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Barbecue in elevator

2006 Reader Submission
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Two men, a woman and a puppy were out for an Sunday evening barbecue in the city Hässelby in Sweden. Once the meat was on the grill, one of the participants decided that they should have had the barbecue on the balcony instead. So they rolled the smoking grill, with the pieces of meat on it, into the elevator.

Between floors four and five the elevator suddenly stopped, and got stuck.

Obviously, the small space in the elevator pretty soon got filled with smoke.

Once rescue finally arrived, all of them had got minor damages from the smoke and were treated with oxygen. The puppy got away with least damages since it was much lower than the others, but it too got treated with oxygen.

No one died, but for creating a home built Auschwitz and getting into it themselves, they deserve an honorable mention.

From http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=147&a=562230&rss=1400

Submitted on 07/31/2006

Submitted by: Jan Danielsson
Reference: DN 31st july 2006

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James said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
This one is a bit different! I'll give them an HM all right. Murphy's law says that the elevator WILL get stuck at the most inopportune time (which this was). I also cite the stupidity of the participants' changing their mind about the location of the BBQ for no apparent good reason, and their endangering a puppy!


Fitzroy said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
Assuming that elevator did not have a track record of poor reliability, I'm not sure the level of stupidity here was spectacular. Yet it was not negligible either, and the consequences were extraordinary in their own way. I'm inclined to believe it deserves mention even though the puppy might just qualify as an innocent bystander.


Jorge said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention


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