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bellinghman ([personal profile] bellinghman) wrote2006-11-09 02:13 pm

Today's would-be Darwin Award winner is ...

the Sunderland man who decided to launch a rocket from his bottom on Bonfire Night.
Paramedics found the 22-year-old, bleeding and with the firework lodged inside him, after receiving reports of the incident in Sunderland.
The BBC's title: Backside firework prank backfires is a little cruel.

[identity profile] k425.livejournal.com 2006-11-09 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
He said: "We have spent a long time working with the Government to create laws that make fireworks safer and better for the public.

Sadly, you can't legislate against sheer stupidity.

[identity profile] bellinghman.livejournal.com 2006-11-09 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, you could, but as we all know, stupid people don't pay any attention to the natural laws, so why start obeying the man-made ones?

[identity profile] jacobsmills.livejournal.com 2006-11-09 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe he mistook an "l" for an "i" on the packaging where it said Bottle Rocket.


Shuffles feet. I'll go now ;O)

[identity profile] bellinghman.livejournal.com 2006-11-10 09:33 am (UTC)(link)
Bad, Bad boy!