Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Lava Lamp Left on Hot Stovetop Explodes, Killing Man
CNN ^ | 11/30/2004 | CNN

Posted on 11/30/2004 11:52:16 AM PST by Prime Choice

KENT, Washington (AP) -- A man who placed a lava lamp on a hot stovetop was killed when it exploded and sent a shard of glass into his heart, police said.

Philip Quinn, 24, was found dead in his trailer home Sunday night by his parents.

"Why on earth he was heating a lava lamp on the stove, we don't know," Kent Police spokesman Paul Petersen said Monday.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: darwinaward; lavalamp
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-63 next last
Police found no evidence of drug or alcohol use.

Methinks they need to look harder...

1 posted on 11/30/2004 11:52:17 AM PST by Prime Choice
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Prime Choice

Isn't having a lava lamp evidence alone??


2 posted on 11/30/2004 11:53:14 AM PST by retrokitten (Hell yeah!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Prime Choice

Here's your sign.


3 posted on 11/30/2004 11:53:20 AM PST by Dems_R_Losers (Proud Reagan Alumna!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Prime Choice

More here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1290983/posts


4 posted on 11/30/2004 11:53:29 AM PST by Recovering Hermit
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: retrokitten

The most creative form of suicide ever.


5 posted on 11/30/2004 11:53:45 AM PST by RushCrush ("Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too strong." Reagan)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Prime Choice

Man Killed By Kitsch


6 posted on 11/30/2004 11:54:28 AM PST by durasell (Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Prime Choice

Yet another example of natural selection
in operation.

Darwin WAS and remains right to this day!!

MV


7 posted on 11/30/2004 11:54:45 AM PST by madvlad ((Born in the south, raised around the globe and STILL republican))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Prime Choice

Late nominee for the 2004 Darwin Award!


8 posted on 11/30/2004 11:54:46 AM PST by FreePaul
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Prime Choice

You might be a redneck if...


9 posted on 11/30/2004 11:55:09 AM PST by skaterboy (Cant wait for tomorrow cause I get better looking everyday)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Conspiracy Guy

Darwin Award nominee ping


10 posted on 11/30/2004 11:55:29 AM PST by Laura Earl (1/2way290)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Prime Choice
"Why on earth he was heating a lava lamp on the stove, we don't know,"

I seem to recall they had a tendency to "go bad"; the lava would stop flowing right. Maybe he was trying to fix it.

At any rate, is that the Darwin Awards committee coming up the driveway?

11 posted on 11/30/2004 11:55:37 AM PST by newgeezer (When encryption is outlawed, rwei qtjske ud alsx zkjwejruc.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Prime Choice
When I was in college, the night before graduation, stone drunk, I attempted to pan-fry a pseudo-chicken patty in butter on the stove in the student lounge. In trying to move it from pan to bun, I dropped the flaming red-hot sucker on the ledge of my ample belly. This prompted a blister four inches in diameter that, while I barely felt it at the time, was a painful howdy-do when I woke up the next morning.

Looks like I got off easy.

Kids, take it from your old 50sDad, Don't cook drunk!

12 posted on 11/30/2004 11:55:58 AM PST by 50sDad ( ST3d - Star Trek Tri-D Chess! http://my.oh.voyager.net/~abartmes)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: durasell
Man Killed By Kitsch

Death by tchochke?

13 posted on 11/30/2004 11:57:06 AM PST by Caipirabob (Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: skaterboy


Rednecks wouldn't own a lava lamp. Look to the granola pack.


14 posted on 11/30/2004 11:57:19 AM PST by SouthernFreebird
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Prime Choice

File this under "Don't try this at home, kids!".


15 posted on 11/30/2004 11:57:42 AM PST by GaltMeister (The only time a Democrat should be allowed in the White House is to visit the President.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: FreePaul
Late nominee for the 2004 Darwin Award!

I just read that he had a kid. Automatic disqualification for the Darwin Award.

16 posted on 11/30/2004 11:57:45 AM PST by Prime Choice (I like Democrats, too. Let's exchange recipes.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Prime Choice

Why do these dummies always live in a trailer?


17 posted on 11/30/2004 11:58:26 AM PST by sonserae
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Caipirabob

HA! LOL!


18 posted on 11/30/2004 11:58:53 AM PST by durasell (Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: 50sDad
I dropped the flaming red-hot sucker on the ledge of my ample belly. This prompted a blister four inches in diameter...

Ow-ow-ow! I'll keep this in mind as I stab myself with yet another insulin shot.

19 posted on 11/30/2004 11:59:33 AM PST by Prime Choice (I like Democrats, too. Let's exchange recipes.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: Laura Earl

I posted on this one when it was posted earlier.


20 posted on 11/30/2004 12:00:27 PM PST by Conspiracy Guy (This space is available to advertise your service or product.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-63 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson