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Wash. man electrocuted by urinating on power line
breitbart.com ^ | 301010

Posted on 03/01/2010 7:27:07 PM PST by rawhide

Edited on 03/01/2010 7:29:09 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]


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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: darwin; darwinaward; electrocuted; power; sad; urinated
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1 posted on 03/01/2010 7:27:08 PM PST by rawhide
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To: rawhide
Hold muh beer.

Zap!

2 posted on 03/01/2010 7:27:40 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Its time to CLEARLY threaten a huge, middle-class American TAX REVOLT in Tea Party signs & placards)
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To: rawhide

Talk about riding the lightning.


3 posted on 03/01/2010 7:28:29 PM PST by rabscuttle385 (Live Free or Die)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

probably not a joking matter. ouch. yikes.


4 posted on 03/01/2010 7:28:34 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Its time to CLEARLY threaten a huge, middle-class American TAX REVOLT in Tea Party signs & placards)
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To: rawhide

Shocking.


5 posted on 03/01/2010 7:29:59 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Poor guy.


6 posted on 03/01/2010 7:30:42 PM PST by unkus
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To: rawhide

Darwin award nominee.


7 posted on 03/01/2010 7:30:58 PM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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To: rawhide

finalist for darwin award...


8 posted on 03/01/2010 7:31:08 PM PST by MAD-AS-HELL (Hope and Change. Rhetoric embraced by the Insane - Obama, The Chump in Charge)
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To: rawhide

I retract my previous reply. I read in haste. That truly is a tragedy.


9 posted on 03/01/2010 7:32:33 PM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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To: rawhide

Only after reading the article do I see that it was a downed primary voltage line.

Sometimes, those can kill you just by you standing too close to them while they’re whipping around on the ground. No whiz required.


10 posted on 03/01/2010 7:33:34 PM PST by NVDave
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To: rawhide
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11 posted on 03/01/2010 7:33:38 PM PST by Delta 21 (If you cant tell if I'm being sarcastic...maybe I'm not.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

what a terrible story..50 so young, and sadly, for the friends and family he left behind, likely to be fodder for jokes in poor taste...let’s try to remember..someone died here. God Bless and comfort his family.


12 posted on 03/01/2010 7:34:18 PM PST by coloradomomba (BO stinks!)
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To: rawhide

Gives new meaning to the term, ‘lightening rod’. Yowsers!


13 posted on 03/01/2010 7:34:44 PM PST by tflabo (Restore the Republic)
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To: rawhide; Owl_Eagle; Sam's Army; Darksheare; pissant; najida; r-q-tek86; blackie; Rightly Biased; ...

SOMETIMES IDIOTS JUST OUT THEMSELVES....PING!!!!


14 posted on 03/01/2010 7:36:55 PM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.)
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick

Have you read the article?


15 posted on 03/01/2010 7:37:32 PM PST by coloradomomba (BO stinks!)
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To: rawhide

The gene pool is a trifle better.


16 posted on 03/01/2010 7:37:59 PM PST by Rembrandt (.. AND the donkey you rode in on.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Ping


17 posted on 03/01/2010 7:38:35 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Fiddlstix

Can’t happen according to Myth-Busters.


18 posted on 03/01/2010 7:40:01 PM PST by BookaT (My cat's breath smells like cat food!)
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To: rawhide

Sad story. I feel bad for his family.


19 posted on 03/01/2010 7:44:13 PM PST by samtheman
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To: coloradomomba

Quite so. RIP.


20 posted on 03/01/2010 7:45:07 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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