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Teenager tried to cut up missile with an axe
Ananova ^
| 3/31/2005
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Posted on 03/31/2005 12:01:48 PM PST by Red Badger
Ananova:
Teenager tried to cut up missile with an axe
A teenager who found a cloud-seeding missile was almost killed when he tried to cut it up for scrap metal with an axe.
Milan Petrov, 16, from Vinica, Macedonia, found the missile in a forest near his house and brought it home to cut up for scrap metal.
But he was badly injured when it blew up after he hit it several times with a heavy axe.
Doctors said he was lucky to be alive, adding: "It's a miracle that he wasn't blown to bits along with the rocket."
He is now in a stable condition and recovering in hospital.
Weather modification rockets are used to directly influence hail-producing or rain-bearing clouds by dispersing ice-forming chemical agents.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: axa; darwinaward; darwinwannabe; missle; teen
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Careful with that axe, Eugene........
To: Red Badger
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posted on
03/31/2005 12:03:00 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(MILAN: I SET UP ME THE BOMB.)
To: Red Badger
Darwin Award nominee... honorable mention for a failed attempt.
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posted on
03/31/2005 12:03:20 PM PST
by
AFPhys
((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
To: Red Badger
Wile E Coyote's long lost human cousin?
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posted on
03/31/2005 12:03:40 PM PST
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear tipped ICBMs: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol.)
To: Red Badger
Gotta love those "Self-taught Bomb Diffusion Experts"
To: spetznaz
I think the "gremlins" from the old Bugs Bunny cartoons would be more appropriate.
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posted on
03/31/2005 12:05:00 PM PST
by
RasterMaster
(Saddam's family were WMD's - He's behind bars & his sons are DEAD!)
To: Red Badger
"He blowed up real good."
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posted on
03/31/2005 12:05:18 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
To: Red Badger
Another "Hold ma beer" moment.
To: Red Badger
Never bring an axe to a...oh never mind.
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posted on
03/31/2005 12:07:14 PM PST
by
Gefreiter
(When seconds count, the police are minutes away.)
To: RasterMaster
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posted on
03/31/2005 12:08:09 PM PST
by
Constitution Day
("If you could understand Morse Code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.")
To: AFPhys
I wonder if he learned anything from this lesson.
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posted on
03/31/2005 12:08:17 PM PST
by
SmithL
(Proud Submariner)
To: AFPhys
You are way too hard on him. Did the rocket specifically have a "DO NOT STRIKE WITH AXE" warning label on it? If not, then this is an obvious case of corporate negligence.
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posted on
03/31/2005 12:09:44 PM PST
by
SampleMan
("Yes I am drunk, very drunk. But you madam are ugly, and tomorrow morning I shall be sober." WSC)
To: Constitution Day
"What's all the hubbub ... bub"
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posted on
03/31/2005 12:10:09 PM PST
by
bassmaner
(Let's take the word "liberal" back from the commies!!)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
03/31/2005 12:10:24 PM PST
by
NRA1995
("The Minuteman Project: doing the job our government doesn't want to do")
To: RichInOC
It looks like either the rocket solid propellant was sensitive to axe concussion, or [if the rocket was a dud with propellant having been burnt out], he might have axed through the explosive charge in its payload. The latter is more likely, for if the focket propellant blew up (there's more of it) his injuries would have been worse.
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posted on
03/31/2005 12:10:55 PM PST
by
GSlob
To: Red Badger
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posted on
03/31/2005 12:12:04 PM PST
by
null and void
(innocent, incapacitated, inconvenient, and insured - a lethal combination for Terri...)
To: Kenny Bunkport
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posted on
03/31/2005 12:12:55 PM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
To: SampleMan
You are way too hard on him. Did the rocket specifically have a "DO NOT STRIKE WITH AXE" warning label on it? If not, then this is an obvious case of corporate negligence. I know you jest, but i would not be surprised if some crooked lawyer chased down this dude and try to represent him in a lawsuit. And they would use that same argument. It is really ridiculous how the lawyer culture has made common sense obsolete! NOwadays warning labels have to be written for everything.
And depending on where the court is located this dude might even be rewarded for pain and suffering!
It seems as if it is no longer stupid to be stupid these days. Eg pouring hot coffee on one's lap equates to enough money to take a year long vacation in Europe!
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posted on
03/31/2005 12:14:05 PM PST
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear tipped ICBMs: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol.)
To: Red Badger
Wasn't there a Bill Cosby routine about a kid in school, a hammer and a bullet?
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posted on
03/31/2005 12:14:12 PM PST
by
rabidralph
("I want that."--Wife in Napoleon Dynamite)
To: RasterMaster
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