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"johac" |
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02 Jan 2006 02:12:23 AM |
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Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
Cleaning up the gene pool.
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Darwin list celebrates removal of the daftest
Blown up, electrocuted and horribly emasculated in 2005
Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday January 1, 2006
Observer
In retrospect, it was an obvious error to make. Last January, Marko, a
55-year-old Croatian, thought up an 'ingenious' solution to the problem
of cleaning his chimney. It was too high to push a broom up from the
ground, he realised, so he decided to climb on to his roof and drop a
brush down. All he needed was a nice heavy weight to make sure it did
not get stuck and was pulled straight through to the grate below.
So Marko selected a nice convenient heavy lump of metal - which turned
out to be a hand grenade. Not a great choice, though even then Marko
might have survived the encounter had he not decided to connect the
grenade to the brush by the use of welding equipment. The metal heated
up, the grenade exploded and Marko was killed instantly. His chimney was
untouched.
Marko will not be forgotten, however. He is honoured today in this
year's Darwin Awards. These are given every year, in the name of the
father of evolution, to commemorate those who have best improved the
gene pool of the human species by removing themselves from it.
Darwin awards have been given out for more than a decade and record all
the sublimely idiotic deaths that men and women have inflicted on
themselves in their pursuit of a free drink or a daft bet. Previous
winners include the greedy tourist who, attempting to steal crystals
from a cave, impaled himself on a large stalactite as he chopped it
free; the thirsty victim of a Coke dispensing machine which toppled on
top of him as he tried to tip out a free can; and the Californian
Christian sect leader who tried to learn how to walk on water in his
bath but slipped on a bar of soap and killed himself.
To all these individuals, the name of Marko and several other 2005
winners is now added as a tribute to the manner of their deaths. Among
the newcomers is 21-year-old Nguyen, a Vietnamese youth who was drinking
with friends in Hanoi in March last year when he showed his pals an old
detonator he had just found. It was old and rusty, Nguyen announced, and
couldn't possibly explode. His friends disagreed.
An argument ensued. So, to prove his point, Nguyen stuck the detonator
in his mouth and plugged its dangling wires into a 220-volt electrical
socket. The result was predictable - though at least Nyugen had little
time to reflect on his mistake. He died almost instantly.
Others honoured include Christian from Rushinga, Zimbabwe. Elephants had
been trampling his maize field and so he decided to fight back by
raiding an old minefield near the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border. By
purloining a few landmines and planting them round his maize he would
soon deter the elephants that were blighting his life, he reckoned.
Christian carefully dug up five mines that had been exposed by recent
heavy rains, and began carrying them home. Unfortunately, he dropped
one, again with fatal, instant results.
Closer to home there is the story of Geoff, from Wales, who removed
himself from the gene pool in a different way. 'If Wales wins, I'll cut
my balls off,' he told his mates while watching last year's
England-Wales rugby match. Sadly for him, Wales won, but Geoff chose to
keep his word, ending up in hospital in a 'seriously ill condition'.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,3605,1676190,00.html
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "stoney" |
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09 Jan 2006 11:53:46 AM |
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On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 10:36:36 -0500, "Robibnikoff"
<witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote in alt.atheism
"Ray Martinez" <pyramidial@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1136762661.191051.70280@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
stoney wrote:
snip
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
True colors of atheism.
Did you really have to post the same ***** three times?
BTW, don't judge all atheists by the actions/words of just a few.
Christians don't have to accept the cordial invitation.
Or shall I judge all christians by the high standards set by Hitler?
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
09 Jan 2006 06:29:10 PM |
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On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 10:36:36 -0500, "Robibnikoff"
<witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
- Refer: <42fe5dF1gj31jU1@individual.net>
"Ray Martinez" <pyramidial@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1136762661.191051.70280@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
stoney wrote:
snip
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
True colors of atheism.
Did you really have to post the same ***** three times?
BTW, don't judge all atheists by the actions/words of just a few.
Or shall I judge all christians by the high standards set by Hitler?
Yes. Good idea.
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
09 Jan 2006 11:52:53 AM |
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On 8 Jan 2006 15:24:21 -0800, "Ray Martinez" <pyramidial@yahoo.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
stoney wrote:
On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 23:21:32 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
In article <8c30s1pm7juho7bvmd72pslh3hmnf4n3cv@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 23:11:57 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
In article <oo7ur1l0ed4mf7g47u74vcrrto2g2cd8el@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:58:38 -0800, stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:37:21 +1030, Michael Gray
<fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in alt.atheism
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:45:55 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <bjkpr15ae3sbu6ssh9q91vr41boi93f0ql@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
[]
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney
sweep.
But obviously you didn't use grenades in your work.
Not unless he was a mine-sweeper.
Well, the ones who got the mines dirty in the first place should
sweep
them.
But that dirt is not mine.
Well the one who got them dirty should have mined his manners.
For fear that his dirty manners may be attacked by enemy brick-bats?
Well, it *was* tit-for-tat.....
"tit-for-tat" has always sounded to me like a Dickensian wet-nurse
exchanging her services, in return for poor quality goods.
Now that would be rather tatty.
on the tasty titties.
YUM!
Told ya.
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
True colors of atheism.
Stupid fuckwit.
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
07 Jan 2006 12:50:34 PM |
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On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 12:26:44 +1030, Michael Gray
<fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in alt.atheism
On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:58:38 -0800, stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:37:21 +1030, Michael Gray
<fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in alt.atheism
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:45:55 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <bjkpr15ae3sbu6ssh9q91vr41boi93f0ql@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
[]
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
But obviously you didn't use grenades in your work.
Not unless he was a mine-sweeper.
Well, the ones who got the mines dirty in the first place should sweep
them.
But that dirt is not mine.
Well the one who got them dirty should have mined his manners.
For fear that his dirty manners may be attacked by enemy brick-bats?
Well, it *was* tit-for-tat.....
"tit-for-tat" has always sounded to me like a Dickensian wet-nurse
exchanging her services, in return for poor quality goods.
Gotta love barter.
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
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| User: "Chris Hayes" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
04 Jan 2006 02:05:33 AM |
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johac wrote:
In article <1136284548.489249.92250@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
Cleaning up the gene pool.
Darwin list celebrates removal of the daftest
Blown up, electrocuted and horribly emasculated in 2005
Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday January 1, 2006
Observer
In retrospect, it was an obvious error to make. Last January, Marko, a
55-year-old Croatian, thought up an 'ingenious' solution to the problem
of cleaning his chimney. It was too high to push a broom up from the
ground, he realised, so he decided to climb on to his roof and drop a
brush down. All he needed was a nice heavy weight to make sure it did
not get stuck and was pulled straight through to the grate below.
So Marko selected a nice convenient heavy lump of metal - which turned
out to be a hand grenade. Not a great choice, though even then Marko
might have survived the encounter had he not decided to connect the
grenade to the brush by the use of welding equipment. The metal heated
up, the grenade exploded and Marko was killed instantly. His chimney was
untouched.
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
But obviously you didn't use grenades in your work.
Ha! Although we did throw mortar bombs at each other when we were
building brick chimneys.
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
05 Jan 2006 01:17:15 AM |
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In article <1136361933.615504.5640@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
In article <1136284548.489249.92250@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
Cleaning up the gene pool.
Darwin list celebrates removal of the daftest
Blown up, electrocuted and horribly emasculated in 2005
Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday January 1, 2006
Observer
In retrospect, it was an obvious error to make. Last January, Marko, a
55-year-old Croatian, thought up an 'ingenious' solution to the problem
of cleaning his chimney. It was too high to push a broom up from the
ground, he realised, so he decided to climb on to his roof and drop a
brush down. All he needed was a nice heavy weight to make sure it did
not get stuck and was pulled straight through to the grate below.
So Marko selected a nice convenient heavy lump of metal - which turned
out to be a hand grenade. Not a great choice, though even then Marko
might have survived the encounter had he not decided to connect the
grenade to the brush by the use of welding equipment. The metal heated
up, the grenade exploded and Marko was killed instantly. His chimney was
untouched.
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
But obviously you didn't use grenades in your work.
Ha! Although we did throw mortar bombs at each other when we were
building brick chimneys.
Followed by brickbats?
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
05 Jan 2006 02:01:06 AM |
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On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:17:15 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <1136361933.615504.5640@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
In article <1136284548.489249.92250@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
Cleaning up the gene pool.
Darwin list celebrates removal of the daftest
Blown up, electrocuted and horribly emasculated in 2005
Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday January 1, 2006
Observer
In retrospect, it was an obvious error to make. Last January, Marko, a
55-year-old Croatian, thought up an 'ingenious' solution to the problem
of cleaning his chimney. It was too high to push a broom up from the
ground, he realised, so he decided to climb on to his roof and drop a
brush down. All he needed was a nice heavy weight to make sure it did
not get stuck and was pulled straight through to the grate below.
So Marko selected a nice convenient heavy lump of metal - which turned
out to be a hand grenade. Not a great choice, though even then Marko
might have survived the encounter had he not decided to connect the
grenade to the brush by the use of welding equipment. The metal heated
up, the grenade exploded and Marko was killed instantly. His chimney was
untouched.
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
But obviously you didn't use grenades in your work.
Ha! Although we did throw mortar bombs at each other when we were
building brick chimneys.
Followed by brickbats?
I've heard of fruitbats living in trees,
but brickbats living in chimneys?
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
06 Jan 2006 12:44:32 AM |
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In article <pfkpr19scsb5pvd5bl6jp87kt8hebdu60u@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:17:15 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <1136361933.615504.5640@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
In article <1136284548.489249.92250@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
Cleaning up the gene pool.
Darwin list celebrates removal of the daftest
Blown up, electrocuted and horribly emasculated in 2005
Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday January 1, 2006
Observer
In retrospect, it was an obvious error to make. Last January, Marko,
a
55-year-old Croatian, thought up an 'ingenious' solution to the
problem
of cleaning his chimney. It was too high to push a broom up from the
ground, he realised, so he decided to climb on to his roof and drop
a
brush down. All he needed was a nice heavy weight to make sure it
did
not get stuck and was pulled straight through to the grate below.
So Marko selected a nice convenient heavy lump of metal - which
turned
out to be a hand grenade. Not a great choice, though even then Marko
might have survived the encounter had he not decided to connect the
grenade to the brush by the use of welding equipment. The metal
heated
up, the grenade exploded and Marko was killed instantly. His chimney
was
untouched.
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
But obviously you didn't use grenades in your work.
Ha! Although we did throw mortar bombs at each other when we were
building brick chimneys.
Followed by brickbats?
I've heard of fruitbats living in trees,
but brickbats living in chimneys?
Bellbats in the belfries?
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
06 Jan 2006 02:56:00 PM |
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On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:44:32 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
In article <pfkpr19scsb5pvd5bl6jp87kt8hebdu60u@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:17:15 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
[]
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
But obviously you didn't use grenades in your work.
Ha! Although we did throw mortar bombs at each other when we were
building brick chimneys.
Followed by brickbats?
I've heard of fruitbats living in trees,
but brickbats living in chimneys?
Bellbats in the belfries?
You've never heard of Belfries Bellbats?!
[aghast]
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
07 Jan 2006 01:02:24 AM |
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In article <p9mtr1hon7em4ljtl06okdd9fm09u2no0t@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:44:32 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
In article <pfkpr19scsb5pvd5bl6jp87kt8hebdu60u@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:17:15 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
[]
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
But obviously you didn't use grenades in your work.
Ha! Although we did throw mortar bombs at each other when we were
building brick chimneys.
Followed by brickbats?
I've heard of fruitbats living in trees,
but brickbats living in chimneys?
Bellbats in the belfries?
You've never heard of Belfries Bellbats?!
[aghast]
Actually I once dated one of the belles of Belfries Bellbats. It didn't
work though, she drove me batty.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
07 Jan 2006 12:49:16 PM |
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On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 23:02:24 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
In article <p9mtr1hon7em4ljtl06okdd9fm09u2no0t@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:44:32 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
In article <pfkpr19scsb5pvd5bl6jp87kt8hebdu60u@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:17:15 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
[]
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
But obviously you didn't use grenades in your work.
Ha! Although we did throw mortar bombs at each other when we were
building brick chimneys.
Followed by brickbats?
I've heard of fruitbats living in trees,
but brickbats living in chimneys?
Bellbats in the belfries?
You've never heard of Belfries Bellbats?!
[aghast]
Actually I once dated one of the belles of Belfries Bellbats. It didn't
work though, she drove me batty.
Ah, yes, the short flight.....
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
.
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
08 Jan 2006 01:23:52 AM |
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In article <q830s1d998eie89chap8e189ns1lsn38p3@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 23:02:24 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
In article <p9mtr1hon7em4ljtl06okdd9fm09u2no0t@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:44:32 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
In article <pfkpr19scsb5pvd5bl6jp87kt8hebdu60u@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:17:15 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
[]
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney
sweep.
But obviously you didn't use grenades in your work.
Ha! Although we did throw mortar bombs at each other when we were
building brick chimneys.
Followed by brickbats?
I've heard of fruitbats living in trees,
but brickbats living in chimneys?
Bellbats in the belfries?
You've never heard of Belfries Bellbats?!
[aghast]
Actually I once dated one of the belles of Belfries Bellbats. It didn't
work though, she drove me batty.
Ah, yes, the short flight.....
But sometimes short flights can be fun too. :-)
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
08 Jan 2006 05:21:48 PM |
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On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 23:23:52 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
In article <q830s1d998eie89chap8e189ns1lsn38p3@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 23:02:24 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
In article <p9mtr1hon7em4ljtl06okdd9fm09u2no0t@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:44:32 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
In article <pfkpr19scsb5pvd5bl6jp87kt8hebdu60u@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:17:15 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
[]
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney
sweep.
But obviously you didn't use grenades in your work.
Ha! Although we did throw mortar bombs at each other when we were
building brick chimneys.
Followed by brickbats?
I've heard of fruitbats living in trees,
but brickbats living in chimneys?
Bellbats in the belfries?
You've never heard of Belfries Bellbats?!
[aghast]
Actually I once dated one of the belles of Belfries Bellbats. It didn't
work though, she drove me batty.
Ah, yes, the short flight.....
But sometimes short flights can be fun too. :-)
Scenic low level flights...
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
.
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
08 Jan 2006 11:35:47 PM |
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In article <ncm2s1t5ptlht2m8apn5g22ppmsscmg5d8@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 23:23:52 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
In article <q830s1d998eie89chap8e189ns1lsn38p3@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 23:02:24 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
In article <p9mtr1hon7em4ljtl06okdd9fm09u2no0t@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:44:32 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
In article <pfkpr19scsb5pvd5bl6jp87kt8hebdu60u@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:17:15 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
[]
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney
sweep.
But obviously you didn't use grenades in your work.
Ha! Although we did throw mortar bombs at each other when we were
building brick chimneys.
Followed by brickbats?
I've heard of fruitbats living in trees,
but brickbats living in chimneys?
Bellbats in the belfries?
You've never heard of Belfries Bellbats?!
[aghast]
Actually I once dated one of the belles of Belfries Bellbats. It didn't
work though, she drove me batty.
Ah, yes, the short flight.....
But sometimes short flights can be fun too. :-)
Scenic low level flights...
Yep! :-)
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
06 Jan 2006 03:09:22 AM |
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On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:44:32 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <pfkpr19scsb5pvd5bl6jp87kt8hebdu60u@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:17:15 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <1136361933.615504.5640@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
In article <1136284548.489249.92250@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
Cleaning up the gene pool.
Darwin list celebrates removal of the daftest
Blown up, electrocuted and horribly emasculated in 2005
Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday January 1, 2006
Observer
In retrospect, it was an obvious error to make. Last January, Marko,
a
55-year-old Croatian, thought up an 'ingenious' solution to the
problem
of cleaning his chimney. It was too high to push a broom up from the
ground, he realised, so he decided to climb on to his roof and drop
a
brush down. All he needed was a nice heavy weight to make sure it
did
not get stuck and was pulled straight through to the grate below.
So Marko selected a nice convenient heavy lump of metal - which
turned
out to be a hand grenade. Not a great choice, though even then Marko
might have survived the encounter had he not decided to connect the
grenade to the brush by the use of welding equipment. The metal
heated
up, the grenade exploded and Marko was killed instantly. His chimney
was
untouched.
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
But obviously you didn't use grenades in your work.
Ha! Although we did throw mortar bombs at each other when we were
building brick chimneys.
Followed by brickbats?
I've heard of fruitbats living in trees,
but brickbats living in chimneys?
Bellbats in the belfries?
Belfries are infested with oddly shaped potatoes.
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
06 Jan 2006 10:52:20 AM |
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"Michael Gray" <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in message
news:vqcsr19vbufngsakn28rhblun1ou95khe3@4ax.com...
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:44:32 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <pfkpr19scsb5pvd5bl6jp87kt8hebdu60u@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:17:15 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <1136361933.615504.5640@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
In article <1136284548.489249.92250@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
Cleaning up the gene pool.
Darwin list celebrates removal of the daftest
Blown up, electrocuted and horribly emasculated in 2005
Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday January 1, 2006
Observer
In retrospect, it was an obvious error to make. Last January,
Marko,
a
55-year-old Croatian, thought up an 'ingenious' solution to the
problem
of cleaning his chimney. It was too high to push a broom up
from the
ground, he realised, so he decided to climb on to his roof and
drop
a
brush down. All he needed was a nice heavy weight to make sure
it
did
not get stuck and was pulled straight through to the grate
below.
So Marko selected a nice convenient heavy lump of metal - which
turned
out to be a hand grenade. Not a great choice, though even then
Marko
might have survived the encounter had he not decided to connect
the
grenade to the brush by the use of welding equipment. The metal
heated
up, the grenade exploded and Marko was killed instantly. His
chimney
was
untouched.
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney
sweep.
But obviously you didn't use grenades in your work.
Ha! Although we did throw mortar bombs at each other when we were
building brick chimneys.
Followed by brickbats?
I've heard of fruitbats living in trees,
but brickbats living in chimneys?
Bellbats in the belfries?
Belfries are infested with oddly shaped potatoes.
<Chortle!> :)
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
#1557
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
07 Jan 2006 01:08:40 AM |
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In article <vqcsr19vbufngsakn28rhblun1ou95khe3@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:44:32 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <pfkpr19scsb5pvd5bl6jp87kt8hebdu60u@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:17:15 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <1136361933.615504.5640@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
In article <1136284548.489249.92250@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
Cleaning up the gene pool.
Darwin list celebrates removal of the daftest
Blown up, electrocuted and horribly emasculated in 2005
Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday January 1, 2006
Observer
In retrospect, it was an obvious error to make. Last January,
Marko,
a
55-year-old Croatian, thought up an 'ingenious' solution to the
problem
of cleaning his chimney. It was too high to push a broom up from
the
ground, he realised, so he decided to climb on to his roof and
drop
a
brush down. All he needed was a nice heavy weight to make sure it
did
not get stuck and was pulled straight through to the grate below.
So Marko selected a nice convenient heavy lump of metal - which
turned
out to be a hand grenade. Not a great choice, though even then
Marko
might have survived the encounter had he not decided to connect
the
grenade to the brush by the use of welding equipment. The metal
heated
up, the grenade exploded and Marko was killed instantly. His
chimney
was
untouched.
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
But obviously you didn't use grenades in your work.
Ha! Although we did throw mortar bombs at each other when we were
building brick chimneys.
Followed by brickbats?
I've heard of fruitbats living in trees,
but brickbats living in chimneys?
Bellbats in the belfries?
Belfries are infested with oddly shaped potatoes.
Very good!
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
06 Jan 2006 02:57:22 PM |
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On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:39:22 +1030, Michael Gray
<fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in alt.atheism
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:44:32 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <pfkpr19scsb5pvd5bl6jp87kt8hebdu60u@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
[]
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
But obviously you didn't use grenades in your work.
Ha! Although we did throw mortar bombs at each other when we were
building brick chimneys.
Followed by brickbats?
I've heard of fruitbats living in trees,
but brickbats living in chimneys?
Bellbats in the belfries?
Belfries are infested with oddly shaped potatoes.
They got scalloped....
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
05 Jan 2006 06:21:08 PM |
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On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:31:06 +1030, Michael Gray
<fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in alt.atheism
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:17:15 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <1136361933.615504.5640@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
In article <1136284548.489249.92250@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
Cleaning up the gene pool.
Darwin list celebrates removal of the daftest
Blown up, electrocuted and horribly emasculated in 2005
Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday January 1, 2006
Observer
In retrospect, it was an obvious error to make. Last January, Marko, a
55-year-old Croatian, thought up an 'ingenious' solution to the problem
of cleaning his chimney. It was too high to push a broom up from the
ground, he realised, so he decided to climb on to his roof and drop a
brush down. All he needed was a nice heavy weight to make sure it did
not get stuck and was pulled straight through to the grate below.
So Marko selected a nice convenient heavy lump of metal - which turned
out to be a hand grenade. Not a great choice, though even then Marko
might have survived the encounter had he not decided to connect the
grenade to the brush by the use of welding equipment. The metal heated
up, the grenade exploded and Marko was killed instantly. His chimney was
untouched.
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
But obviously you didn't use grenades in your work.
Ha! Although we did throw mortar bombs at each other when we were
building brick chimneys.
Followed by brickbats?
I've heard of fruitbats living in trees,
but brickbats living in chimneys?
Sure. They're all agrout......
--
Fundies and trolls are invited to shove
a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
05 Jan 2006 07:36:12 PM |
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On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:21:08 -0800, stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:31:06 +1030, Michael Gray
<fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in alt.atheism
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:17:15 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <1136361933.615504.5640@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
In article <1136284548.489249.92250@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
Cleaning up the gene pool.
Darwin list celebrates removal of the daftest
Blown up, electrocuted and horribly emasculated in 2005
Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday January 1, 2006
Observer
In retrospect, it was an obvious error to make. Last January, Marko, a
55-year-old Croatian, thought up an 'ingenious' solution to the problem
of cleaning his chimney. It was too high to push a broom up from the
ground, he realised, so he decided to climb on to his roof and drop a
brush down. All he needed was a nice heavy weight to make sure it did
not get stuck and was pulled straight through to the grate below.
So Marko selected a nice convenient heavy lump of metal - which turned
out to be a hand grenade. Not a great choice, though even then Marko
might have survived the encounter had he not decided to connect the
grenade to the brush by the use of welding equipment. The metal heated
up, the grenade exploded and Marko was killed instantly. His chimney was
untouched.
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
But obviously you didn't use grenades in your work.
Ha! Although we did throw mortar bombs at each other when we were
building brick chimneys.
Followed by brickbats?
I've heard of fruitbats living in trees,
but brickbats living in chimneys?
Sure. They're all agrout......
:D
I defer to a master punster!
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
06 Jan 2006 02:55:04 PM |
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On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:06:12 +1030, Michael Gray
<fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in alt.atheism
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:21:08 -0800, stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:31:06 +1030, Michael Gray
<fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in alt.atheism
[]
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
But obviously you didn't use grenades in your work.
Ha! Although we did throw mortar bombs at each other when we were
building brick chimneys.
Followed by brickbats?
I've heard of fruitbats living in trees,
but brickbats living in chimneys?
Sure. They're all agrout......
:D
I defer to a master punster!
I be a mere apprentice.
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
03 Jan 2006 02:02:00 PM |
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On 3 Jan 2006 02:35:48 -0800, "Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote
in alt.atheism
johac wrote:
Cleaning up the gene pool.
Darwin list celebrates removal of the daftest
Blown up, electrocuted and horribly emasculated in 2005
Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday January 1, 2006
Observer
In retrospect, it was an obvious error to make. Last January, Marko, a
55-year-old Croatian, thought up an 'ingenious' solution to the problem
of cleaning his chimney. It was too high to push a broom up from the
ground, he realised, so he decided to climb on to his roof and drop a
brush down. All he needed was a nice heavy weight to make sure it did
not get stuck and was pulled straight through to the grate below.
So Marko selected a nice convenient heavy lump of metal - which turned
out to be a hand grenade. Not a great choice, though even then Marko
might have survived the encounter had he not decided to connect the
grenade to the brush by the use of welding equipment. The metal heated
up, the grenade exploded and Marko was killed instantly. His chimney was
untouched.
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
That's gotta be a suck arse job.
--
Fundies and trolls are urged to shove
a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed.
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| User: "Chris Hayes" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
03 Jan 2006 07:21:54 PM |
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wrote:
On 3 Jan 2006 02:35:48 -0800, "Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote
in alt.atheism
johac wrote:
Cleaning up the gene pool.
Darwin list celebrates removal of the daftest
Blown up, electrocuted and horribly emasculated in 2005
Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday January 1, 2006
Observer
In retrospect, it was an obvious error to make. Last January, Marko, a
55-year-old Croatian, thought up an 'ingenious' solution to the problem
of cleaning his chimney. It was too high to push a broom up from the
ground, he realised, so he decided to climb on to his roof and drop a
brush down. All he needed was a nice heavy weight to make sure it did
not get stuck and was pulled straight through to the grate below.
So Marko selected a nice convenient heavy lump of metal - which turned
out to be a hand grenade. Not a great choice, though even then Marko
might have survived the encounter had he not decided to connect the
grenade to the brush by the use of welding equipment. The metal heated
up, the grenade exploded and Marko was killed instantly. His chimney was
untouched.
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
That's gotta be a suck arse job.
Sometimes (like when dealing with animal corpses), but it was more fun
than most jobs I can think of. And if you know what you're doing, you
won't get dirty 99% of the time.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
04 Jan 2006 03:04:45 PM |
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On 3 Jan 2006 17:21:54 -0800, "Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote
in alt.atheism
stoney@the.net wrote:
On 3 Jan 2006 02:35:48 -0800, "Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote
in alt.atheism
[]
So Marko selected a nice convenient heavy lump of metal - which turned
out to be a hand grenade. Not a great choice, though even then Marko
might have survived the encounter had he not decided to connect the
grenade to the brush by the use of welding equipment. The metal heated
up, the grenade exploded and Marko was killed instantly. His chimney was
untouched.
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
That's gotta be a suck arse job.
Sometimes (like when dealing with animal corpses), but it was more fun
than most jobs I can think of. And if you know what you're doing, you
won't get dirty 99% of the time.
Thank you.
--
Fundies and trolls are urged to shove
a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed.
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
03 Jan 2006 09:17:12 PM |
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On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 12:02:00 -0800, wrote:
On 3 Jan 2006 02:35:48 -0800, "Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote
in alt.atheism
johac wrote:
Cleaning up the gene pool.
Darwin list celebrates removal of the daftest
Blown up, electrocuted and horribly emasculated in 2005
Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday January 1, 2006
Observer
In retrospect, it was an obvious error to make. Last January, Marko, a
55-year-old Croatian, thought up an 'ingenious' solution to the problem
of cleaning his chimney. It was too high to push a broom up from the
ground, he realised, so he decided to climb on to his roof and drop a
brush down. All he needed was a nice heavy weight to make sure it did
not get stuck and was pulled straight through to the grate below.
So Marko selected a nice convenient heavy lump of metal - which turned
out to be a hand grenade. Not a great choice, though even then Marko
might have survived the encounter had he not decided to connect the
grenade to the brush by the use of welding equipment. The metal heated
up, the grenade exploded and Marko was killed instantly. His chimney was
untouched.
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
That's gotta be a suck arse job.
Not to mention the high incidence of scrotal cancer amongst (male)
chimney sweeps.
Except that I just mentioned it.
Damn.
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| User: "Chris Hayes" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
04 Jan 2006 02:03:53 AM |
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Michael Gray wrote:
On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 12:02:00 -0800, wrote:
On 3 Jan 2006 02:35:48 -0800, "Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote
in alt.atheism
johac wrote:
Cleaning up the gene pool.
Darwin list celebrates removal of the daftest
Blown up, electrocuted and horribly emasculated in 2005
Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday January 1, 2006
Observer
In retrospect, it was an obvious error to make. Last January, Marko, a
55-year-old Croatian, thought up an 'ingenious' solution to the problem
of cleaning his chimney. It was too high to push a broom up from the
ground, he realised, so he decided to climb on to his roof and drop a
brush down. All he needed was a nice heavy weight to make sure it did
not get stuck and was pulled straight through to the grate below.
So Marko selected a nice convenient heavy lump of metal - which turned
out to be a hand grenade. Not a great choice, though even then Marko
might have survived the encounter had he not decided to connect the
grenade to the brush by the use of welding equipment. The metal heated
up, the grenade exploded and Marko was killed instantly. His chimney was
untouched.
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
That's gotta be a suck arse job.
Not to mention the high incidence of scrotal cancer amongst (male)
chimney sweeps.
I've heard about that. I'd imagine it has to do with the creasote.
Except that I just mentioned it.
Damn.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
04 Jan 2006 03:06:29 PM |
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On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 13:47:12 +1030, Michael Gray
<fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in alt.atheism
On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 12:02:00 -0800, wrote:
On 3 Jan 2006 02:35:48 -0800, "Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote
in alt.atheism
johac wrote:
Cleaning up the gene pool.
Darwin list celebrates removal of the daftest
Blown up, electrocuted and horribly emasculated in 2005
Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday January 1, 2006
Observer
In retrospect, it was an obvious error to make. Last January, Marko, a
55-year-old Croatian, thought up an 'ingenious' solution to the problem
of cleaning his chimney. It was too high to push a broom up from the
ground, he realised, so he decided to climb on to his roof and drop a
brush down. All he needed was a nice heavy weight to make sure it did
not get stuck and was pulled straight through to the grate below.
So Marko selected a nice convenient heavy lump of metal - which turned
out to be a hand grenade. Not a great choice, though even then Marko
might have survived the encounter had he not decided to connect the
grenade to the brush by the use of welding equipment. The metal heated
up, the grenade exploded and Marko was killed instantly. His chimney was
untouched.
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
That's gotta be a suck arse job.
Not to mention the high incidence of scrotal cancer amongst (male)
chimney sweeps.
What balls he had.
[]
--
Fundies and trolls are urged to shove
a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed.
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
04 Jan 2006 06:27:40 PM |
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On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 13:06:29 -0800, wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 13:47:12 +1030, Michael Gray
<fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in alt.atheism
On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 12:02:00 -0800, wrote:
On 3 Jan 2006 02:35:48 -0800, "Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote
in alt.atheism
johac wrote:
Cleaning up the gene pool.
Darwin list celebrates removal of the daftest
Blown up, electrocuted and horribly emasculated in 2005
Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday January 1, 2006
Observer
In retrospect, it was an obvious error to make. Last January, Marko, a
55-year-old Croatian, thought up an 'ingenious' solution to the problem
of cleaning his chimney. It was too high to push a broom up from the
ground, he realised, so he decided to climb on to his roof and drop a
brush down. All he needed was a nice heavy weight to make sure it did
not get stuck and was pulled straight through to the grate below.
So Marko selected a nice convenient heavy lump of metal - which turned
out to be a hand grenade. Not a great choice, though even then Marko
might have survived the encounter had he not decided to connect the
grenade to the brush by the use of welding equipment. The metal heated
up, the grenade exploded and Marko was killed instantly. His chimney was
untouched.
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
That's gotta be a suck arse job.
Not to mention the high incidence of scrotal cancer amongst (male)
chimney sweeps.
What balls he had.
Otis Blackwell penned a ditty about him.
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
05 Jan 2006 06:20:35 PM |
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On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:57:40 +1030, Michael Gray
<fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in alt.atheism
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 13:06:29 -0800, wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 13:47:12 +1030, Michael Gray
<fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in alt.atheism
On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 12:02:00 -0800, wrote:
On 3 Jan 2006 02:35:48 -0800, "Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote
in alt.atheism
johac wrote:
Cleaning up the gene pool.
Darwin list celebrates removal of the daftest
Blown up, electrocuted and horribly emasculated in 2005
Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday January 1, 2006
Observer
In retrospect, it was an obvious error to make. Last January, Marko, a
55-year-old Croatian, thought up an 'ingenious' solution to the problem
of cleaning his chimney. It was too high to push a broom up from the
ground, he realised, so he decided to climb on to his roof and drop a
brush down. All he needed was a nice heavy weight to make sure it did
not get stuck and was pulled straight through to the grate below.
So Marko selected a nice convenient heavy lump of metal - which turned
out to be a hand grenade. Not a great choice, though even then Marko
might have survived the encounter had he not decided to connect the
grenade to the brush by the use of welding equipment. The metal heated
up, the grenade exploded and Marko was killed instantly. His chimney was
untouched.
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
That's gotta be a suck arse job.
Not to mention the high incidence of scrotal cancer amongst (male)
chimney sweeps.
What balls he had.
Otis Blackwell penned a ditty about him.
did it pass the committee?
--
Fundies and trolls are invited to shove
a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
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| Title: Re: Best of the Darwin Awards for 2005 |
05 Jan 2006 07:35:01 PM |
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On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:20:35 -0800, stoney <> wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:57:40 +1030, Michael Gray
<fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in alt.atheism
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 13:06:29 -0800, wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 13:47:12 +1030, Michael Gray
<fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in alt.atheism
On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 12:02:00 -0800, wrote:
On 3 Jan 2006 02:35:48 -0800, "Chris Hayes" <hayes12@fadmail.com> wrote
in alt.atheism
johac wrote:
Cleaning up the gene pool.
Darwin list celebrates removal of the daftest
Blown up, electrocuted and horribly emasculated in 2005
Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday January 1, 2006
Observer
In retrospect, it was an obvious error to make. Last January, Marko, a
55-year-old Croatian, thought up an 'ingenious' solution to the problem
of cleaning his chimney. It was too high to push a broom up from the
ground, he realised, so he decided to climb on to his roof and drop a
brush down. All he needed was a nice heavy weight to make sure it did
not get stuck and was pulled straight through to the grate below.
So Marko selected a nice convenient heavy lump of metal - which turned
out to be a hand grenade. Not a great choice, though even then Marko
might have survived the encounter had he not decided to connect the
grenade to the brush by the use of welding equipment. The metal heated
up, the grenade exploded and Marko was killed instantly. His chimney was
untouched.
This is especially funny to me since I used to be a chimney sweep.
That's gotta be a suck arse job.
Not to mention the high incidence of scrotal cancer amongst (male)
chimney sweeps.
What balls he had.
Otis Blackwell penned a ditty about him.
did it pass the committee?
Now you've finally made an oblique pun that zoomed over my head.
You are going to have to explain that one.
(It is just possible though, that you have forgotten that Mr.
Blackwell wrote "Great Balls of Fire", made famous by one Mr. J. L.
Lewis.)
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