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original boomin' system?

2005 Reader Submission
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I realize this is another case of not "true" Darwin worthy material but after reading some of the other stories, I thought I'd submit it as one of possible interest. Several years ago my father and uncle were going over some memories of their youth and shared a rather Darwinisk story about how when they were in their 20's they were trying to make one great car out of 3 junkers. they accomplished this and even made a 2nd working car. The 2nd car was missing most of it's floorboards and one was able to see the ground while driving along. They decided they needed to have some fun with this feature. Being this was the fifties, high powered explosives were still easy to get. So, with quarter sticks of dynamite at hand my future father and uncle went about driving around throwing the sticks onto the ground and basically scaring the daylights out of people in cars behind them. THIS WAS FUN. When I heard this story my first response was "Were'nt you concerned about the gas tank below you?" To my amazment they both looked rather surprised at each other then responded that they had never thought of that and thank goodness it never backfired on them. My grand father just laughed and walked out of the room. allow me to point out that they had even made it a point to state how they had to shorten the fuses on the sticks so as to make sure the stick would go off before the car behind them got to it.

Submitted on 03/15/2005

Submitted by: Eric
Reference: Father, uncle, grandpa memory

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Daniel said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Thank you, I really like this one. "We never thought of that" could be an epitaph for many a winner.

Jack said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I have to agree, "We never thought of that" must rank up there with "Hey, watch this!" as epitaphs for both Honorable Mention and Darwin Award winners.

Charles said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
I can add nothing to what Daniel and Jack have already said.

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