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Title: we need a new darwin awards, for people who dont die.
Post by: luckee on April 17, 2003, 09:12:05 AM: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/1870788

DALLAS - A teenager was blinded after being struck in the face with a frog shot from a so-called "potato gun."

Daniel Benjamin Berry, 17, received the injury after he looked down the barrel of the gun\'s PVC pipe barrel and was hit in the face by the frog.

"He is going to be blind in both eyes," Daniel\'s mother, Lisa Berry, said.

Potato guns are made of pipe with one end sealed. A potato is wedged into the open end and a flammable liquid put into a sealed chamber is ignited, launching the object.

Denton County Sheriff\'s Department spokesman Kevin Patton said the accident occurred about 1 a.m. Sunday when Daniel Berry joined a crowed of teenagers watching the gun be fired.

When it misfired, Daniel Berry looked down the barrel to see what was wrong when the gun went off, Patton said.

"He said it just went off. It was a misfire. It hit him square in the face," Lisa Berry said, adding that her son had broken bones in his face that would require surgery.

Patton said no charges would be filed.

"This is the first incident involving a potato gun that we have had to deal with," he said. "What are you going to do? This was an accident."

Lisa Berry said the accident ruined her son\'s career dreams.

"All he ever wanted to do was be an Air Force pilot," she said. "That isn\'t going to happen now."
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Two things come to mind....

1. Hey ya\'ll...watch this!!!
2.(sheriff) reckon any alcohol wus involved?
Title: we need a new darwin awards, for people who dont die.
Post by: mm on April 17, 2003, 09:16:50 AM: i\'m shocked the mother wasn\'t having a lawsuit filed against the pipe manufacturer

but then again...it happened in texas
Title: we need a new darwin awards, for people who dont die.
Post by: Coredweller on April 17, 2003, 09:23:41 AM: Yeah, like the Air Force would have taken him. Hardy Har-Har.

:rolleyes:

This kid is better off without vision. Now he won\'t be a danger to the rest of us in some REAL job.
Title: we need a new darwin awards, for people who dont die.
Post by: kopking on April 17, 2003, 01:19:07 PM: rofl, what a god damn dumb ass.. and yeah, i so can see this becoming a lawsuit sooner or later
Title: we need a new darwin awards, for people who dont die.
Post by: theomen on April 17, 2003, 02:07:40 PM: was the frog alright?
Title: Re: we need a new darwin awards, for people who dont die.
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on April 17, 2003, 02:20:40 PM: and that boy was none other then........

SPUDZ

get it, potato = spudz..

Get it...

"walks outta room"
Title: we need a new darwin awards, for people who dont die.
Post by: (e) on April 17, 2003, 04:42:49 PM: Yes, blinded I CAN navigate the vast internet.

Damn Im good.
Title: we need a new darwin awards, for people who dont die.
Post by: theomen on April 17, 2003, 04:50:22 PM: so how do enjoy Porn? I mean why have the internet, if you can\'t look at pron?
Title: we need a new darwin awards, for people who dont die.
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on April 17, 2003, 05:53:11 PM: brail is such a WONDERFUL thing...
Title: we need a new darwin awards, for people who dont die.
Post by: (e) on April 17, 2003, 06:11:05 PM: Quote
Originally posted by theomen
so how do enjoy Porn? I mean why have the internet, if you can\'t look at pron?

Well;
1) Illegal in my state Under 18
2) Illegal if you are even under 18
3) Who the **** cares?

Yes, I have a tube I stick into my eye socket, and it feeds it into my brain. Then a robot masturbates me.
Title: we need a new darwin awards, for people who dont die.
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on April 17, 2003, 06:44:14 PM: spudz.. u having a bad day?
Title: we need a new darwin awards, for people who dont die.
Post by: (e) on April 17, 2003, 06:47:23 PM: ?
Title: we need a new darwin awards, for people who dont die.
Post by: Titan on April 18, 2003, 04:47:54 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Coredweller
Yeah, like the Air Force would have taken him. Hardy Har-Har.

:rolleyes:

This kid is better off without vision. Now he won\'t be a danger to the rest of us in some REAL job.

I\'m planning on being and Air Force pilot so shut up about it not being a real job. It takes major balls to get behind the cockpit and know you probably aren\'t coming back from your mission or that anything can go wrong in the air, even in training, and you may not get out of it.