"There was glass from the kitchen clear to the living room," his mom toad us...
Posted on 11/30/2004 4:57:24 AM PST by scooter2
KENT - "Philip has been a kid who tinkers with things ever since he was little," a grieving Claudia Quinn told KOMO 4 News Monday night after her son's bizarre and tragic death.
Sunday, 24-year-old Philip Quinn was tinkering with a lava lamp at his home in Kent. His girlfriend and his parents became worried when they couldn't find him and couldn't get him to answer his phone.
Claudia and Bill Quinn drove from their home in Auburn to check on their youngest son. They thought maybe he'd just overslept. They were devastated by what they found.
"I looked around the corner and saw his body slumped there in the corner and just couldn't believe what I saw," said Quinn's father.
"There was glass from the kitchen clear to the living room," his mom told us. "They said it appeared that a piece of glass punctured his heart."
Philip, in a fatal act of experimentation, had placed a lava lamp on the kitchen stove. When used properly and heated only by a small lightbulb, 40 watts in most cases, a lava lamp is essentially harmless: a mix of wax or oil and water sealed in a glass bottle with a small air space at the top of the bottle to allow for the liquid to expand under heat.
"It wasn't bubbling fast enough for him," his mom guesses. "Because when we walked in the stove was on at the lowest setting."
Even at the lowest setting the amount of heat was too much. As Philip watched the lava lamp on his stove the pressure began to build too much and too fast until it essentially exploded like a grenade, showering him with glass and sending a large shard deep into his chest.
He was found just a few feet away from the stove. He bled to death and never had a chance to call for help. The King County Medical Examiner has ruled the death accidental.
Police found no evidence of drug or alcohol use.
Philip Quinn leaves behind a 15-month old daughter. He was also the youngest of three brothers. Funeral services are planned for this Saturday.
Philip had a lava lamp,
He placed it on the stove.
Then everywhere the lava went
And Philip shoulda dove.
I'm wiping the tears from my eyes, oozing like molten lava down my cheeks. You are too funny!
LOL!
Smith-Wesson -- nice! Just don't leave it on the stove while you heat up the lava lamp, ok?
ROFLMAO. It would also be a very nice sympathy gift to the crackpot in N. Korea.
We have had one for many years with no problem. But then, we do have functioning brains here.
I cut mine in half and place it open side down in baking dish. Mine never blows up.
LOL
THAT IS HORRIBLE TO DO TO A CAT OR DOG OR ANY HOUSE PET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looks like a classic, "Hey y'all, watch this" moment, only without the audience.
Even Clark Griswold wasn't this stupid.
I'll bet the first guy he met when he got to his final destination was the guy who used his wet/dry vacuum cleaner to purge his boat bilge.
Quoting from the article:
"Philip Quinn leaves behind a 15-month old daughter."
Automatic disqualification for the Darwin Award. You have to remove yourself from the gene pool before you reproduce.
Lava lamps were banned from Army barracks for being dangerous more than 25 years ago when I was still active duty.
Ping to hilarious thread.
"There was glass from the kitchen clear to the living room," his mom toad us...
#89 is just toooooo funny!
Read #89.
Rotflmao!!! say it ain't so!
"Do not use iron while wearing garment."
LMfreakingAO!!!
ROFLMAO!!!
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