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SC cops: Man shocked, burned while chasing rabbit
The State ^ | Sep. 10, 2009 | The Associated Press

Posted on 09/10/2009 1:00:41 PM PDT by Peter Horry

GREER, S.C. -- Police in South Carolina say a man is recovering in a Georgia burn center after he chased a rabbit into a power station and was shocked with thousands of volts of electricity.

Hospital spokeswoman Olena Scarboro said Thursday that Joseph Asher of Greenville is in critical condition at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Ga.

Asher had been listed as a missing person before he walked into a Greer hospital nude and covered with burns. He was later transferred to the Georgia center.

(Excerpt) Read more at thestate.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: burnvictim; electricshock; holdmuhbeer; napl
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1 posted on 09/10/2009 1:00:41 PM PDT by Peter Horry
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To: Peter Horry

Jimmy Carter?


2 posted on 09/10/2009 1:01:18 PM PDT by bankwalker (In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.)
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To: Peter Horry

a case of a dumb bunny chasing a smart bunny where no bunny ought dare tread anyways


3 posted on 09/10/2009 1:02:28 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: bankwalker

My first thought.


5 posted on 09/10/2009 1:03:17 PM PDT by Arkansas Toothpick
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To: Peter Horry

100KV Ouch.


6 posted on 09/10/2009 1:03:17 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: Peter Horry

“he walked into a Greer hospital nude and covered with burns”....

Not the way to start your weekend....


7 posted on 09/10/2009 1:03:37 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Peter Horry
Police have released this photo of the suspect...


8 posted on 09/10/2009 1:03:37 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Peter Horry
Might as well get this out of the way:


9 posted on 09/10/2009 1:03:38 PM PDT by Unlikely Hero ("Time is a wonderful teacher; unfortunately, it kills all its pupils." --Berlioz)
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To: Unlikely Hero
Might as well get this out of the way:

Some things in life are simply necessary.

10 posted on 09/10/2009 1:04:24 PM PDT by paulycy (Screw the RACErs.)
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To: Peter Horry

When I first read the headline, I thought he was chasing a rabbi.


11 posted on 09/10/2009 1:05:04 PM PDT by Sherman Logan ("The price of freedom is the toleration of imperfections." Thomas Sowell)
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To: bankwalker

No, if it was Jimmy Carter, the headline would have read, “Man Shocked, Burn Chased by Rabbit”.


12 posted on 09/10/2009 1:05:06 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: Peter Horry
What? No Elmer Fudd pictures?
Man, a generation passes.
13 posted on 09/10/2009 1:05:17 PM PDT by IrishCatholic (No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
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To: Joe 6-pack

“What a maroon!”


14 posted on 09/10/2009 1:05:34 PM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (Why buy health insurance at all if you can't be turned down for any pre-existing conditions?)
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To: IrishCatholic

OK, that was quick


15 posted on 09/10/2009 1:05:47 PM PDT by IrishCatholic (No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
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To: bankwalker

No, Elmer Fudd.


16 posted on 09/10/2009 1:05:48 PM PDT by San Jacinto (/i)
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17 posted on 09/10/2009 1:06:42 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Peter Horry

18 posted on 09/10/2009 1:06:45 PM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: Peter Horry

GREER, S.C. — Police in South Carolina say a man is recovering in a Georgia burn center after he chased a rabbit into a power station and was shocked with thousands of volts of electricity. Hospital spokeswoman Olena Scarboro said Thursday that Joseph Asher of Greenville is in critical condition at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Ga. Asher had been listed as a missing person before he walked into a Greer hospital nude and covered with burns. He was later transferred to the Georgia center.

Yes, but how is the bunny?


19 posted on 09/10/2009 1:06:46 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I am Legend)
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To: Sherman Logan

No, he wasn’t running that briskly...


20 posted on 09/10/2009 1:06:52 PM PDT by Voter62vb
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