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Two Men Seriously Burned After Lighting Fireworks In Vehicle
WFTV.com ^ | June 29, 2004

Posted on 06/29/2004 12:33:04 PM PDT by Sweet_Sunflower29

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To: Sweet_Sunflower29

Maybe someone needs to ping the "BANG! BANG! POP! POP! CRACK! POP! POP! BANG! WHISTLE! POP! BANG!" list...


21 posted on 06/29/2004 12:40:12 PM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (This Tagline Left Blank Because Protagoras is a Whiney Crybaby.)
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To: NautiNurse
With burns over 90% of their bodies, they are dead men.

Holy cats! Missed that on the first read. Man, what a horrible way to go. THE most painful possible way to die is burns.

22 posted on 06/29/2004 12:41:33 PM PDT by Lazamataz ("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
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To: NonValueAdded; mhking
Florida Today (local newspaper) says one died.


Darwin Award
Click the Pic

23 posted on 06/29/2004 12:42:00 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Lazamataz

Stupidity isn't a crime...but it frequently carries a capital sentence as its punishment, without appeal.


24 posted on 06/29/2004 12:42:47 PM PDT by Poohbah ("Mister Gorbachev, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!" -- President Ronald Reagan, Berlin, 1987)
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29

Artavis?


25 posted on 06/29/2004 12:42:50 PM PDT by YankeeinOkieville
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29

Aren't these the guys that tried to use the hair dryer in the shower?


26 posted on 06/29/2004 12:43:36 PM PDT by Spok (Just Curious)
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To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
Detectives believe an ember from a cigarette or a lit firework fell on the back seat and ignited the other fireworks.

Wasn't that in a movie I saw a while back?

"Hold muh cigarette 'n watch this?"

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

27 posted on 06/29/2004 12:43:41 PM PDT by mhking (Message to terrorists: "I've come to chew bubble gum and kick a**; and I'm all out of bubble gum...")
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To: NautiNurse

My oldest spent a few months in a burn ward... She was one of the lucky ones, however. Seeing some of the other children in there, minus ears, noses, and the like certainly gave me pause... I was there almost 24-hours a day, and sleeping was tough to come by...


In this case, however, these were adults who should have known better, but did it anyway and have now, apparently, paid a heavy price for their stupidity. I won't lose any sleep over these two idiots.


28 posted on 06/29/2004 12:46:45 PM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (This Tagline Left Blank Because Protagoras is a Whiney Crybaby.)
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To: NautiNurse

Oops, you caught me. I didn't read carefully enough.

Darwin Awards are in effect. Good luck, contestants!


29 posted on 06/29/2004 12:48:55 PM PDT by horatio
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To: stainlessbanner

Or someone bumped the cigarette and it fell into the middle of the fireworks.


30 posted on 06/29/2004 12:49:09 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29

another fireworks story from the 2000 Darwin Awards:

Keith, 34, suffered partial decapitation when he peered into the mouth of a launching tube containing what he thought was a malfunctioning aerial firework. The unlicensed pyrospectacular display was to be the grand finale of his party, and in his haste to correct the problem he placed his head directly over the opening.

After a short delay the fireworks exploded, giving both his head and his party an impromptu yet spectacular grand finale.

31 posted on 06/29/2004 12:50:02 PM PDT by zipper (Government wants superficial diversity of skin color and accents, not ideas)
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To: Lazamataz
Actually, 3º burns are essentially painless--the nerve endings are affected. 1º and 2º are painful.

Have seen fresh crispy critters alert, sitting up and chatting, until the dehydration and infection set in.

32 posted on 06/29/2004 12:50:35 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Godspeed to the new Iraqi government)
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
Fireworks Ignite In Car Killing Man, Burning Another

Pics of the car available at the link.

33 posted on 06/29/2004 12:52:47 PM PDT by csvset
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To: Chad Fairbanks

Glad to hear your daughter's story had a good ending. I have tremendous respect for nurses who work in burn units. One of the toughest jobs of all.


34 posted on 06/29/2004 12:53:52 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Godspeed to the new Iraqi government)
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To: horatio

With burns over 90% of their bodies, they're very likely to pick up their Darwin awards soon.


35 posted on 06/29/2004 12:55:23 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: NautiNurse

I agree. Gotta be pretty tough - especially when performing the debridement...


36 posted on 06/29/2004 12:57:10 PM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (This Tagline Left Blank Because Protagoras is a Whiney Crybaby.)
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To: Lazamataz
Detectives believe an ember from a cigarette or a lit firework fell on the back seat and ignited the other fireworks.

Or a blunt, perhaps?

37 posted on 06/29/2004 12:57:42 PM PDT by HenryLeeII (God blessed America when He gave us Ronald Reagan!)
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To: mhking

Opening scene of Cheech & Chong's second movie:

After siphoning gasoline into an open garbage can (this was the late '70s, remember) placed in the back seat, they start driving, and of course, go to lite a doobie up ....


38 posted on 06/29/2004 1:00:50 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: Lazamataz

And the other guy responding to me is appalled.

Just remember that you too can develop such an attitude but it takes years of practice.


39 posted on 06/29/2004 1:05:26 PM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (America's Enemies: foreign and domestic RATmedia agree Bush must be destroyed.)
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29

A true "hey, y'all, watch this" moment.


40 posted on 06/29/2004 1:06:59 PM PDT by wasp69 (Fair winds and following seas, Mr. President. We shall all see you soon.....)
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