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Bucket of Dynamite

2007 Reader Submission
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An unnamed patient at the local clinic told my neighbor that he had serious internal injuries, including a ruptured eyeball, total hearing loss in one ear, and both legs amputated mid-thigh, as the result of a fishing accident. Also the man damaged both gonads, qualifying him for the Darwin Award.

He had been standing at the end of a dock with a bucket of dynamite, 2-inch chunks each fused and capped. He lit the fuse, cocked his arm for the throw, and dropped that chunk of dynamite into the bucket of dynamite.

Instantly recognizing the serious situation he was in, the man dove off the dock. But water is incompressible. It transferred the force of the explosion, in line with the blast, against his body.

One doctor was heard to remark that it was good that this patient had lost his balls, as it removed him from the gene pool.

ORIGINAL: Unnamed patient at local clinic tells my neighbor that he has serious internal injuries, a ruptured eyeball, total hearing loss on the same side as the ruptured eye, some brain damage, and had both legs amputated mid- thigh as the result of a fishing accident. He also lost both gonads, qualifying him for the Darwin Award.

This man was standing at the end of a dock, with a bucket of 2-inch chunks of dynamite, each fused and capped, getting ready to toss a chunk of dynamite into the water. He lit the fuse, moved his arm back for the throw -- and dropped that chunk of dynamite, lighted fuse, cap, and all, into the bucket of dynamite.

Seeing this as a problem, he dove off the dock, but water, being incompressible, transferred the force of the explosion over that part of his body in direct line with the blast.

One doctor was heard to remark that it was a good thing that this patient had lost his balls, as it removed him from the gene pool.

Submitted on 03/02/2007

Submitted by: Mike Andrews
Reference: none -- unverifiable personal

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Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
If there were some verifying documentation this would be a full Darwin. As it is, we can only make it a Personal Account with the moral that fishing, dynamite and fools just don't mix. Thanks for the story, Mike

James said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Either the victim is afflicted with apraxia, or he is the most uncoordinated fellow ever to assume the title of fisherman! Pretty funny stuff! I checked Snopes.com JUST to be sure it wasn't an Urban Legend, and it isn't, so I'm voting to keep this as a PA! Thanks, Mike!

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