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In reply to the discussion: Police: Man shoots off firework from top of his head, dies [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)77. People appear to have lost track of how to use their bodies. The mouth is not for holding things to
Last edited Mon Jul 6, 2015, 04:38 PM - Edit history (1)
be shorn in half. The top of one's head is not a launching pad for a projectile any more than it is a missile.These guys behaved as if they were hypnotized, drugged or unconscious. Back in the day, those who used drugs and drank, they were aware of the importance of their bodies.
At least the ones I knew.
There is so little respect for the body of others or one's own as if it is a toy or a cartoon character. It's our vehicle to experience life on Earth.
I just don't get why even a drunk or excited person would do this. Perhaps they have never seen anyone hurt and don't think it's real.
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I hear ya' I almost dread the 4th. Every year my pets freak out and I have to hear BANG!! BOOM!!
BlueJazz
Jul 2015
#12
Sweet Jesus!!...If I had to put up with THAT, I'd make sure it wouldn't happen again.
BlueJazz
Jul 2015
#73
How stupid. 22 is certainly old enough to know better and where were his "friends"?
LoisB
Jul 2015
#21
People appear to have lost track of how to use their bodies. The mouth is not for holding things to
freshwest
Jul 2015
#77
I wonder how much of this growing stupidity is fueled by the desperate greed for 15 minutes of
tblue37
Jul 2015
#82
Yep, and if you make the classic drunk mistake of putting the mortar in the tube upside-down...
backscatter712
Jul 2015
#56
i have friends with dead children. I hope they never read a thread like this.
roguevalley
Jul 2015
#68
Wow, when I read the headline, I figured it was one of the Repuke camndiates! n/t
Hepburn
Jul 2015
#42