Man on fire in IL Mall had Chemcials strapped on body-Jumping 2 stories at kids waiting for Santa

Yahoo Wire ^ | November 23, 2001 | AP Top Story

[codebreaker]

Jeremy Wolf said the man appeared to have containers of cleaning chemicals strapped to his chest. He has stretched his leg over the railing as if to jump down to the center court, where hundereds of shoppers were waiting in line.

"I could literally see his face on fire," Wolf said."

The man who was not carrying any identification was taken to Rcokford's (IL.)OSF St. Anthony's medical center (from Cherryvale Mall) and was to be transferred to Loyola University Medical Center.

[cyn]

unusual purchase of cleaning chemicals, rofl. For some of us, any purchase of 'cleaning chemicals' (as they are so quaintly called) is unusual.

[RonPaulLives]

WE NEED PICTURES !!

[11B3]

I used to have the same twitch....then I got a 30 acre parcel of heavily forested property - and a backhoe. Now those family get-togethers are pretty quiet.....As soon as I develop that twitch, everybody leaves.

[LeeMcCoy]

"Now if I could just get my left eye to quit twitching. . ."

LOL! You'll be stuck with the twitch through the New Year. Then you'll have a bit of a break until Easter :)

[Catspaw]

Kind of like the bit on the WKRP in Cincinnatti show where they got the bright idea to do a Thanksgiving promotion by throwing turkeys out of a helicopter over a mall parking lot. Didn't work too well, turkeys don't fly. They splat!

"As God as my witness, I believed turkeys could fly" Herb Tarlek.

[Silvertip]

Don't worry, the ACLU commie puke factory will sue the two shoppers for violating Mr. immolation's RIGHT to burn himself to death.
They will be required to pay for the trauma hospital bill, skin grafts, psychological counseling, and occupational therapy for the rest of his life.

If they have the misfortune of being white, heterosexual, Christian males and Mr. immolation is islamic, they may even do Hate Crime time.

[CathyRyan]

No, No, No, I was there and he was screaming as g*d as my witness I think turkeys can fly...</ fed up with some idiots>

[auggy]

Sounds like another Inflamed Freeper.

[steveo]

I just knew everyone in this thread would flame this guy. (sorry someone had to say it).

[CathyRyan]

Sorry, I did not read your post before I posted.

[cardinal4]

Just in time for the Darwins to awarded.

[Catspaw]

Sorry, I did not read your post before I posted.

It's okay--it's still one of the funniest episodes of on TV I've ever seen--second only to Archie being kissed by Sammy Davis Jr.

[PatrickHenry]

What happened to the good old days, when all you needed to do was moon the crowd? This guy is a tough act to follow.

[concerned about politics]

~ Afghanistan Christmas Carol ~

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the Land,
They're running like rabbits in Afghanistan,
Osama's been praying, he's down on his Knees,
He's hoping that Allah will hear all his Pleas.
He thought if he killed us that we'd fall and Shatter,
But all that he's done is just make us Madder.
We ain't yet forgotten our Marines in Beirut,
And we'll kick your butt, with one heavy Boot.

And yes we remember the USS Cole,
And the lives of our sailors that you bastards Stole.
You think you can rule us and cause us to Fear,
You'll soon get the answer if you live to Hear.
And we ain't forgotten your buddy Saddam, You think that those mountains are somewhere to Hide.
They'll go down in history as the place where you Died.

Remember Khadhafi and his Line of Death?
He came very close, to his final Breath.
So come out and prove it, that you are a Man,
Cause our boys are coming and they have a Plan.
They are our fathers and they are our Sons,
And they sure do carry some mighty big Guns.
They would have stayed home with children and Wives,
Till you bastards came here and took all these Lives.

Osama I wrote this especially for You,
For air mail delivery by B-52.
You soon will be hearing a thud and a whistle,
Old Glory is coming, attached to a Missle.
I will not be sorry to see your ass Go.
It's Red, White, and Blue that is running this Show

[RonPaulLives]

Meanwhile, back in Afghanistan, surviving members of the Taliban just shook their heads in disbelief. "We always knew he wasn't cut out for terrorism, ever since he left the Taliban for that Sally Struthers mail-order truck-driving and crop-dusting school."

[11B3]

Nice. Thanks, I'll save that one.

[PoisedWoman]

Maybe incidents like this would be much less frequent if we hadn't (thanks to the Democrats) released tens of thousands of dangerous crazies onto the streets, and then provided virtually NO mandatory follow-up for them.

During the Reagan presidency, many loons lost their beds in hospitals and institutions in budget tightening moves. I believe that the definition of "crazy" or "certifiable" was changed, and such people were knocked off the public dole.

[Samwise]

My favorite episode. Oh...the humanity! :)

[codebreaker]

If the two Todd Beamers forced the chemicals out onto the terrorist, the ACLU could sue for that too!

[mlocher]

i hate morons who flame people for no good reason...