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How Not To Recycle RPGs

2006 Reader Submission
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Occurance Date - Tue 8/8/06 Reference - http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14271377

A Brazilian man near Rio de Janeiro died

Tuesday while trying to open a RPG (rocket

propelled grenade) with a sledgehammer.

In the process, he blew up the workshop, severely burned another man, and set fire

to several cars outside.

Since several unexploded Army issue RPGs were

discovered inside the workshop, it is suggested

that he may have been a recycler of scrap metal, possibly supplied by gangs stealing materials

from a nearby military base.

He either didn't know what he had, or

mistakenly chose to emulate the obviously

poor "Ordinance Quality Control Testing

Technique" once used by Bugs Bunny in a

classic WW-II era cartoon to separate live

rounds from duds coming off the assembly line.

Unfortunately, he found a live round...

Submitted on 08/12/2006

Submitted by: Keith McClary
Reference: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/142713

Copyright © 2006 DarwinAwards.com

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James said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Thanks, Keith. Even though this has already been submitted dozens of times, I'm keeping this for Darwin because of the original write-up and the reference to the classic Bugs Bunny cartoon. That's the FIRST thing I thought of when I first saw this submitted!


Fitzroy said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Yeah, it isn't the approach I would take, but it did make me smile and I can see the appeal of it. I'll vote for passing it along as well since that imagery/cultural reference deserves consideration.


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