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And, presumably, he was a technical diver, hence the post? -- John Taylor, Marketing and Trading Systems, IT Development Credit Suisse Financial Products (Hong Kong) Ltd, 13F, Tower 3, Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong Office: +852 2101 6927, Fax: +852 2101 7778, Mobile: +852 9031 6395, email: john.taylor@cs*.co*.uk* > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Morris [SMTP:robmorr@le*.in*.ne*] > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 1998 12:53 AM > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com > Subject: Future Darwin Award Nominee (Fwd) > > In rural Carbon County, PA, a group of men were drinking beer and > discharging firearms from the rear deck of a home owned by Irving > Michaels, age 27. > > The men were firing at a raccoon that was wandering by, but the beer > apparently impaired their aim and, despite of the estimated 35 shots > the group fired, the animal escaped into a 3 foot diameter drainage > pipe some 100 feet away from Mr. Michaels deck. Determined to > terminate the animal, Mr. Michaels retrieved a can of gasoline and > poured some down the pipe, intending to smoke the animal out. > > After several unsuccessful attempts to ignite the fuel, Michaels > emptied the entire 5 gallon fuel can down the pipe and tried to ignite > it again, to no avail. Not one to admit defeat by wildlife, the > determined Mr. Michaels proceeded to slide feet-first approximately > 15 feet down the sloping pipe to toss the match. > > The subsequent rapidly expanding fireball propelled Mr. Michaels back > the way he had come, though at a much higher rate of speed. He exited > the angled pipe "like a Polaris missile leaves a submarine," according > to witness Joseph McFadden, 31. > > Mr. Michaels was launched directly over his own home, right over the > heads of his astonished friends, onto his front lawn. In all, he > traveled over 200 feet through the air. "There was a Doppler Effect to > his scream as he flew over us," McFadden reported, "Followed by a loud > thud." > > Amazingly, he suffered only minor injuries. "It was actually pretty > cool," Michaels said, "Like when they shoot someone out of a cannon at > the circus. I'd do it again if I was sure I wouldn't get hurt." > > Comment: Unless he dies the next time, he is not technically a > candidate for a Darwin Award - which requires the permanent > elimination of that hosts chromosomes from the gene pool. > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to > `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to > `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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