Almost a Darwin Award

[about_average]

A Georgia man lost his left leg below the knee while trying to make a YouTube video shooting a lawnmower full of the explosive compound Tannerite.

http://controversialtimes.com/news/...-shooting-lawnmower-full-of-explosives-video/

And here's the video of him getting hit by a part of the lawnmower that took off his leg.
https://youtu.be/S6V0S1m5a7U

 

[someoneyouknow]

Just remember folks, we're worried about terrorists getting hold of explosives.

So we sell it openly in stores.

 

[Christobal]

I'm sure the lawn mower should have had a warning label. Another case of greedy corporations misleading the consumers.

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

I'm sure the lawn mower should have had a warning label. Another case of greedy corporations misleading the consumers.

Don't get smart with us. We'll send the 12 year old girl over to pinch your butt.

 

[Sean]

Sometimes I'm amazed there are any people left alive in the US at all.

 

[Aphro]

Sometimes I'm amazed there are any people left alive in the US at all.

I've had similar thoughts myself.

 

[Jennifer]

I've had similar thoughts myself.

Yes. And we treat all of them.

 

[phrodeau]

I suppose he was stone sober when he did it, too.

 

[Christobal]

Don't get smart with us. We'll send the 12 year old girl over to pinch your butt.

Letting a 12 year old girl pinch my butt would get me my own darwin award.

 

[Saint Peter]

I was not aware there was any metal on one of those.

 

[Not Normal]

Sometimes I'm amazed there are any people left alive in the US at all.

That made me chuckle.

 

[Aphro]

Yes. And we treat all of them.

Sadly, stupidity is incurable.

 

[lovecraft68]

So a few years back, my old man(who is Polish and exemplifies many Polish jokes told as you will see) is mowing the lawn.

he's got this old freakin' mower that has all kinds of problems, but he won't buy another or take mine because he likes this one

One of the issues is a wheel is wobbly, barely on. So as he is mowing the wheel is getting worse and worse and ends up partially coming off and leaning to the side.

My father, with the mowers till running, decides to kick the wheel to straighten it and it flips over his foot which is then caught by the blade. He didn't lose any thing, but received over fifty stitches in his foot and severed a nerve in his big toe.

I agree these lawnmower companies should be held liable for these atrocities.

 

[Christobal]

I was not aware there was any metal on one of those.

snickers

 

[bronzeage]

This is why, "Hey, watch this," jokes will always be funny.

 

[Hypoxia]

"Nobody ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American people."
--HL Mencken

 

[about_average]

Sometimes I'm amazed there are any people left alive in the US at all.

You might think that, but google "people killed while staking selfies".
While Americans excel at stupid, we certainly have no exclusive ownership of the title.

Unfortunately, this particular example is local news for me.

 

[pensivepoet]

Just remember folks, we're worried about terrorists getting hold of explosives.

So we sell it openly in stores.

~and advertise it on youtube.
I'm a little surprised they didn't have someone sitting on it.
Must not be native Georgians.

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

Letting a 12 year old girl pinch my butt would get me my own darwin award.

No, you don't LET her pinch your butt. Like with the 12 year old boy she'll just do it to be funny.
If I were arrested for every girl's butt I pinched or slapped in middle school I'd still be in jail.
What's this world coming to? Yes stupidity is world wide. America does not have them all.

 

[pensivepoet]

The really funny thing is that the sheriff seems to be encouraging it but just with a wee bit more caution as in~
If you're going to put it under your neighbor's propane tank, try to be 100 yards away before shooting it.

 

[Sean]

~and advertise it on youtube.
I'm a little surprised they didn't have someone sitting on it.
Must not be native Georgians.

I had to ask LTR if you could just buy that stuff at the store.

 

[pensivepoet]

I had to ask LTR if you could just buy that stuff at the store.

I'm gonna ask Elizabeth to get me some.
I'm gettin ideas.
Hey Ms West!

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

The really funny thing is that the sheriff seems to be encouraging it but just with a wee bit more caution as in~
If you're going to put it under your neighbor's propane tank, try to be 100 yards away before shooting it.

We've had a large propane tank for the 22 years we've lived in the sticks. I used to worry about it going boom. I've only heard of one ever blowing up and I can't remember where that was.

Now some redneck will read these comments and try to blow up his neighbor's LP tank while Lulu takes a movie of it.

 

[pensivepoet]

Wouldn't it make more sense for da bad dudes to just buy this shit in a Macon hardware store, watch youtube for directions, duct tape it to a gasoline tanker, and snipe it in DC rush hour?
Or place some on a RR track outside of town. When the train comes. Kaboom!
Seems like they over think shit.
But hey! The good news is you can no longer buy lawn darts.
Thems dangerous.

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

Wouldn't it make more sense for da bad dudes to just buy this shit in a Macon hardware store, watch youtube for directions, duct tape it to a gasoline tanker, and snipe it in DC rush hour?
Or place some on a RR track outside of town. When the train comes. Kaboom!
Seems like they over think shit.
But hey! The good news is you can no longer buy lawn darts.
Thems dangerous.

We still have our lawn darts and haven't killt anyone yet!