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Failing at a Darwin award
« on: July 16, 2010, 11:37:02 AM »
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100710/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_drinking_bet_man_burned

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A 47-year-old man's friends set his prosthetic leg on fire after he lost a drinking bet, causing him to suffer severe burns to his buttocks and lower back. Dona Ana County sheriff's deputies found the man naked on the side of U.S. Route 70 with his prosthetic leg in flames. Deputies learned that the man and his friends were drinking Monday and bet that whoever drank the least would be set on fire.

The man told investigators that at six beers, he drank the least, and agreed to let his friends set him on fire.

He said his friends ignited his prosthetic leg, and the flames spread to his body.

The sheriff's office said the man took his clothes off because of the pain and his friends decided to take him to the hospital. But they got nervous and instead dropped him off on the side of the highway.

The man was taken to a Texas burn treatment center.

 :facepalm:

My only thought:

Can we get the story of the lost leg? I'm betting a pattern would emerge.
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Re: Failing at a Darwin award
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2010, 12:15:14 PM »
So obviously he did not need/want anybody to hold his beer while his "friend" lit him up?

But he could not have been that drunk, as he was able to remain standing while his leg provided the fuel to BBQ the rest of him.  Seriously, how drunk to you need to be to NOT be able to sit down when your leg is on fire and literally blistering your butt?

What cheers me up no end is that I am sure the taxpayers will not only be paying for his medical care but for the replacement prosthetic.  Hmm, I hear carbon fiber is just fine-crushed Kingsford epoxied into burlap.  An idea worth exploring with this guy, no?

stay safe.
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Re: Failing at a Darwin award
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2010, 02:26:33 PM »
so his "friends" did not deduct his missing body mass from the "how much alcohol can you drink equation"?
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Re: Failing at a Darwin award
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2010, 02:28:11 PM »
It's ok, Medicare or Social Security will pay for him to get another leg.
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Re: Failing at a Darwin award
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2010, 03:07:22 PM »
With friends like that, who needs enemies...
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Re: Failing at a Darwin award
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2010, 03:26:48 PM »
Woo-hoo!  Only two more legs to go!



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Re: Failing at a Darwin award
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2010, 04:56:55 PM »
Quote from: makattak on July 16, 2010, 11:37:02 AM
Can we get the story of the lost leg? I'm betting a pattern would emerge.


Yeah, that reminds me very much of a one-armed alcoholic I know.  Who almost lost a leg.  And had to have his nose sewn back on.  All in separate incidents.   =(
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