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Frat boys + grain alcohol + oil lantern = Darwin Award Semi-Finalist.

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Fausto

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Sometimes, the gene pool needs to be cleansed with fire.

ATHENS, Ga. - A University of Georgia student was severely burned during a fraternity drinking ritual, police said.

William Flynn Miller IV, 21, was engaged in a drinking rite inside the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house early Tuesday morning when the incident happened.

The ritual involved 190-proof grain alcohol and a lighted oil lantern. Miller's clothes burst into flame, severely burning his upper torso, Athens-Clarke police said. The student, a senior forestry major from Savannah, suffered third-degree burns to his torso and hands. But his injuries did not appear life-threatening, police said.

When officers arrived on the scene, the floor of the fraternity house was littered with beer cans and bottles, folding chairs were scattered about and the odor of burned hair was in the air. Miller was on the floor and, although conscious, had skin hanging off his fingers, chest, stomach, side and back, police said.

"Mr. Miller said they were drinking and had been horsing around, and somehow - while next to an open flame from a lamp - the liquor ignited and caught him on fire," a police report said.
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Forestry major....WTF is that?

And if it's what I think it is, then how the hell does a forestry major not understand the power of fire?
 
Because Forest Rangers arn't allowed to drink grain alcohol on the job. Well, maybe in Alabama. But nowhere else.
 
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Time to send this to my friends who are Lamba Chi members. 😛
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I just posted it on a message board from my school that several LXA brothers check.
 
Everclear is amazingly flammable.

Former roommates & I caught our counter on fire once doing flaming Dr. Peppers. There was a small puddle of Everclear, somehow it got lit. We put it out easily, & there was no damage, but drunk people + highly volatile liquids + open flame don't mix.

Viper GTS
 
No, I don't think that is as much of a Darwin award type of injury. Drunk frats + Fire = Common injury. Common things don't belong in Darwin awards. This deserves a Darwin award.
 
Originally posted by: dullard
No, I don't think that is as much of a Darwin award type of injury. Drunk frats + Fire = Common injury. Common things don't belong in Darwin awards. This deserves a Darwin award.
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Yea, come on Georgia, we know you can do better than that.
 
Originally posted by: DingDingDao
Forestry major....WTF is that?

And if it's what I think it is, then how the hell does a forestry major not understand the power of fire?
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[smoky] only you can prevent forest fires [/smoky]
 
Originally posted by: K1052
Originally posted by: dullard
No, I don't think that is as much of a Darwin award type of injury. Drunk frats + Fire = Common injury. Common things don't belong in Darwin awards. This deserves a Darwin award.
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Yea, come on Georgia, we know you can do better than that.
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Hey, come on now....one state can only generate so many embarrasing headlines at a time, dammit. 😛
 
Originally posted by: Fausto
Originally posted by: K1052
Originally posted by: dullard
No, I don't think that is as much of a Darwin award type of injury. Drunk frats + Fire = Common injury. Common things don't belong in Darwin awards. This deserves a Darwin award.
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Yea, come on Georgia, we know you can do better than that.
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Hey, come on now....one state can only generate so many embarrasing headlines at a time, dammit. 😛
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I dunno. You guys certainly seem to do more than your fair share.
 
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Who the hell drinks everclear? God that stuff is nasty. It will burn your throat raw!
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I used to drink it. It was about the time I started shooting Bacardi 151 and PGA that I realized I had a drinking problem and needed to do something about it.
 
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Who the hell drinks everclear? God that stuff is nasty. It will burn your throat raw!
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A.) Everclear is possibly the best mixer. Absolutely no taste... aside from fire if it isnt diluted down enough.
B.) If you ever wake up and have just a ton of congestion in your throat (and you arent planning to drive anywhere soon), 1 full shot of Everclear will clear that right up for you.
C.) When you want to go from 0 to Drunk as soon as possible, Everclear is the answer.
 
Originally posted by: Fausto
Originally posted by: K1052
Originally posted by: dullard
No, I don't think that is as much of a Darwin award type of injury. Drunk frats + Fire = Common injury. Common things don't belong in Darwin awards. This deserves a Darwin award.
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Yea, come on Georgia, we know you can do better than that.
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Hey, come on now....one state can only generate so many embarrasing headlines at a time, dammit. 😛
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Georgia kind of sets the bar though...
 
Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
20,000 posts and still too dense to understand that a Darwin Award candidate has to die.
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Hence, my use of SEMI-FINALIST in the thread title. He didn't win since he didn't actually remove himself from the gene pool.

 
Originally posted by: Fausto
Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
20,000 posts and still too dense to understand that a Darwin Award candidate has to die.
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Hence, my use of SEMI-FINALIST in the thread title. He didn't win since he didn't actually remove himself from the gene pool.
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Wrong-o. The winner is the one who removes himself from the gene pool in the most spectacular fashion. But to even be considered for an award the same criteria apply. The SEMI-FINALISTS must die too.
 
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