Posted on 02/22/2021 5:48:31 PM PST by nickcarraway
A dad-to-be in upstate New York was killed when a device he was building for a gender reveal party exploded, state police said Monday.
Christopher Pekny, 28, was working on the device for his child’s gender reveal party in the Catskills town of Liberty when it blew up just before noon on Sunday, cops said.
The blast killed Pekny and injured his brother, 27-year-old Michael Pekny, who was treated for his injuries at the Garnet Medical Center in Middletown, according to police.
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He couldnt just unroll a banner or fill up some balloons with helium?
This is terrible news. A baby born without a loving father.
What a shame. May God bless the mother and child.
These gender reveal parties are ridiculous
Cue the Caddyshack, “Well? We’re waiting”, pic.
Poor guy. Poor wife. Poor kid. Having said that, I’ve never seen anything so stupid as these gender reveal fiascos. Honestly, it’s either one or the other, if you’re a normal person.
Actually, I’m surprised that there has been no law suits about the other 57 or however many genders there are lol. I guess there isn’t because you don’t determine your own gender until much later. Shouldn’t we be holding our own gender reveal parties when we decide for ourselves?
Last year one of those parties caused a huge wildfire in Southern California.
New York Dad to Be Killed by Exploding Gender Reveal Device
figure out the punctuation ...
“New York Dad-to-Be Killed by Exploding Gender Reveal Device”
This happens for too often!
Too late for a Darwin Award.
This happens far too often!
FGS go back to food color in the cake mix
Before this one, somebody’s cannon blew up and the shrapnel killed a guest. When did a simple baby announcement turn into the Battle of Vicksburg?
I thought a gender reveal party was where a guy(girl) revealed that they were a girl(guy). What are they called?
Millennials: The Stupidest Generation.
And that’s saying a lot after all the damage the Boomers did to their brains in the 60’s...
I know. This is crazy. We managed to survive a long time as a species without this.
Shouldn’t have used that WWI cannon.
Well now he wil at least be free from divorce rape and having his kids poisoned against him.
Shes panicked though, her beta wallet’s gone.
Ya know, if you’re born stupid, your sperm should know that and react accordingly.
Darwin award winner.
Don’t keep us in suspense. Is it a boy or a girl?
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