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Looney Water Tank Trio

2007 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Darwin says, "What?!! When will the madness end? What word of 'support scaffolding' don't they understand? Accepted into the Archive! Thanks for the submission, Randy."
ORIGINAL SUBMISSION:

Three enterprising men tried to make a quick buck by selling metal to the scrap heap. They daringly enter a former US military complex, in Clark, Pampanga, Philippines and see their prize, an abandoned water tank. However, they gleefully abandon logic as they cut off the metal legs of the water tank without first making sure of their safety and where the tank will fall. Their bodies have yet to be identified as they have been severely flattened out by their prize.

- - - 3 'thieves' killed as water tank falls in Pampanga
06/21/2007

Three men were killed after a water tank whose metal supports they were reportedly cutting fell on them in Angeles City in Pampanga province. Iglesia ni Cristo-run dzEC radio reported Thursday that the still-unidentified men were crushed while sawing off metal from the tank's supporting structure.

Sketchy initial reports reaching Central Luzon regional police director Chief Superintendent Ismael Rafanan indicated the incident took place inside the Clark Field Development Corp. compound in Sapang Bato village. Rafanan said it was likely that the three men would saw off metal bars and sell them as scrap metal. - GMANews.TV

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/47591/3-thieves-killed-as-water-tank-falls-in-Pampanga

Submitted on 06/24/2007

Submitted by: Randy Valencia
Reference: GMA 7 News tv 6/21/2007 | 01:16 PM

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Thanks, Randy! This reminds me of those cartoons where somebody is cutting a tree branch while standing on the branch. Any sane person would certainly know what the outcome would be.


James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Yet another incarnation of the Three Stooges strikes again...and strikes out! Prime, cartoony stupidity at its finest! Thanks, Randy!


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