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I said, "GET OUT OF BED!!"

2006 Reader Submission
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Remember our parents telling us, 'Don't play with matches, something could catch fire'? Well Beverly Gibbs, 49, of Milwaukee was apparently not taught that lesson as a child. Gibbs was apparently irritated that her boyfriend was too lazy to get out of bed. It's pretty common knowledge that mattresses are flammable, but our heroine must have been asleep when that particular bit of information was released to the rest of the world, as she decided the best way to try to wake him up was to throw LIT MATCHES at him. The matches did their job, as he DID wake up, probably since the mattress he had been sleeping on was now on fire. The problems compounded themselves when he tried to drag the mattress out of the house, and in doing so, set other parts of the house on fire, trapping our heroine, and she eventually died of smoke inhalation.

Submitted on 02/08/2006

Submitted by: Dave Schaefer
Reference: Associated Press 1-24-06

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James said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat
Thanks, Dave, we already have this story under consideration!


Jack said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Keep for Darwin! We were looking for a better write-up than Dave originally submitted, and here it is. Thanks, Dave, we appreciate the trouble!


Jorge said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat


Tracy said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
This is a repeat, but a good writeup!


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