In celebrating July 4th some guys were setting off fireworks. One dude puts a mortar on his head and ignites it! Died instantly! They were looking for his brain in order to study it! Guess what!
I showed that to my Bostonian friend yesterday and as soon as he saw the word Maine, he said that it probably involved copious amounts of alcohol and therefore must have taken place just after breakfast. I liked the way it was being described as "an accident". How the f@ck do you accidentally set off a re-loadable mortar on your head?
Sad. and then there's that player on the NFL that blew his hand off right before signing a 60 million dollar contract. Of course the NFL took the option off the table right quick.
Mr. Pierre-Paul will be OK. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...works-injury-not-believed-career-threatening/ In addition, due to the way the salary cap structure in the NFL works, the Giants are trying to work out a long-term deal with him once his hand has healed that makes sense for both of them. However, this was a monumentally stupid stunt that could cost him millions. The poor guy in Maine is no longer with us. gatorcpa
He'll be fine. He might not get his $60m contract but even if he's only half as good he'll still get $20m in free agency next year. On the other hand (no pun intended) CJ Wilson did exactly the same thing on the same day but he's a fringe player so it looks like his career will be over. Poor guy.
"mortar" is a standard pyrotechnic term for a powerful firework designed to be placed on the ground and fired. It projects various incendiary packets into the air which ignite at various stages resulting in the familiar "fireworks" we see in the sky. I love the smell of gunpowder in the evening...............
Went on holiday to Malta some years ago and apparently fireworks is a big thing there - all year round. Fierce competition between makers and the companys are often familys. I was told that every year accidents happen and whole familys are whiped out when it goes really wrong.
Basically it's taking a kilo of gunpowder, putting it on top of his head and lighting it. Whatever you call it, the results are not going to be pretty. gatorcpa
Only in Darwin Australia http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/only-...er-up-my-clacker/story-fnk2tg5d-1226744991457
The human race needs to figure out a way to naturally select the stupid to keep them out of the gene pool.
What gets me is that the day after this happened, apparently some guy in Texas tried a similar thing only set one off on his chest - different part of the anatomy but same outcome. http://news.sky.com/story/1515231/father-killed-after-lighting-firework-on-chest At least, on our little island, the first one would have made the national news - but maybe, watching the news is the domain of us old gits and the yoofs just watch Family Guy.
