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Man dies opening grenade with sledgehammer
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| Aug 8 2006
Posted on 08/09/2006 12:23:06 PM PDT by Mount Athos
A Brazilian man died on Tuesday when he tried to open what police believe was a rocket-propelled grenade with a sledgehammer in a mechanical workshop on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.
Another man who was in the workshop at the time of the explosion was rushed to a hospital with severe burns, a police officer told Reuters. The workshop was destroyed and several cars parked outside caught fire.
Police found several unexploded army issue rocket-propelled grenades in the workshop. They believe the ammunition had been brought there by scavengers wanting to sell them as scrap metal, but they also are investigating a possible link to Rio's heavily armed drug gangs who often raid military bases.
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To: Mount Athos
note to self: do not try to open hand grenade with sledgehammer
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posted on
08/09/2006 7:08:24 PM PDT
by
chilepepper
(The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
To: null and void
I did a bit of digging and found the old officialdarwinawards.com site on The Wayback Machine at archive.org
Here's the link
I'd post the page source, but it misbehaves in preview, and I'm not inclined to hand-fix a bunch of HTML unless I'm getting paid to do so.
102
posted on
08/09/2006 7:27:08 PM PDT
by
George Smiley
(This tagline has been Reutered. (Can you tell?))
To: Mount Athos
Ooops, another missing link.
103
posted on
08/09/2006 7:40:24 PM PDT
by
fish hawk
(Terror : in a cave in Afghanistan. Treason: in a cave-in , in the Democratic Party)
To: chilepepper
note to self: do not try to open hand grenade with sledgehammerI can see it now, his family sues the RPG maker, wins, now they have to put "caution do not open with sledgehammer" on them... : ) <<< me
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posted on
08/09/2006 7:53:27 PM PDT
by
stopsign
("What great fortune for government, That people don't think"....Der Fuhrer. Hummm.... : ) <<< me)
To: Mount Athos
Whaddaya mean Impact Detonator?
105
posted on
08/09/2006 8:04:13 PM PDT
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Mohammedism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
To: Freedom_Fighter_2001
Note to self: Don't try thisEver again....
/johnny
106
posted on
08/09/2006 8:28:48 PM PDT
by
JRandomFreeper
(D@mmit! I'm just a cook. Don't make me come over there and prove it!)
To: null and void
Creatively removing or irreparable damaging one's tinkle toys suffices.... Technically. However, the folks on the Cult of the Father Darwin list would disagree. Then again, they are a twisted lot, though I've seen some posts on the list that were absolute works of art.
107
posted on
08/09/2006 8:29:31 PM PDT
by
zeugma
(I reject your reality and substitute my own in its place. (http://www.zprc.org/))
To: Mount Athos
How do we know the entire story isn't made up ?
Its from the Reuters news wire afterall.........
108
posted on
08/09/2006 9:24:26 PM PDT
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
To: Mount Athos
Man dies opening grenade with sledgehammer
109
posted on
08/10/2006 2:09:11 PM PDT
by
mhking
("Lotion -- apply directly to your skin; Lotion -- apply directly to your skin...")
To: SAMWolf
Buggs Bunny: Hey Mac. Lemme have a WHACK at it!
110
posted on
10/17/2006 12:34:01 PM PDT
by
Al Simmons
("I leave Japanese film in your hands." - Akira Kurosawa to Takeshi Kitano, 1998)
To: Mount Athos
What a maroon. I use a rubber hammer.
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