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Flares fair

2003 Reader Submission
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A male in Brisbane Australia, found a safety flare and not wanting it to be dangerous, he decided to make it safe.

His idea of making it safe was to make a hole in the flare and let the water seep into it, unfortunately the method of making the hole was not the greatest idea.

Using a cordless drill he decided to make a hole in the flare, unfortunately the heat of the drill caused the flare to capture and burn fiercely.

The resting damage was unfortunately or fortunately not fatal, however he did lose most of the muscle mass off three fingers and some serious burns to his hand.

So one would think that this came from some unexperienced youngster, or someone slightly inebriated, nope just a mid-60 year old in his retirement making the world a safer place.

Submitted on 09/29/2002

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Bill said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
It is pretty stupid, dangerous and novel - fits the criteria. I'm not enthusiastic about giving an HM to somebody who wanted to help though. Let the readers decide.


Jack said:
Maybe Toss: Other
Poorly written, no verification.


Charles said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
Hmm, yeah, drill a hole in something explosive. Yup, good idea.


Gregory said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
some potential with better writeup.


Bert said:
Maybe Toss: No Self-Selection
Untrained people do stupid things with pyrotechnics with great regularity. This is why there are laws about who has access to such things- He showed great initiative in finding a way to hurt himself with one of the safer items available, I must say.


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