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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.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: boom; darwinaward; donttrythisathome; heywatchthis; holdmuhbeer; ifihadahammer; imadumbass; johnhenrywannabe; nottoobrightami
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To: Al Gator
First he got hammered, then he got bombed, then he got wasted. Now he is dead drunk.
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posted on
08/09/2006 12:31:25 PM PDT
by
keithtoo
(Israeli defense strategy "Cogito Ergo Boom!")
To: Mount Athos
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posted on
08/09/2006 12:31:32 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(Confucius say man who go through turnstile sideways going to Bangkok)
To: Mount Athos; aculeus; Senator Bedfellow; Thinkin' Gal; Billthedrill; Larry Lucido; mhking; ...
“My kind of people!”
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posted on
08/09/2006 12:31:59 PM PDT
by
dighton
To: Mount Athos
One way to eliminate the idiot gene pool.
To: youngjim
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posted on
08/09/2006 12:32:39 PM PDT
by
Protagoras
("Minimum-wage laws are one of the most powerful tools in the arsenal of racists." - Walter Williams)
To: youngjim
Another Darwin award candidate bites the dust.Obviously recessive for the "Wait A Minute, WTF Was I Thinking About Doing Here?!" gene.
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posted on
08/09/2006 12:32:48 PM PDT
by
Stultis
(I don't worry about the war turning into "Vietnam" in Iraq; I worry about it doing so in Congress.)
To: Mount Athos
Note to self ... when need to open an RPG only have this done by a trained professional.
To: dennisw
This clown should get the industrial grade Darwin Award
And after that, they need to retire the Darwin Award. Who can top this one?
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posted on
08/09/2006 12:34:22 PM PDT
by
murdoog
To: Mount Athos
"Hey, Mr. Owl! How many hits does it take to get to the center of a RPG?"
"Let's find out. Ah-one [clink!], ah-two-oo [clink!], ah-three [clBOOM!]..."
...Ah-three.
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posted on
08/09/2006 12:34:28 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(...who obviously spent way too much time in front of the tube as a kid.)
To: Mount Athos
Maybe this guy wasn't that stupid. After all, he could have tried using a rope or a stick of butter instead.
To: Mount Athos
Was this guy a relative of Max Cleland???
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posted on
08/09/2006 12:36:27 PM PDT
by
Polyxene
(For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
To: Mount Athos; All
How do you say "Here, hold ma' beer!" in Portuguese?
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posted on
08/09/2006 12:37:06 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jazzy
(God Bless the United States of America and all that defend her hard earned freedom!)
To: Mount Athos
I just have to shake my head and chuckle....
LMAO.... Dumb and Bomber
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posted on
08/09/2006 12:38:30 PM PDT
by
fedupjohn
(If we try to fight the war on terror with eyes shut + ears packed with wax, innocent people will die)
To: Mount Athos
This is a very sad story - what if one of those damaged cars parked outside had been yours? That would have ruined my whole day, had one of them been mine.
To: Squantos
Guess he should have used a multi-tool.
To: Mount Athos
...and his last words were
Hey, hold m'beer and watch this.....
To: youngjim
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posted on
08/09/2006 12:39:41 PM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: AFPhys
I don't think so. He appears to have been merely stupid; for the "most deserving" designation a good dose of malice is needed - and this has not been documented in him, at least on this thread.
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posted on
08/09/2006 12:39:46 PM PDT
by
GSlob
To: Mount Athos
I have to wonder what this guy was thinking.. lol
"Oh look its an RPG, I always wondered what was inside of one of theses things.. I know what I'll do.. I have this hammer... and.. BOOOMMMMMMMM" hahahaha
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posted on
08/09/2006 12:41:03 PM PDT
by
eXe
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: Mount Athos
Everyone knows you should use only a ballpean hammer on RPG's.
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posted on
08/09/2006 12:41:08 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(California bashers will be called out)
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