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The Drifter · 06-29-2015, 11:38 AM

Man Dies When Large Firework He’s Holding Next To His Head Explodes

WALLED LAKE (CBS Detroit) Police say a 47-year-old man died Sunday in Walled Lake when a large mortar fireworks shell he was holding next to his head exploded.

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2015/06/29/m...-explodes/

Deacon · 06-29-2015, 11:41 AM

Well, if you're gonna go, go with a bang right?

I'm trying to make myself more informed and less opinionated.

Stop saying whatever stupid thing you're talking about and pay attention to all the interesting things I have to say!

TJBender · 06-29-2015, 12:40 PM

Still doesn't top the guy who put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger to see if it was loaded.

(spoiler alert: it was)

**Bchbunnie4** · 06-29-2015, 12:45 PM

Quote:Still doesn't top the guy who put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger to see if it was loaded.

(spoiler alert: it was)

That's a mistake you make only once.

What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

VisitingCobra · 06-29-2015, 01:51 PM

How do you not know a softball sized firework is lit?

**Bchbunnie4** · 06-29-2015, 01:58 PM

Quote:How do you not know a softball sized firework is lit?

Copious amounts of alcohol would be my guess.

What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

TJBender · 06-29-2015, 02:02 PM

Quote:How do you not know a softball sized firework is lit?

"Huh huh, hey Beavis, see that firework that Stewart's holding?"

"Heh heh, yeah. Heh heh, what about it?"

"Uhhhh huh huh, I'm, like, gonna go light it."

"Oh. Heh heh. Good idea. Heh heh. FIRE!"

"Uhhhh, like, stay here and make sure he doesn't see me."

**DragonFury** · 06-29-2015, 02:06 PM

Quote:Still doesn't top the guy who put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger to see if it was loaded.

(spoiler alert: it was)

Or the guy who played Russian roulette with a Glock.

**Bchbunnie4** · 06-29-2015, 02:07 PM

Quote:Or the guy who played Russian roulette with a Glock.

Again...a mistake you make only once.

What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

**DragonFury** · 06-29-2015, 02:10 PM

Quote:Again...a mistake you make only once.

Technically, it's still a mistake if you're checking to see if it's loaded and it's not. So you can make that mistake twice.

**Bchbunnie4** · 06-29-2015, 02:12 PM

Quote:Technically, it's still a mistake if you're checking to see if it's loaded and it's not. So you can make that mistake twice.

Very true.

What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

TJBender · 06-29-2015, 02:13 PM

Quote:Or the guy who played Russian roulette with a Glock.

Did that actually happen? I thought that was just an urban legend. Bonus points to that guy if it's true.

Quote:Technically, it's still a mistake if you're checking to see if it's loaded and it's not. So you can make that mistake twice.

I suppose if it's a small-calibre round and you point the gun at exactly the right angle, you could conceivably make either mistake twice. Indefinitely, actually, if you keep piercing your cheek.