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Bad Luck in Alabama
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That I can't read miniaturized newspapers? Yes, afraid so.
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TheAxeman
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C'mon Rad, you can't read that??
Time for a new set of goggles....
Time for a new set of goggles....
Randy
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Wow....riveting story. Hard to beleive it's true. Sure didn't see that ending coming.
daviddowns2000
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Me neither.
NoCage
formerly SouthernFJR
Carnifex
Ka-Chow!
I'm pretty sure that it's from the Brush Tribune (same article title, same byline), but I have no idea what this particlar micro scan is about..
donaldb
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dang that's awful!--good for the baby--but the circumstances--yuk
Geezer
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Hmmm, I do feel for the family and think it's wonderful that the baby was saved, but I didn't see any mention of motorcycles. What is the relevance that I am missing?
Here is the story (I think), I lifted it from a website I encountered in a google search(Wicked Thoughts), published in May 2004. It does seem to match what I can make out of some of the text.
I can't figure out why a Huntsville newspaper was mentioned as the original scanned article seems to be from the Brush, Colorado News-Tribune. I also can't figure out why this would be bad luck for Alabama???
"by Rebecca Dudley (Reprinted from the Brush News-Tribune)
This guy pushed his motorcycle from the patio into his living room, where he began to clean the engine with some rags and a bowl of gasoline. When he finished, he sat on the motorcycle and decided to start it to make sure everything was still OK. Unfortunately, the bike started in gear, and crashed through the glass patio door with him still clinging to the handlebars.
His wife had been working in the kitchen. She came running at the noise, and found him crumpled on the patio, badly cut from the shards of broken glass. She called 911, and the paramedics transported the guy to the emergency room.
So far, this story is humorous --in a "that is what you get for being a big enough lout to bring your motorcycle into the house" kind of way. But here is where I really split gut.
Later that afternoon, after many stitches had pulled her husband back together, the wife brought him home and put him to bed. She cleaned up the mess in the living room, and dumped the bowl of gasoline in the toilet.
Shortly thereafter, her husband woke up, lit a cigarette, and went into the bathroom. He sat down and tossed the cigarette into the toilet, which promptly exploded because the wife had not flushed the gasoline away. The explosion blew the man through the bathroom door.
The wife heard the explosion and her husbands screams. She ran into the hall and found him lying on the floor with his trousers blown away and burns on his buttocks. The wife ran to the phone and called for an ambulance.
The same two paramedics were dispatched to the scene. They loaded the husband on the stretcher and began carrying him to the street. One of them asked the wife how the injury had occurred. When she told them, they began laughing so hard that they dropped the stretcher, and broke the guy's collarbone."
On looking at the scan some more, it appears that my find was an excerpt from her column, and that she may have been quoting the story from some other source.
I can't figure out why a Huntsville newspaper was mentioned as the original scanned article seems to be from the Brush, Colorado News-Tribune. I also can't figure out why this would be bad luck for Alabama???
"by Rebecca Dudley (Reprinted from the Brush News-Tribune)
This guy pushed his motorcycle from the patio into his living room, where he began to clean the engine with some rags and a bowl of gasoline. When he finished, he sat on the motorcycle and decided to start it to make sure everything was still OK. Unfortunately, the bike started in gear, and crashed through the glass patio door with him still clinging to the handlebars.
His wife had been working in the kitchen. She came running at the noise, and found him crumpled on the patio, badly cut from the shards of broken glass. She called 911, and the paramedics transported the guy to the emergency room.
So far, this story is humorous --in a "that is what you get for being a big enough lout to bring your motorcycle into the house" kind of way. But here is where I really split gut.
Later that afternoon, after many stitches had pulled her husband back together, the wife brought him home and put him to bed. She cleaned up the mess in the living room, and dumped the bowl of gasoline in the toilet.
Shortly thereafter, her husband woke up, lit a cigarette, and went into the bathroom. He sat down and tossed the cigarette into the toilet, which promptly exploded because the wife had not flushed the gasoline away. The explosion blew the man through the bathroom door.
The wife heard the explosion and her husbands screams. She ran into the hall and found him lying on the floor with his trousers blown away and burns on his buttocks. The wife ran to the phone and called for an ambulance.
The same two paramedics were dispatched to the scene. They loaded the husband on the stretcher and began carrying him to the street. One of them asked the wife how the injury had occurred. When she told them, they began laughing so hard that they dropped the stretcher, and broke the guy's collarbone."
On looking at the scan some more, it appears that my find was an excerpt from her column, and that she may have been quoting the story from some other source.
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Geezer
Parsimonious Curmudgeon
Ah, now that's more relavent. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with the guy parking in his living room, though I don't have any easy way to get a bike into mine. The real problem I saw was the use of gasoline inside the house. The part about starting the bike in gear is stupid enough, but I don't see how he could have not smelled the gasoline in the bathroom before he blew himself up. Darwinian for sure. I makes me want to mention a particular brand of motorcycle, but I won't.....
BugR
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Old Urban Legend see Darwin Award's
I think they covered this in MythBusters as well.
Chris
I think they covered this in MythBusters as well.
Chris
FlyingLow
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Cletus gets blown off the can and into the hallway?
Ahh, okay. :dead:
Ahh, okay. :dead:
krashdragon
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Accordiing to Snopes.com, the whole thing is made up of bits and pieces...
anyway, you can start bikes in the living room without burning or blowing everything up... even tho one was only a 350 RD, and the other a 350 4cyl Honda....
Just make sure you have extra rugs on the floor, with plastic underneath... otherwise the landlord get kinda pis**d off with oil and stuff on the floor...
Mary
anyway, you can start bikes in the living room without burning or blowing everything up... even tho one was only a 350 RD, and the other a 350 4cyl Honda....
Just make sure you have extra rugs on the floor, with plastic underneath... otherwise the landlord get kinda pis**d off with oil and stuff on the floor...
Mary
Mike-H
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Gees..krashdragon...& I was just beginning to believe that ... (hope your move went well & you've got your fjr) B) ...glad your back
... (hope your move went well & you've got your fjr) B) ...glad your back
krashdragon
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got to Ohio yesterday...Arpil 1! <G>
Havn't picked up the bike yet...
I'm going to make Gary ride it the whole 30 miles from his house to mine... it's too cold here for me to ride! :cold:
I need some leather riding pants or something... it was a teensey bit warmer in Hawaii... even tho it rained for 41 days straight!
Noty quite tshirt and jeans riding weather here in Ohio...yet!!
Mary
Havn't picked up the bike yet...
I'm going to make Gary ride it the whole 30 miles from his house to mine... it's too cold here for me to ride! :cold:
I need some leather riding pants or something... it was a teensey bit warmer in Hawaii... even tho it rained for 41 days straight!
Noty quite tshirt and jeans riding weather here in Ohio...yet!!
Mary
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