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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: Slings and Arrows

Strong contender for a Darwin Award.

21 posted on 11/29/2015 2:07:40 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: Slings and Arrows

I’ll bet someone sets up a fund to help them rebuild.


22 posted on 11/29/2015 2:08:04 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: TexasGator

Probably was unconscious.

Hey, I open the damper and I start the fire.


23 posted on 11/29/2015 2:08:41 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

Mommy, Daddy, is it normal that the fireplace screams when you light a fire in it???


24 posted on 11/29/2015 2:09:54 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue....)
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To: Fai Mao

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire!


25 posted on 11/29/2015 2:11:17 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx)
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To: metmom

And that one guy may be a troll.


26 posted on 11/29/2015 2:11:36 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: Chickensoup

Same here. I don’t crawl in and look up to see if there are any wet.. err..intruders in my chimney.


27 posted on 11/29/2015 2:11:54 PM PST by publana (Beware the olive branch extended by a Dem for it disguises a clenched fist.)
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To: metmom

‘Tis the season.


28 posted on 11/29/2015 2:12:04 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: Slings and Arrows

They should have just turned the flame up . . . he would have come down eventually - and a heck of a lot cheaper..


29 posted on 11/29/2015 2:12:15 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx)
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To: Swordmaker
Mommy, Daddy, is it normal that the fireplace screams when you light a fire in it???

"Only if you do it right, honey."

30 posted on 11/29/2015 2:13:07 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

And more oxidized.


31 posted on 11/29/2015 2:13:33 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: Slings and Arrows

The deceased man’s identity and cause of death have not been determined....

Well I think he probably got hit by a car, or maybe shot with a large caliber revolver or he got runned over by a reindeer....


32 posted on 11/29/2015 2:14:08 PM PST by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Swordmaker
Mommy, Daddy, is it normal that the fireplace screams when you light a fire in it???


33 posted on 11/29/2015 2:14:45 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

His chestnuts twern’t the only things roastin!


34 posted on 11/29/2015 2:16:12 PM PST by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitutiion)
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To: Slings and Arrows

They probably won’t be able to tell if he is black . . .


35 posted on 11/29/2015 2:16:21 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx)
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To: Slings and Arrows

And I thought I had problems with raccoons and squirrels getting in my chimney.


36 posted on 11/29/2015 2:16:42 PM PST by RC one (....and subject to the jurisdiction thereof)
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To: metmom

And now you’ve got a zombie burger chasing you.


37 posted on 11/29/2015 2:17:42 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

“Chestnuts roasting on an open fire!”

More like Chester’s nuts.


38 posted on 11/29/2015 2:17:48 PM PST by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: RC one

Don’t forget the bats...


39 posted on 11/29/2015 2:17:52 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: NormsRevenge
He was just trying to get warm yaknow.. :-)

Mission accomplished!

40 posted on 11/29/2015 2:18:12 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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