Post by aric on Nov 12, 2006 3:50:19 GMT -5
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Why, that poor man! It's terrible that he was hurt like that *snicker* We should all be sympathetic to his plight despite his foolishness *snort* and try to keep in mind that he didn't ... deserve ... what was ... coming to him ....
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And to think, the guy's a soldier coming from Iraq. You'd think he'd be more careful about dangerous explosives. I may just be a cruel ogre, but I think the guy's an idiot and doesn't warrant a lot of sympathy.
My two cents.
BTW, what those sickos did to that partridge is incredibly disturbing. I'd watch out for people like that. The kind of callous attitude towards violence against an animal demonstrated by whomever perpetrated it is, to me anyway (I don't know the precise psychology of it), a good indication of how they might treat people in certain circumstances.
- Aric
MAN INJURED BY LAUNCHING FIREWORK FROM HIS BOTTOM
Mark Oliver and agencies
Thursday November 9, 2006
Guardian Unlimited
A man has suffered severe internal injuries after trying to launch a powerful firework from his bottom on bonfire night, it emerged today.
It was thought that the 22-year-old was trying to copy a scene from the 2002 film *chocolate*: The Movie, which has long been condemned by safety campaigners and blamed for inspiring dangerous pranks.
The man is reported to have got down on all fours, lowered his trousers and fixed a Black Cat Thunderbolt rocket to himself in front of a group of friends at the end of a firework display in the Monkwearmouth area of Sunderland on Sunday.
Fuzzy mobile phone footage shows a blinding white flash and the group of spectators laughing.
In the *chocolate* film, a rocket is launched in this way without causing injury, but the Sunderland man - a soldier who has just returned from Iraq - was not so lucky.
One witness described how he stood up and initially appeared to be unhurt, but then stumbled and fell to the ground, and it became clear he was bleeding. Paramedics and police were called to the scene.
A spokeswoman for the North East Ambulance Service said: "We received a call stating there was a male who had a firework in his bottom and it was bleeding. He was attended to and taken to Sunderland Royal hospital."
The man, whose injuries include a scorched colon, is still in hospital.
Safety experts were incredulous. A spokesman for the Firework Association said he had never heard of an incident like it in 45 years. He added: "This sort of thing is beyond belief.
"We have spent a long time working with the government to create laws that make fireworks safer and better for the public. This incident is very concerning but hopefully an isolated one."
A spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) said: "It's so unfortunate that someone is now paying the price for the misuse of fireworks.
"Let's not forget these are explosives. They come with specific instructions about how they should be used."
The RoSPA said a quarter of injuries from fireworks were caused by people carrying out pranks in the street.
In another bonfire night incident at Ham Hill Country Park near Yeovil, Somerset, a partridge was killed after fireworks were strapped to its body. A park ranger said the bird had been "blown apart".
The RSPCA has appealed for information.
Mark Oliver and agencies
Thursday November 9, 2006
Guardian Unlimited
A man has suffered severe internal injuries after trying to launch a powerful firework from his bottom on bonfire night, it emerged today.
It was thought that the 22-year-old was trying to copy a scene from the 2002 film *chocolate*: The Movie, which has long been condemned by safety campaigners and blamed for inspiring dangerous pranks.
The man is reported to have got down on all fours, lowered his trousers and fixed a Black Cat Thunderbolt rocket to himself in front of a group of friends at the end of a firework display in the Monkwearmouth area of Sunderland on Sunday.
Fuzzy mobile phone footage shows a blinding white flash and the group of spectators laughing.
In the *chocolate* film, a rocket is launched in this way without causing injury, but the Sunderland man - a soldier who has just returned from Iraq - was not so lucky.
One witness described how he stood up and initially appeared to be unhurt, but then stumbled and fell to the ground, and it became clear he was bleeding. Paramedics and police were called to the scene.
A spokeswoman for the North East Ambulance Service said: "We received a call stating there was a male who had a firework in his bottom and it was bleeding. He was attended to and taken to Sunderland Royal hospital."
The man, whose injuries include a scorched colon, is still in hospital.
Safety experts were incredulous. A spokesman for the Firework Association said he had never heard of an incident like it in 45 years. He added: "This sort of thing is beyond belief.
"We have spent a long time working with the government to create laws that make fireworks safer and better for the public. This incident is very concerning but hopefully an isolated one."
A spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) said: "It's so unfortunate that someone is now paying the price for the misuse of fireworks.
"Let's not forget these are explosives. They come with specific instructions about how they should be used."
The RoSPA said a quarter of injuries from fireworks were caused by people carrying out pranks in the street.
In another bonfire night incident at Ham Hill Country Park near Yeovil, Somerset, a partridge was killed after fireworks were strapped to its body. A park ranger said the bird had been "blown apart".
The RSPCA has appealed for information.
Why, that poor man! It's terrible that he was hurt like that *snicker* We should all be sympathetic to his plight despite his foolishness *snort* and try to keep in mind that he didn't ... deserve ... what was ... coming to him ....
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HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
And to think, the guy's a soldier coming from Iraq. You'd think he'd be more careful about dangerous explosives. I may just be a cruel ogre, but I think the guy's an idiot and doesn't warrant a lot of sympathy.
My two cents.
BTW, what those sickos did to that partridge is incredibly disturbing. I'd watch out for people like that. The kind of callous attitude towards violence against an animal demonstrated by whomever perpetrated it is, to me anyway (I don't know the precise psychology of it), a good indication of how they might treat people in certain circumstances.
- Aric