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oh_bugger
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Lifted from the BBC news Website, a true tale i promise.
A US man has injured himself in both legs after attempting to loosen a stiff wheel-nut by blasting it with his gun.
The 66-year-old man from Washington state was repairing his car outside his home when the accident took place.
Shooting at the wheel from arm's length with his 12-gauge shotgun, he was peppered with buckshot and debris.
The man - whom police say was on his own and not intoxicated - was taken to hospital with severe, but not life-threatening, injuries.
The man, from South Kitsap, 10 miles (16km) southwest of Seattle, had been repairing his Lincoln Continental for two weeks, according to the police, and had removed all but one of the nuts on the right rear wheel.
Frustrated by the one remaining nut which refused to budge, he resorted to fire power in an effort to shift it.
"He's bound and determined to get that lug nut off," said Deputy Scott Wilson, a spokesman from the sheriff's office.
He sustained injuries from his feet to the middle of his abdomen, with some pellets reaching as high as his chin, police said. |
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rowdy
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Bloody good idea if ya ask me,beats a spanner anyday.  |
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Smudge
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That's funny in a "Darwin award" kind of way.
All he needed to do was increase the leverage on the wheel brace by using a metal pipe and standing on it!
But hey, guns are tools, not weapons, so I can see the sense in trying that method  |
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rowdy
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He should have put a socket on the nut ,put the wratchet handle in the end of the barrel ,THEN pulled the trigger .That would have worked.  |
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Smudge
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Except that it would have then spun the wratchet a full 360 degrees, smashing it back into the end of the shotgun. This would then smash the shotgun upwards 90 degress, only stopping when hitting the poor geezer fair in the face!
Great mental image though!! Very cartoonish! Thanks for that Rowdy!! |
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blamski
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[quote="Smudge"]This would then smash the shotgun upwards 90 degress, only stopping when hitting the poor geezer fair in the face!
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not sure his face would have been enough to stop it though. it would have carried on straight through the space where his brain was supposed to be. |
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rowdy
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| Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:26 am Post subject: |
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What he should have done is OBVIOUS.
He should have gone in the house and shot his bloody lazy wife for not going out there and doing the job for him. Der us men ay, we just dont think do we, you get married exactly for situations like this.  |
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Runaway
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| Hehe now I remember why I love this place so the cheek from these men eh.. |
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the magician
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[quote="Runaway"]Hehe now I remember why I love this place so the cheek from these men eh..[/quote]
Thats men for yea cant live with them cant live without them.
Rowdy is a good sole really i just keep him locked up in the bedroom with his telly and ps3 feed him 3 times aday and he keeps from under me feet |
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oh_bugger
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[quote="the magician"][Rowdy is a good sole really [/quote]
Rowdy is a fish ? |
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the magician
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[quote="oh_bugger"][quote="the magician"][Rowdy is a good sole really [/quote]
Rowdy is a fish ?[/quote]
 oops i meant soul |
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oh_bugger
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Hello
Supplier of lovingly cooked sea food please may i have a large Rowdy and chips  |
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the magician
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[quote="oh_bugger"]Hello
Supplier of lovingly cooked sea food please may i have a large Rowdy and chips [/quote]
He is a dog fish with a 7 second memory
Pweze nout al tryping hors r by vee aproval of vee management hehe |
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