You should have crept up behind them and shouted Boo at the right moment.Capetonian wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2019 6:17 pmI was standing on a railway station earlier, trains going through at up to 100mph. Two morons walking right along the edge, just to be defiant, whilst there are tannoyed and shouted announcements to stand behind the yellow line.
Sod them, I'd encourage elimination from the gene pool.
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Multiple winners in India.
Seems they need a special category for selfies.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/08/asia/sel ... index.html
Seems they need a special category for selfies.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/08/asia/sel ... index.html
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They seem to have been taking selfies, thought at first they were making trunk calls.
Hat, coat, gloves, walking stick(s)...
Hat, coat, gloves, walking stick(s)...
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Guess which victims I have more sympathy for?
Clue - it's not the morons taking selfies on a dam wall.
Clue - it's not the morons taking selfies on a dam wall.
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A future potential candidate here if he doesn't buck up his safety ideas.....
https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=eHKM_1571168845
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He looked like he was doing OK but did he plug it back into a power socket? That's what it looked like to me.
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Don't see how it happened. Power was on he put it down, presumably switched off and just changed plugs.
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That looks like a grinder type tool or a grinder with a saw blade being improperly used as a saw. Most of these tools have a switch which can be locked into the on position with a catch, unlike a true circular saw which has no catch. if the power fails on one of these tools, for example by the plug being pulled out, the switch could be left locked in the on position then if the plug is inserted back into the socket the saw would immediately power up and if the blade was in contact with a surface the tool will take off as it did in the video.
I suspect that he accidentally pulled the plug from his power cord socket so the saw stopped. He forgot to unlatch the trigger so when he plugged the saw in again it immediately started, The now rapidly rotating saw blade bit into the material surface and action versus reaction took over. I think that it is pretty clear that he is not using any form of blade guard.
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I suspect that he accidentally pulled the plug from his power cord socket so the saw stopped. He forgot to unlatch the trigger so when he plugged the saw in again it immediately started, The now rapidly rotating saw blade bit into the material surface and action versus reaction took over. I think that it is pretty clear that he is not using any form of blade guard.
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WATCH: Kruger tourist gets out of car to film wild lions. Seriously!
http://www.traveller24.com/Explore/Bush ... 20191009-2?
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Not quite a Darwin award candidate but pretty close. A pipe bomb at a party for the baby? What could possibly go wrong?
Woman killed after baby gender reveal stunt goes wrong
https://news.sky.com/story/woman-killed ... g-11848079
Woman killed after baby gender reveal stunt goes wrong
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Two more for the award.
Australia shark attack victim 'saved by off-duty medics'
The blurb states they were
To my way of thinking "wrestling and thrashing about in the water" would surely attract any predator looking for a meal.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-50232692
Australia shark attack victim 'saved by off-duty medics'
The blurb states they were
Central Queensland Rescue said the men had told its helicopter crew the men were "wrestling and thrashing about in the water" when the attack happened at Hook Passage.
Grant Bollington, from the rescue service, said Mr Raddon thought "his mate was pulling on his leg hard and then realised there was a shark there".
Mr Maggs suffered serious lacerations to his right calf.
To my way of thinking "wrestling and thrashing about in the water" would surely attract any predator looking for a meal.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-50232692
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Is this the correct thread
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson may not be “dead in a ditch”—but things still aren't going great for the embattled Brexiteer. Following a boastful start to his leadership, in which he declared he would deliver Brexit by October 31 “do or die,” Johnson has faced a string of misfortunes as prime minister, as he's been repeatedly thwarted in Parliament, lost his Conservative Party majority, inspired his own brother to resign, suffered a historic loss in court, and has been completely unable to force through the no-deal Brexit of his dreams. Now, Johnson has faced yet another setback, as the European Union has approved the Brexit extension Johnson had long railed against—and Parliament has shot him down yet again.
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No. Not so far. His suicide attempts seem to fail every time.Woody wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2019 6:25 pmIs this the correct thread
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson may not be “dead in a ditch”—but things still aren't going great for the embattled Brexiteer. Following a boastful start to his leadership, in which he declared he would deliver Brexit by October 31 “do or die,” Johnson has faced a string of misfortunes as prime minister, as he's been repeatedly thwarted in Parliament, lost his Conservative Party majority, inspired his own brother to resign, suffered a historic loss in court, and has been completely unable to force through the no-deal Brexit of his dreams. Now, Johnson has faced yet another setback, as the European Union has approved the Brexit extension Johnson had long railed against—and Parliament has shot him down yet again.
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Oh dear oh dear. Too many Pakistani Darwin candidates to mention on a train in that country where although forbidden, passengers take gas stoves on board to cook breakfast, and the inevitable happened. (BBC Today). As they were pilgrims I assume Allah will take them straight to Paradise, where if their willies haven't been burned off, they will be accorded the usual virgins of which Paradise seems to have an infinite and inexhaustible supply to be rogered senseless by the newly deceased Faithful.
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Correction to the above: it's been brought to my notice that there isn't an inexhaustible supply of virgins in Paradise, seemingly the used ones get recycled at midnight or dawn or some darn time. Pretty rough on the ladies, but that's religion for you. Well, that particular religion anyway.
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I thought they "reset the counter" by sewing
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Massive disappointment in Paradise!
Apparently the Arabic text for Heaven’s reward for horny frustrated successful entrants has been unfortunately mis-translated.
The original text allegedly said the candidates would be presented with “72 White Ones” and this was taken to be the unsullied virgins of mythical Paradise.
Alas the “white ones” originally referred to a treat consisting of sultanas of the white grape variety, though I suppose both versions could be considered ‘edible’?
The facial expressions of the suicide bombers and aircraft hijackers when presented with a bowl with 72 dried grapes instead of 72 sources of fleshly indulgence and ‘breaking in’ for eternity hopefully will one day be issued in a YouTube compilation.
Meantime we can only marvel at the anthropoids’ imagination and distortion of religion.
The original text allegedly said the candidates would be presented with “72 White Ones” and this was taken to be the unsullied virgins of mythical Paradise.
Alas the “white ones” originally referred to a treat consisting of sultanas of the white grape variety, though I suppose both versions could be considered ‘edible’?
The facial expressions of the suicide bombers and aircraft hijackers when presented with a bowl with 72 dried grapes instead of 72 sources of fleshly indulgence and ‘breaking in’ for eternity hopefully will one day be issued in a YouTube compilation.
Meantime we can only marvel at the anthropoids’ imagination and distortion of religion.
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A near miss.Officials in Madrid, Spain, are warning commuters to be careful on railway stations after a passenger was filmed falling onto the path of an oncoming train while distracted by her phone. Chilling surveillance footage released by Metro de Madrid on October 24 shows the moment that the unnamed passenger, busy on her phone, walks right off the edge of the platform and falls onto the railway tracks as a train approaches.
The incident occurred at Estrecho station in northern Madrid.
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Hasn't killed himself YET!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -fire.htmlA daring mechanic swapped washer fluid for petrol in an attempt to melt the frost on his windshield.
Engineer Emile Luijben has discovered an extremely dangerous yet efficient way to de-ice his windshield.
Working on a beaten up Ford Ka at his workshop in Baarle-Nassau, The Netherlands, Emile filled an empty washer fluid container with extremely flammable petrol before putting some flaming newspaper on the front window of the vehicle.
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