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Re: Darwin Awards

#521 Post by Pontius Navigator » Mon Jan 25, 2021 9:15 am

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Re: Darwin Awards

#522 Post by Boac » Mon Jan 25, 2021 9:52 am

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Re: Darwin Awards

#523 Post by llondel » Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:57 am

When pranks go wrong...

https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/09/ ... ing_prank/
Nashville Metropolitan Police in Tennessee said on Saturday that detectives are investigating the shooting death of Timothy Wilks, 20. The incident occurred during the filming of a video for the internet in the parking lot of Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park, a family entertainment business.

The police in a statement said investigators have been told Wilks and a friend tried to carry out a prank robbery for a YouTube video.

The pair, armed with butcher knives, are said to have approached a group of people to pretend to rob them, prompting one of member of the party, David Starnes Jr, 23, to draw his gun and fire.

Starnes admitted to police he shot Wilks and said he did so in self-defense. He told the cops he was not aware the robbery was a prank. No charges have been filed against Starnes and the investigation remains ongoing.

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Re: Darwin Awards

#524 Post by Pontius Navigator » Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:33 am

Suicide?, next....

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#525 Post by PHXPhlyer » Mon Feb 22, 2021 9:22 pm

Automatic Disqualification
New York state father-to-be killed when gender reveal prop explodes


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New York state father-to-be killed when gender reveal prop explodes
Christopher Pekny died and his brother was injured from the Sunday blast in the village of Liberty.
Feb. 22, 2021, 2:04 PM MST
By David K. Li

An explosive prop being built for a gender reveal party accidentally detonated and killed a father-to-be in New York state, authorities said Monday.

The tragic mishap occurred in the Sullivan County village of Liberty, about 100 miles northwest of New York City, a little before 11:55 a.m. on Sunday, state police said.

Christopher Pekny, 28, died in the blast and his brother Michael Pekny, 27, was injured, officials said.

The prop under construction wasn't even going to be the final product to be used for the gender reveal, but just the prototype, Trooper Steven Nevel told NBC News.

"It wasn't meant to harm anyone," Nevel said. "It was just an innocent prop for a gender reveal that went horribly wrong."

The bomb squad investigation has just started so the materials Pekny had planned to use for the prop were not immediately known, Nevel added.

With the rise of social media, more and more couples have opted for elaborate stunts to reveal the gender of their unborn baby. Some of the stunts involve incendiary devices or smoke bombs, typically with blue smoke to show the baby will be a boy or pink smoke for a girl.

A California firefighter died last year fighting the El Dorado Fire, a massive blaze touched off by a gender reveal party in San Bernardino County. More than 22,000 acres were charred.

In October 2019, 56-year-old Iowa resident Pamela Kreimeyer was killed by debris from an explosion at a gender reveal party.

"We've seen these (accidents) happening around the country and 'Don't do it' is the only thing I can say," Nevel said.

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Re: Darwin Awards

#526 Post by ian16th » Mon Feb 22, 2021 9:51 pm

In these politicly correct time's, when gender specific terms such as 'boy' and 'girl' are verboten; just what does one say in a gender reveal announcement?
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Re: Darwin Awards

#527 Post by PHXPhlyer » Mon Feb 22, 2021 10:05 pm

They're color-coded.
One other consideration: How do they plan to identify? Will that stay static? Will surgery be involved? :-?
I guess we will need a rainbow of colors (see what I did there :ymdevil: ).

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Re: Darwin Awards

#528 Post by Pontius Navigator » Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:36 am

Mrs Ex-Ascot wrote:
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Why did I get this message:
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Apparently Bots is also now in the EU. @-) :o) :))
Somewhere I was refused a video link because I wasn't in the EU.

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Re: Darwin Awards

#529 Post by Pontius Navigator » Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:38 am

PHXPhlyer wrote:
Mon Feb 22, 2021 10:05 pm
They're color-coded.
One other consideration: How do they plan to identify? Will that stay static? Will surgery be involved? :-?
I guess we will need a rainbow of colors (see what I did there :ymdevil: ).

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Re: Darwin Awards

#530 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Feb 23, 2021 5:39 pm

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Re: Darwin Awards

#531 Post by PHXPhlyer » Tue Feb 23, 2021 5:53 pm

Disqualified!
She left an offspring. [-X

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Re: Darwin Awards

#532 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Feb 23, 2021 6:00 pm

PHXPhlyer wrote:
Tue Feb 23, 2021 5:53 pm
Disqualified!
She left an offspring. [-X

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A palpable hit. You are right, the genes march onwards as you say! Poor bairn... What a silly person his/her mom was! :-s
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#533 Post by 11Fan » Tue Feb 23, 2021 6:41 pm

"The 40-year-old mom-of-one, who was known as Monika to her legion of fans on Instagram, was thrown from the bike and died before the emergency services could reach her."

Jesus. Just how far was she thrown?

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Re: Darwin Awards

#534 Post by Pontius Navigator » Tue Feb 23, 2021 6:53 pm

There is an earlier video of a similar crash at 200kph.

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#535 Post by OFSO » Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:40 pm

Driving fast on crowded roads, frequently snow-covered, is endemic in Russia. You Tube is your friend.

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Re: Darwin Awards

#536 Post by llondel » Sat Feb 27, 2021 4:35 pm

Not sure if this goes here or in the Animal Killers thread, given what usually happens in such fights.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56224144
A rooster that had been fitted with a knife for an illegal cockfight has killed its owner in southern India.

The bird's owner was impaled in the groin by the knife as the animal tried to escape. The man died on the way to hospital from a loss of blood.

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Re: Darwin Awards

#537 Post by OFSO » Sat Feb 27, 2021 4:54 pm

Excellent! Should happen more often. No doubt the bird was tried, found guilty, and strangled to death.

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Re: Darwin Awards

#538 Post by llondel » Sat Feb 27, 2021 4:58 pm

OFSO wrote:
Sat Feb 27, 2021 4:54 pm
Excellent! Should happen more often. No doubt the bird was tried, found guilty, and strangled to death.
Local police officer B Jeevan said the animal would be taken to court as evidence at a later date, according to The New Indian Express.
The photo in the article notes in the caption that the rooster was taken to a farm.

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#539 Post by PHXPhlyer » Sat Feb 27, 2021 5:14 pm

Gives new meaning to "cock fight". :ymdevil:

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Re: Darwin Awards

#540 Post by ian16th » Sun Feb 28, 2021 4:52 pm

Cynicism improves with age

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