i know what i'm doing 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
Whilst Australia is one of the most urbanised countries in the world, the call to the frontiersman is stong.
Our hero, from Kendenup, in rural Western Australia, was no exception. Receiving the call, he and three friends went camping. To sleep under the stars & return to nature? not quite. To take along the caravan, of course...and, perhaps the home made cannon.
How will the cannon be fired? one might have asked. With gunpowder, of course, would come the reply
What shall we fire? one might have asked.
A solidified plaster -filled beer can, of course, would come the reply
The available details are still sketchy, but reference has been made to 'a metre long metal pipe and a metal base plate'.
By now, most readers are way ahead...
You are correct!
The cannon was lit...and it exploded showering our frontiersman with metal and plaster. The debris, in turn, punctured a gas cylinder which exploded and demolished the caravan.
During these events, our lesser frontiersmen sustained minor injuries.
Our, no doubt 'tired and emotional', hero was medevaced to perth and was last seen disappearing into intensive care. His condition described as critical.
We thought we had a Darwin Award contender (and we are now devastated)...alas...
Sep14, 2002, from news.com.au:
our 52 year old hero (no, not 17) had a leg amputated. According to News, he was in "good spirits". There are some who might contend that those good spirits were linked to the cannon and its firing.
Our lesser heros, it appears, had the foresight to be 'behind a car about 20 metres away'.
As Kurt Vonnegut would put it 'so it goes'. Submitted on 09/17/2002
Submitted by:
john bettes
Reference:
australian sep 9, 2002
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