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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: blackwolfe on February 06, 2010, 06:28:56 PM
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Haven't been on the forum much lately, so if someone already posted this I appolagize. CR and FQ, not all the crazies are in Flordia, some are in Michigan besides the Canadian governor. I did some crazy crap when I was younger, but not this. This guy apparently never grew up and Darwin hasn't quite caught up to him......YET!
http://www.wtsp.com/news/watercooler/story.aspx?storyid=124535&catid=58
OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. (USA Today) -- A 62-year-old Michigan man has been hospitalized with burns after the rocket backpack he built to power himself on a sled exploded, the Detroit Free Press reports.
Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe says the unidentified man, who had been drinking before the accident, suffered second-degree burns to his face and body, and possible eye damage.
"Apparently he has this sledding party every year, and he always does outrageous things at it, but he's never blown himself up before," McCabe tells the newspaper.
The would-be rocket was powered by a used auto muffler filled with gasoline and gunpowder.
"He asked another person to light a wick and then began to sled down a hill," McCabe says. "At some point during the ride, the device exploded."
But, McCabe reports, at least he was wearing a motorcycle helmet.
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He sounds like Wyle E. Coyote.
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But, McCabe reports, at least he was wearing a motorcycle helmet.
Which, ironically, is the only part of his body that doesn't need protecting........
Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius is tops.....
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tobeepornottobeep.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPYAsbOpTtQ
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"the unidentified man, who had been drinking before the accident, '
There's a surprise ;D
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"the unidentified man, who had been drinking before the accident,"
It was a male
62 years old
Michigan residence
2nd degree burns w/ eye damage
has a yearly sledding party
does outrageous things
ask someone to light the wick
constructed out of a muffler
gasoline and gun powder
BUT WE DON'T KNOW HIS NAME? Oh sorry chief, I forgot to get his name, but you want to know the brand of gasoline?
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It was a male
62 years old
Michigan residence
2nd degree burns w/ eye damage
has a yearly sledding party
does outrageous things
ask someone to light the wick
constructed out of a muffler
gasoline and gun powder
BUT WE DON'T KNOW HIS NAME? Oh sorry chief, I forgot to get his name, but you want to know the brand of gasoline?
Well, at least we do know he was too old to be Frank...... ;) :D ;D
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Whats amazing is that the guy lived to be 62. Can you imagine the crap that he pulled in his early twenties? Sitll young and stupid but old enough to drink and with disposable income. The very idea is scary.
FQ13
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.... and with disposable income.
Was that a pun? huh? huh? Exploding rocket......disposable income?
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ACME instructions SPECIFICALLY STATED NO GASOLINE!!!!!!!!
Had to use jet fuel......geez, they'll never get it right that way,....
Thank you blackwolfe for leaving me out of the crazies in FL..... :P
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Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius
My hero and role model!!!
And now it has been proven that I can carry on for many more years ... If I live that long ;D