Darwin says, "I was hoodwinked! That this is an urban legend became
apparent when Jessica from Mythbusters called looking for sources.
Previously 'confirmed by Darwin' but the sources were actualy lame URLs
mocked up to look like news articles. abcnews.go.com (go-dot-com) ?! The
URLs are now 404s, but I found them on the Wayback Machine."
(11 February 2001, New Jersey) Two drunks were goofing around, when one
challenged the other to shoot him with cigarette butts "to see what it
would feel like." His friend obligingly loaded an antique rifle with
cigarette butts, placing black powder behind the butts to make sure they
left the barrel of the gun. He then shot his friend from a distance of
seven feet. The projectiles penetrated the ribcage of the
thirty-one-year-old who had issued the challenge, and he died of three
cigarette butts to the heart.
The gene pool is in trouble!
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Submitted by: Lynn
Reference: WMAD 92.1 Madison, Wisconsin, ABC News, The Associated Press
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