Repeat Offender - How to have a bad day go REALLY bad.

[LordRaiden]

Taken from the Darwin Awards under the personal accounts section.

Man, I feel sorry for this guy, but man, is this ever funny!

I recently created three opportunities to remove myself from the gene pool. God must have appreciated the humor I provided that day, as I was allowed to survive to share my experience with others.

(1) While working on the electrical system in my basement, I decided to remove an outlet without shutting down the circuit. I began unscrewing the outlet with my hand on the shaft of the screwdriver. The screwdriver slipped and jammed into the main wires, sending 120-volt vibes through my body. Fortunately, my convulsions jerked me free, but I stumbled into a tool shelf, and power saws, drills, and other heavy objects rained down on me.

(2) Scraped, bruised, and stunned, I collected my wits and decided I had been wrong to neglect shutting off the circuit. The fuse box was located in the ceiling, of all places. I climbed a stepstool beneath it, reached up with one hand, and released the safety catch. The 5-lb wood door swung down and smacked me in the face, breaking my nose and knocking me off the ladder and onto the concrete floor.

(3) Now I was mad. I grabbed the nearest object, a crescent wrench, and whipped it at the fuse box. It ricocheted from the fuse box door to the basement window, shattering the window and sending shards of glass everywhere. Still stunned from the blow from the fuse box door, I walked barefoot across the floor...

After bandaging my feet, cleaning various scrapes and wounds, and staunching the blood flow from my nose, I called it a day.

 

[Jmmsbnd007]

Ouch.

 

[DanFungus]

wow:Q

 

[ThaGrandCow]

Makes me feel a bit better

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

hehe what a dumbass

 

[ThreeLeggedGnome]

bad day, not dumbass. We all have one.

 

[Zim Hosein]

:Q , suddenly my life ain't so bad after all

 

[Adul]

damn that is a bad day but damn was it ever funny

 

[Heisenberg]

Wow, that guy should've quit while he was behind.

 

[LordRaiden]

Yes, that one is definately good. The darwin awards for this month are a total riot. You guys should read some of them.

 

[ROTC1983]

Holy crap :shocked;

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: ThreeLeggedGnome
bad day, not dumbass. We all have one.

sorry, but anyone who goes around inside an outlet that still has power, with a metal object, barefoot, is a DUMBASS

 

[Tetsuo]

wow, that was a great day, i wish i had one like that

 

[Wallydraigle]

Wish someone would have caught it all on tape so we could watch and laugh.

 

[Amused]

My problem with the Darwin Awards is credibility. Far too many of them have proven to be ignorant urban myths (JATO car anyone?) or are unverifiable.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Amused
My problem with the Darwin Awards is credibility. Far too many of them have proven to be ignorant urban myths (JATO car anyone?) or are unverifiable.

the urban myth guys on TLC or discovery or whatever made a JATO car

 

[Azraele]

Poor guy. :Q Makes a great story though.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Amused
My problem with the Darwin Awards is credibility. Far too many of them have proven to be ignorant urban myths (JATO car anyone?) or are unverifiable.

the urban myth guys on TLC or discovery or whatever made a JATO car

I know. The "rocket experts" they used for the engines are fellow Tripoli Rocketry Association members and close to me. BTW, I use rocket engines that size (M) in a few of my rockets.

 

[ScottMac]

The ghost of Darwin is very patient, and he ALWAYS wins....

JM.02

Scott