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Homemade Sled Rocket Explodes, Man Hospitalized
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Posted on 02/01/2010 8:39:52 PM PST by Chet 99

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To: Slings and Arrows
Investigators say after consuming an unknown quantity of alcohol on Saturday night, the man constructed a device out of a motorcycle muffler filled with gunpowder and gasoline. He strapped the device to his back, donned a plastic garbage bag as a cap and a helmet, and asked another person to light a wick as he began to sled down the hill.

What he thought...

What he got...


21 posted on 02/02/2010 12:46:26 AM PST by ApplegateRanch (I think not, therefore I don't exist!)
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22 posted on 02/02/2010 12:54:33 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (Don't feed the trolls.)
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23 posted on 02/02/2010 12:58:26 AM PST by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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Homemade Sled Rocket Explodes, Man Hospitalized

He really, really wanted to join the Air Force.

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24 posted on 02/02/2010 7:30:56 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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Criminal charges are possible.

What are they going to charge him with? Terminal stupidity?

Just make him pay his own medical bills. Between that and the pain of the burns he just might learn his lesson, although that is doubtful. There isn't much hope for anyone who tries a stupid college age stunt after drinking that much, like a stupid college age student, at 62.

25 posted on 02/02/2010 12:05:30 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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"Alcohol, gunpowder and gasoline is no way to make a rocket sled, son."

26 posted on 02/02/2010 7:05:35 PM PST by mikrofon (62 y/o kid)
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