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Woman, 40% burns decanting petrol in Kitchen
Woman, 40% burns decanting petrol in Kitchen
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Well said, Patra. Its what separates us from the French, Germans and Belgians.
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An example of how slapstick comedy is totally unappreciated elsewhere:
Over here in South America, a friend of mine was telling me about a terrible accident at work. This guy was wheeling around a big vat of molten chocolate to be used for coating some confectionary or other. He was in a bit of a hurry, tripped, and somehow ended up falling headfirst into the big vat of chocolate. I was in hysterics by this point, and couldn't stop laughing even when she told me that he'd had to go to hospital to be treated for burns. I thought that she just didn't find it funny because she sort of knew the guy, but I told loads of other Colombians and none of them found it funny either. I ended up looking like a right b*stard. Unbelievable, not finding it funny when someone falls into a vat of molten chocolate. |
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Ken Masters 30 Mar 12 13:15
The founders of the Darwin Awards might as well set up shop in Yorkshire imo.  Was going to say the same thing ! Definitely a contender here ! |
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You could probably walk around a petrol station forecourt wth a lit ciggie in your lips and come to no harm.
Your odds of survival will dramatically decrease as you drop it to the floor to stamp it out. Just like the Japanese pilots in the war when they came at you with the Sun behind them  petrol fumes lie low to the ground, and are sneaky fackers. |
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Patra. I DO know where you're coming from. I can see the humour in the situation as a 'slapstick' sketch. But in the funny version, the victim is always the 'baddie' or the 'sap'.
The glum part about this event is is that, like so many of today's population, she woud have had no idea that it was even dangerous. To her it was probably just like water, but a bit smelly. I doubt that she even knows what a 'Jerry-Can' is, or where it got it's name. I believe the house is still standing, so I'm really interested to know if she managed to not knock over the receptacles. Like I say...it is so daft that it's funny. Could it be the result of cotton-wool lifestyle.  |
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Totally agree. How the hell can you laugh at this. Poor woman. Think how you feel when you burn your finger and multiply iy by 10000
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think i'm agreeing anyway
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You've got me worried now, Kenny. I might just have to disagree with meself! Mind you, it wouldn't be the first time.
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PatraTheCat
Joined: 13 Jun 10 Replies: 737 30 Mar 12 23:29 An example of how slapstick comedy is totally unappreciated elsewhere: Over here in South America, a friend of mine was telling me about a terrible accident at work. This guy was wheeling around a big vat of molten chocolate At this point, i'd already started laughing. |
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kenny mann is clearly colombian.
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I can see why people would say that this kind of thing isn't funny, but then what do you do when you realise that 6 million children starve to death each year and you have food in the fridge that's gone off because you were too lazy to eat it?
The world is a sick, sick place. Laugh or cry. |
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I'll cry, and laugh at Fawlty Towers.
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What about the guy who fell into a vat of molten chocolate?
Come on, you've got to admit that's kind of funny! |
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I should cocoa!
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There's a great bit on the report from her 86 yr old neighbour "i was in the garden having a nice cup of tea when i saw smoke coming from next door,i though oh they must be having a brbecue with the weather so nice,then i saw a woman on fire"
I know ya shouldn't laugh but how can anyone be so grossly stupid she then asked the flaming woman ' Have you phoned for the fire brigade ? ' |
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np Patra, sorry mate.
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Was she singing this at the time? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxELSzay2lc
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What a retard. If you cannot compute naked flames and petroleum spirit then death would be a mercy.
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Help Ma Boab. Things aren't always as easy 'to compute' as one might think.
Just as a for instance: You have a frontwheel-drive car. You have two brand new tyres and two part-worn. All the same manufacturer/type/model. So, do the new tyres go on the front, or on the back? Why? ps. They don't go two new ones on the left with two old ones on the right! |
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and here's another one:
Integrate x/sin(cos(x^-3)^4.2 along a sinwave path in the argand plane. |
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Tyres and applied mathematics aren't as bleeding obvious as petrol + naked flames.
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Hard to argue with that really.
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Sad story indeed but why would you even take petrol into your house.
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To stop it getting stolen.
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