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Star Wars fans burnt by petrol-filled 'light sabre'
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| 24/05/2005
Posted on 05/23/2005 6:07:59 PM PDT by TheOtherOne
Star Wars fans burnt by petrol-filled 'light sabre'
By Stewart Payne
(Filed: 24/05/2005)
A man of 20 and a girl aged 17 were engulfed in flames when a home-made Star Wars "light sabre" exploded and showered them with burning petrol.
Mark Webb and Shelley Mandiville are thought to have filled a fluorescent tube with fuel to imitate the weapons in the latest Star Wars film Revenge of the Sith, released at the weekend. But their clothing caught fire and Mr Webb suffered 40 per cent burns.
Firemen were called to woodland near Hemel Hempstead, Herts, on Sunday and found them on the ground. Police think they had been filming themselves.
Last night they were in a critical condition at a specialist burns unit at Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: darwin; darwinaward; lightsabre; ouch; starwars; starwarsnerds; stupid
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To: TheOtherOne
They lit a light tube to make a light sabre?
Wellllll; THAT makes (Snicker; cough!) sense.
I think it was REALLY a very cunning plan to get free morphine for a few weeks.
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posted on
05/23/2005 10:05:17 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(The world needs more work horses, and fewer Jackasses!)
To: Right Angler
"What a maroon!"
It's MAROOM. Bugs Bunny said, "Maroom."
22
posted on
05/23/2005 10:06:52 PM PDT
by
righttackle44
(The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
To: TheOtherOne
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posted on
05/23/2005 10:07:05 PM PDT
by
Brett66
(W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1)
To: TheOtherOne
WTH did Portman shave her head for?
24
posted on
05/23/2005 10:07:47 PM PDT
by
Brett66
(W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1)
To: Brett66
a remake of some cartoon as a movie. I'm not enough of a geek to know which one. But, she's cute nonethelesss.
To: TheOtherOne
...thought to have filled a fluorescent tube with fuel...The glass in those things is ridiculously thin....well, I don't think these idiots were physics scholars anyway....
26
posted on
05/23/2005 10:26:05 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(A champion of dance, my moves will put you in a trance, and I never leave the disco alone.)
To: Brett66
"WTH did Portman shave her head for?"
Why? Lice.
27
posted on
05/23/2005 10:28:38 PM PDT
by
Busywhiskers
(We need an open season on RINO. The herd has gotten too big.)
To: TheOtherOne
Tragic, but hysterical.
I wonder if Lucas will get sued.
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posted on
05/23/2005 10:30:32 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
To: Busywhiskers
Portman shaved her head?
I didn't notice.
To: TheOtherOne
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posted on
05/23/2005 10:52:58 PM PDT
by
freepatriot32
(If you want to change government support the libertarian party www.lp.org)
To: TheOtherOne
...Hemel Hempstead, Herts, To be renamed Webb-Mandiville, Hurts.
To: righttackle44
To: TheOtherOne
Sounds like a Vonage commercial to me. (Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo-hoo!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I actually find this much more entertaining than those commercials. I am sure it is just a matter of time 'til we hear of them causing seizures, like flashing lights.
WHOOhoo wooHOOO WOoooHooo
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WHOOhoo wooHOOO WOoooHooo
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To: TheOtherOne
People do stupid things...
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
People do stupid things... Everyday, without fail.
To: pissant; dead
This thread has it all.....burning geeks, nipples and shaved heads.
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posted on
05/24/2005 9:48:32 AM PDT
by
Feiny
(Serving You Sarcasm....cause you deserve it.)
To: feinswinesuksass
LOL. and a near Darwin outcome!
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posted on
05/24/2005 9:57:33 AM PDT
by
pissant
(I've got a headache)
To: Viking2002
And to think, when we were that age, all we tried to do was light our own farts......... What do you mean TRIED...???
8^)
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posted on
05/24/2005 11:04:18 AM PDT
by
The SISU kid
(Defiantly coloring outside the lines since 1964)
To: TheOtherOne
Gee.... an these kids are the "superior techno-geek know-it-alls" who look down at non-geek folks? LOL
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posted on
05/24/2005 4:04:28 PM PDT
by
cowboy_code
(Live by the Code!)
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