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Archae

(46,387 posts) Sun Jul 5, 2015, 11:44 AM Jul 2015

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"Hold m'beer!"

Police: Man shoots off firework from top of his head, dies

The Associated Press

Published: July 5, 2015, 9:12 am | Updated: July 5, 2015, 9:22 am

CALAIS, Maine (AP) — Maine State Police say a man celebrating the Fourth of July died when he tried to launch a firework off the top of his head.

Stephen McCausland, a spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, says 22-year-old Devon Staples of Calais (CAL’-ous) had been setting off fireworks with friends on Saturday night in the backyard of a friend’s home.

He says Staples placed a fireworks mortar tube on his head and set it off, injuring his head. He died instantly.

Police say the friends had been drinking.

http://wbay.com/ap/police-man-shoots-off-firework-from-top-of-his-head-dies/

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July 4th Darwin Award winner... (Original Post) Archae Jul 2015 OP

Always check your backblast area! bluedigger Jul 2015 #1

Lawd! nc4bo Jul 2015 #2

And now for something completely similar rocktivity Jul 2015 #3

I am amazed he made it to 22. nt Xipe Totec Jul 2015 #4

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2015 #5

Well, the mortar merrier. Orrex Jul 2015 #6

They asked him to stop, but he refused pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #7

May cause light-headedness Orrex Jul 2015 #8

He needed that like he needed a ...oh, wait pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #9

This sub-thread is pintobean Jul 2015 #10

Take your incendiary comments elsewhere. Orrex Jul 2015 #11

I'd add a mean comment, but it goes against migraine pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #16

Did you see the pic of his personal videographer? pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #12

And he wasn't from Alabama! bamademo Jul 2015 #13

Kids are not taught practical Newtonian physics. F=ma. hunter Jul 2015 #14

This is why no matter how high or drunk, checking the back blast area of a projectile is imperative. Rex Jul 2015 #15

Here is another, same thing, 47 yr old. With sims family style video. "he forgot the blast goes both uppityperson Jul 2015 #17

bluedigger

(17,091 posts)

1. Always check your backblast area!

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 11:48 AM

Jul 2015

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)

2. Lawd!

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 11:51 AM

Jul 2015

I bet he won't try that again . Sorry.

rocktivity

(44,588 posts)

3. And now for something completely similar

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 11:57 AM

Jul 2015

The Darwin Award iPhone case.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/110311002

rocktivity

Xipe Totec

(43,901 posts)

4. I am amazed he made it to 22. nt

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 12:06 PM

Jul 2015

Response to Archae (Original post)

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Orrex

(63,320 posts)

6. Well, the mortar merrier.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 12:33 PM

Jul 2015

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

7. They asked him to stop, but he refused

Reply to Orrex (Reply #6)

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 12:36 PM

Jul 2015

Orrex

(63,320 posts)

8. May cause light-headedness

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #7)

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 12:43 PM

Jul 2015

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

9. He needed that like he needed a ...oh, wait

Reply to Orrex (Reply #8)

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 12:50 PM

Jul 2015

pintobean

(18,101 posts)

10. This sub-thread is

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #9)

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 12:55 PM

Jul 2015

giving me a splitting headache.

Orrex

(63,320 posts)

11. Take your incendiary comments elsewhere.

Reply to pintobean (Reply #10)

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 12:57 PM

Jul 2015

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

16. I'd add a mean comment, but it goes against migraine

Reply to Orrex (Reply #11)

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 01:52 PM

Jul 2015

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

12. Did you see the pic of his personal videographer?

Reply to pintobean (Reply #10)

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 12:58 PM

Jul 2015

I'm sensing a theme here...

bamademo

(2,193 posts)

13. And he wasn't from Alabama!

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 01:17 PM

Jul 2015

hunter

(38,363 posts)

14. Kids are not taught practical Newtonian physics. F=ma.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 01:19 PM

Jul 2015

That said, more kids and young adults get on the wrong side of Newtonian physics with automobiles than they do with fireworks.

Rex

(65,616 posts)

15. This is why no matter how high or drunk, checking the back blast area of a projectile is imperative.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 01:30 PM

Jul 2015

And using ones skull as 'ground zero' probably will result 100% of the time in a fatality. Not the way to go.

uppityperson

(115,682 posts)

17. Here is another, same thing, 47 yr old. With sims family style video. "he forgot the blast goes both

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 02:07 PM

Jul 2015

ways".
http://us.tomonews.net/video.php?video_id=245980863676416

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