/24/2005 5:08:45 AM PST
by
zeebee
To: newzjunkey
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posted on
12/24/2005 6:26:31 AM PST
by
Halls
(Never forget Terri Schiavo!!!!!!!!!)
To: Airborne1986
The sister seems to be really broken up about her brother's accident. She looks like she is posing for the family Christmas picture!
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posted on
12/24/2005 6:30:17 AM PST
by
Fintan
(MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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