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Re: Darwin Awards

#661 Post by llondel » Sun Aug 15, 2021 2:03 am

So did she take the safety off or was it not engaged when she picked it up? One assumes the gun had one.

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#662 Post by PHXPhlyer » Sun Aug 15, 2021 2:55 am

More and more pistols are designed without safeties. :-?
Safety or not, you don't put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to fire. [-X ~X(
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#663 Post by Pontius Navigator » Sun Aug 15, 2021 8:05 am

I used to use a laser pointer and have our dogs chasing the red dot. Our present dog ignores the red dot. Is it that as Fox 3 said once that dogs can't distinguish reds? Or has our food hound a better defined search technique.

She loves a night time food hunt guided by smell not sight.

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#664 Post by llondel » Sat Aug 21, 2021 2:42 am

This went past on Twitter, I guess if there's a lot of them it's no longer novel though.
BREAKING: Many Mississippians are trying to treat COVID with cow deworming medication. At least 70% of the recent calls to poison control have been related to ingestion of livestock or animal formulations of ivermectin purchased at livestock supply centers.


Won't take a vaccine or wear a mask but will try something they read about on the internet with very little evidence of its safety or effectiveness.

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#665 Post by PHXPhlyer » Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:28 pm

Man dies after having sex using epoxy adhesive instead of a condom
At least he was trying not to pass along his genes . :-o :ymdevil:

Police say a man may have died after using a high-powered epoxy resin to seal his private parts during intercourse to ensure protection from pregnancy.

A local police investigator reportedly said that 25-year-old Salman Mirza decided to use the epoxy instead of a condom and it may have complicated his health condition.

He was found unconscious a day after entering a hotel with his ex-fiancee. He was hospitalized but died.

Police officers told the Times of India that the pair had taken some drugs and then decided to have sex.

"Since they did not have any protection, they decided to apply the adhesive on his private parts to ensure that she does not get pregnant," the paper reported.

Police said that Mirza "died due to multiple organ failure."

The incident took place in late June but is only now being reported. The investigation is ongoing.

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#666 Post by Boac » Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:34 pm

Cue 'Stuck on You'? Not sure about 'multiple organ failure' - one is enough.............

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#667 Post by Pontius Navigator » Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:57 pm

Got stuck in?

Avoided a sticky ending only to die from one up the spout.

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#668 Post by Boac » Wed Aug 25, 2021 9:18 pm

I don't think he died from 'one up the spout', just Poxy Resin? His fate was sealed, anyway. He was just a stuck-up prick. It would beat Viagra for staying power.

Reminds me of the choirboy joke -" 5 bob or I'll blow your.............................." =))

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#669 Post by unifoxos » Thu Aug 26, 2021 6:29 am

Police said that Mirza "died due to multiple organ failure."

Was it just me that read that as "orgasm failure"?
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#670 Post by llondel » Sun Sep 12, 2021 9:10 pm

A California man is presumed dead after attempting to jump across Oregon’s treacherous Devil’s Churn— a narrow inlet on the Pacific coast known for its extreme currents.
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#671 Post by PHXPhlyer » Wed Sep 15, 2021 6:07 pm

South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh enlisted hitman for $10 million life insurance policy, attorney says

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South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh enlisted hitman for $10 million life insurance policy, attorney says
The scheme was an "attempt on his part to do something to protect his child," Murdaugh's attorney, Richard Harpootlian, told
Attorney says Alex Murdaugh 'decided to end his life' after murders of his wife and son
SEPT. 15, 202105:40
Sept. 14, 2021, 8:21 PM MST / Updated Sept. 15, 2021, 6:28 AM MST
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South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh arranged for another man to kill him earlier this month so that his son could collect on a $10 million life insurance policy, authorities said Tuesday.

Murdaugh, 53, survived the Sept. 4 shooting, which happened months after the unsolved slayings of his wife and adult son. Police say that Murdaugh told 911 that he was shot in the head while changing a flat tire and that the shooting caused only a "superficial" wound.

His attorney, Richard Harpootlian, told NBC's "TODAY" show on Wednesday that his client was trying to get off opioids he was taking to get over the death of his son and wife when he became depressed. Believing his insurance policy had a suicide clause, Murdaugh enlisted a man to kill him during a "fake car breakdown," according to the attorney.

The scheme was an "attempt on his part to do something to protect his child," Harpootlian said.

In a written statement, Harpootlian and Jim Griffin, another attorney for Murdaugh, said it had become "clear Alex believed that ending his life was his only option. Today, he knows that’s not true."

"For the last 20 years, there have been many people feeding his addiction to opioids. During that time, these individuals took advantage of his addiction and his ability to pay substantial funds for illegal drugs," the statement said. "One of those individuals took advantage of his mental illness and agreed to take Alex's life, by shooting him in the head."

On Tuesday, Curtis Edward Smith, 61, was arrested on charges of assisted suicide, assault and battery of a high aggravated nature, pointing and presenting a firearm, insurance fraud, and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, according to the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division (SLED).

Officials with the agency said that Smith, of Walterboro, was also arrested on charges of distribution of methamphetamine and possession of marijuana.

Smith was being held in jail Tuesday night, officials said. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney. Colleton County records show Murdaugh had been Smith’s lawyer in a 2013 speeding case, The Associated Press reported.

Additional charges were expected in the case, according to SLED.

Murdaugh allegedly gave Smith a gun and directed Smith to kill him, documents released by investigators Tuesday stated.

Murdaugh allegedly admitted to the law enforcement agency that the plan was for Smith to kill him, so that Murdaugh's surviving son could collect a life insurance policy worth approximately $10 million, according to the documents.

"Alex is totally cooperating," Harpootlian said Wednesday. "We called SLED; they didn’t call us."

He "didn’t want law enforcement to spend time on this fake crime instead of on Maggie and Paul."

Earlier this summer Margaret and Paul were found dead near dog kennels on the family's hunting property in Colleton County, west of Charleston. Their deaths have been classified by state investigators as a double homicide.

Alex Murdaugh, a personal injury attorney, called 911 at 10:07 p.m. June 7 and told a dispatcher that his wife and son were on the ground and not breathing, according to records released by authorities.

He said he had just returned and asked the dispatcher to "please hurry."

Harpootlian said Murdaugh had nothing to do with the murders.

"He is totally distraught," the attorney said. "He did not murder them."

Alex Murdaugh's father, family patriarch Randolph Murdaugh III, died at 81 just days after Paul and Margaret were killed.

Murdaugh, who is part of a prominent South Carolina legal family, has not been charged with any crime. Harpootlian said Wednesday that he fully expects him to be arrested soon.

"I think he will be charged," he said, reiterating that Murdaugh doesn't want this case diverting resources from the investigation into the murders of Murdaugh's wife, Margaret, and adult son, Paul.

Harpootlian said Murdaugh's law team is pursuing their own investigation and said they have zeroed in at least one suspect. "The motive would be personal," he said.

Days after the Sept. 4 shooting, Murdaugh said in a statement that he resigned from his job at a law firm to enter rehab. He said he "made a lot of decisions that I truly regret" and that the murders of his wife and son have caused an incredibly difficult period.

The law firm said that Murdaugh resigned only after the partners discovered he had allegedly misappropriated funds. On Monday, South Carolina law officials announced that it was looking into accusations that Murdaugh “misappropriated” money from the firm.

Murdaugh's law license was indefinitely suspended.

Murdaugh's father, a grandfather and a great-grandfather all held the top prosecutor's position in South Carolina's 14th Circuit, which covers a coastal region of the state known as the Lowcountry, totaling more than 80 years.

The family's powerful legal connections were in the spotlight after Paul Murdaugh was indicted in a boat crash in 2019 that left 19-year-old Mallory Beach dead. A police report said people on the boat were "grossly intoxicated."

Local reports after the crash said that the Murdaugh family did not initially cooperate with law enforcement agencies' investigation and that officers never gave Paul Murdaugh, who was believed to have been driving the boat, an alcohol breath test, according to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, which led the investigation.

Murdaugh pleaded not guilty to three felony counts of boating under the influence. He had been out on a personal recognizance bond of $50,000 at the time of his death. As a matter of protocol, the charges were dropped last month.

If you or someone you know is in crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255, text HOME to 741741 or visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for additional resources.

Will the hitman have to return his fee as he wasn't successful in carrying out his job? :-? :ymdevil:

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Re: Darwin Awards

#672 Post by OFSO » Sat Sep 18, 2021 7:04 pm

A laudable attempt if not quite there yet!

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#673 Post by PHXPhlyer » Sat Sep 18, 2021 7:20 pm

Special recognition for trying to prevent his genes from being passed on without him "passing on". :YMAPPLAUSE: :ymdevil:

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#674 Post by Hydromet » Sat Sep 18, 2021 11:15 pm

Was he trying to upload or download, or just recharge?

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#675 Post by OFSO » Sun Sep 19, 2021 5:58 am

Boy was not up to the latest technology. A "C" connector would have been easier to pass.

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#676 Post by Pontius Navigator » Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:58 am

I'm with PP on this one, certainly a good attempt at reducing the gene pool.

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#677 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:04 am

USB = Urethal Stupidity Ball (buster)
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#678 Post by Pinky the pilot » Sun Sep 19, 2021 10:59 am

Everytime I think I have seen the bottom of the depths of Human stupidity, someone lowers the bar! ~X(

You really haver to wonder about that Kid...!!

As I have previously remarked about such people; What is really terrifying is that they can both breed and vote!
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#679 Post by Boac » Sun Sep 19, 2021 11:01 am

I wonder if the USB connector was backwards compatible?

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Re: Darwin Awards

#680 Post by OFSO » Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:28 pm

You mean so he could have stuffed it up his a*se?

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