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Justice at it's Best
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Recycled Wartime Bomb
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Driving w/o License
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sitting on a gun
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Old Hockey Game
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Man Picks Up Live Wire
don't pet the python
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Cure that Itching
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Gone in a Flash

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Today's Darwin Award Calendar story reminds me of a similar story. This may take some research into the Ohio accident records, but I'm satisfied it's true. A close friend of mine's friend knew a guy who bought, for reasons unknown, an entire case of flash paper. (How much a case consists of I'm unsure about, but I'm assuming it's at least the size of one of those boxes of printer/copier paper.) He was transporting it home in the back seat of his car on warm enough day to have the windows open, when he suddenly got the urge to "light one up". Hopefully his last smoke was enjoyed, because at the end of the last drag, he flung the butt out the window. Unfortunately, he forgot to account for the open rear window, and the wind tossed it right back into the back seat where the case of flash paper was. If he died due to extreme burns or a resulting crash is unknown.

Submitted on 02/28/02

Submitted by: Ted Lauer
Reference: personal account

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Darwin said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
YES?!! Flash Paper is pretty damn hot. Could be a fun science sstory, could be a tosser. What do the readers think?


Gregory said:
Neutral: Other
A real "friend of a friend" story: sounds like UL. Contains details that would be hard to verify except by the deceased. Who saw him fling the butt?


Pilchard said:
Neutral: Darwin Award


R&B said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Not bad, if true.


Teela said:
Neutral: Personal Account


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