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Cane Toad Revenge

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Ok a few years ago I was going through a box of old things with my girlfriend and found an old chinese firecracker the approx size of a coke can Id left there from years before. I said "yeah cool lets go and blow something up" so we looked around. At the back of the house was an empty swimming pool and down the deep end was a big ugly Australian cane toad which are local pests introduced from South America to eat other pests but they are poisonous and nothing eats them so now they are all over the place. So i say "Im going to blow up that toad, how cool will that be" I go down into the empty pool and she takes cover behind some concrete cheering me on. The wick is about 2 inchs and so i figure ive got enough time to get out of the pool and run behind the concrete. I put the cracker next to the toads bum (it just sat there) and lit the fuse and it basically exploded instantaneously sending my head backwards, hitting the edge of the concrete wall and peeling the front section of my scalp back also knocking myself unconscious. I came to about 2 mins later with my girlfriend screaming thinking i was dead, I was taken to the local medical center and had 10 stiches across my forehead like frankenstein. Afterwards we found the toad still sitting in the pool completely unharmed.

Submitted on 08/12/2002

Submitted by: Matthew Walker
Reference: My own story

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Emily said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Kudos to the unharmed frog...(A side note: it reminds me of the "Cane Toads" video that I saw in high school...a classic)


John said:
Neutral: Not Amusing


Bert said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
I'd say that was instant karma. Not a Darwin, you're still alive!


Gregory said:
Maybe Toss: Lacks Excellence
Kids with fire crackers. At least toad wasn't hurt.


Charles said:
Maybe Toss: Personal Account
2 inches of fuse should have given you getaway time. I don't see the stupidity; it looks like an accident to me.


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