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rsmith6621

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Tue Nov-30-04 02:02 AM
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Man Killed By Lava Lamp

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"Why on earth he was heating a lava lamp on the stove, we don't know," Kent Police spokesman Paul Petersen said Monday.

http://komotv.com/stories/34174.htm

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LiberalAndProud

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Tue Nov-30-04 02:04 AM
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1. Tragic stupidity.

That's going around these days, I hear.

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Sannum

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Tue Nov-30-04 02:07 AM
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2. Canidate for a Darwin Award.

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Endangered Specie

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Tue Nov-30-04 02:11 AM
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3. Paging Dr. Darwin, Dr. Darwin, you have a patient waiting.

;)

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Runcible Spoon

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Tue Nov-30-04 02:16 AM
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4. wow you beat Matcom to this one!

usually he's the one posting stuff like this

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daleo

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Tue Nov-30-04 02:23 AM
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5. Pretty bad luck really

Sure, this was either kind of stupid, or else a bad case of forgetfulness (who hasn't forgotten stuff on a stove, even peculiar stuff?). But to have a shard of glass get you right in the heart is the kind of bad luck that could turn any stupid mistake into a fatality.

The Darwin Award stuff seems unkind and an over-reaction. It could have just as easily been a glass coffee percolator exploding due to a flaw in the glass or some other odd misfortune. He was still someone's 24 year old son.

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eowyn_of_rohan

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Tue Nov-30-04 07:55 AM
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17. and brother -nt

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neuvocat

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Tue Nov-30-04 02:24 AM
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6. The dude had to have been high.

That's unfortunate.

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Endangered Specie

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Tue Nov-30-04 02:44 AM
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8. According to the police...

no drugs or alcohol was involved.

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Must_B_Free

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Tue Nov-30-04 02:25 AM
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7. Not funny - sad

Edited on Tue Nov-30-04 02:27 AM by Must_B_Free

he knew it lava'd when it got hot, why the hell else do you think he heated it on a stove.

Someone's son is dead and as William R. Burroughs says - this is the greatest pain anyone can suffer - for your children to die before you.

Anyone with a child would understand that is is a situation of somber grief, not laughter.

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BikeWriter

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Tue Nov-30-04 03:00 AM
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9. Tragically stupid...

You see it all the time...

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Ima

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Tue Nov-30-04 04:13 AM
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10. RIP

One dumb mistake. I'm sure we have all done something silly, that could have turned tragic.

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BikeWriter

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Tue Nov-30-04 05:02 AM
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14. Yes, I'm from Texas...

I am guilty of saying "Hey, y'all watch this!"

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Jeff in Cincinnati

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Tue Nov-30-04 07:22 AM
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16. That would make a good epitaph...

Here Lies Bubba

"Hey, y'all watch this!"

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BikeWriter

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Tue Nov-30-04 08:30 AM
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18. Well, to be honest...

It's gotten a lot of us killed...

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muriel_volestrangler

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Tue Nov-30-04 07:18 AM
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15. And not just someone's son - someone's father too

He had a 15-month old daughter.

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BikeWriter

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Tue Nov-30-04 08:31 AM
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19. Aww shit.

That really sucks. :-(

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Neoma

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Tue Nov-30-04 04:41 AM
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11. ummm...

gee that scares me..i have a lava lamp

i guess i know not to put it on the stove now.

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purduejake

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Tue Nov-30-04 04:48 AM
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13. hehe...

I see a new warning label coming out that most people will laugh at because of how ridiculous it sounds =)

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Piperay

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Tue Nov-30-04 04:48 AM
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12. Geeesh...

I have one and the instructions on the bottom say to only use a 40 watt appliance bulb obviously you aren't supposed to let it get very hot! :eyes:

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gollygee

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Tue Nov-30-04 08:41 AM
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20. Very sad

I've done some stupid things before that could have gotten me killed.

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underpants

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Tue Nov-30-04 08:41 AM
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21. Damn you beat me to it

I heard this on the way into work.

VERY stOOOOOOOOOOOpid.

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BikeWriter

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Tue Nov-30-04 08:54 AM
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22. Yep.

We've been on this one a while.

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Mister K

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Tue Nov-30-04 09:01 AM
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23. I am sure that a lawsuit will come of this because...

there is probably no warning label on the Lava Lamp NOT to put it over an open flame.

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Zomby Woof

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Tue Nov-30-04 09:36 AM
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24. Kent WA

Lived there for many years. Not the first time one of its illustrious residents was killed by his own stupidity. Lava lamps are stupid hippie relics anyway. What a moron.

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Arkana

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Tue Nov-30-04 09:49 AM
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25. Paging Dr. Charles Darwin...

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