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Suspected burglar stuck in Huron home’s chimney dies after residents light fire
Fresno Bee ^ | November 28, 2015 | Rory Appleton

Posted on 11/29/2015 1:55:29 PM PST by Slings and Arrows

A man who apparently got stuck in the chimney of a Huron home during a botched burglary attempt died Saturday after the homeowners lit a fire in the fireplace, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said.

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To: Paladin2

Didn’t this guy ever read the 3 little pigs? Didn’t he remember how it ends? Dumb crooks.


101 posted on 11/29/2015 4:58:58 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: RipSawyer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIBTg7q9oNc


102 posted on 11/29/2015 5:05:13 PM PST by Paladin2 (my non-desktop devices are no longer allowed to try to fix speling and punctuation, nor my gran-mah.)
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To: uncitizen

He didn’t have a great exit strategy because he burned though every other choice until the fireplace was the only way out.


103 posted on 11/29/2015 5:05:31 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Slings and Arrows
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose...

Hm. Let's try that again.

And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose...

... HELP!

104 posted on 11/29/2015 5:08:05 PM PST by Ken H
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To: Slings and Arrows

Did he ever try smoking in the boys room when he was younger?


105 posted on 11/29/2015 5:08:41 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Radagast the Fool

Been a long time since anyone sang that song to me!

Laughing madly!


106 posted on 11/29/2015 5:42:45 PM PST by Chickensoup (“If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so.” Jef)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Well done. Literally.


107 posted on 11/29/2015 5:48:35 PM PST by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (I love my dog, but a .45 is man's best friend...)
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To: Chickensoup

“You are a careful and responsible human being.”

My wife convinced me that it was better to always check the draft after I smoked up her living room one day!


108 posted on 11/29/2015 7:29:15 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: Slings and Arrows

Metallica: Gimme fuel, gimme fire, gimme that which I desire!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjlABVwlkTM


109 posted on 11/29/2015 8:34:14 PM PST by Redcitizen
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To: piytar
I have heard of people in restaurant chimney's but house chimneys tend to be what 10 12 inches across, maybe they are are bigger in California
111 posted on 11/30/2015 4:29:04 AM PST by Nailbiter
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To: TexasGator
OTOH, didn’t the owners check the draft before lighting the fire?

Bingo! No draft, no fire.

112 posted on 11/30/2015 12:05:34 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Beware of the grievance-industrial complex)
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