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Trailer Park Vacetomy

2008 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Darwin says, "Thanks for the submission."
A 49 year old man living in a trailer park was in the process of "dismantling" a high velocity round while sitting in the comfort of his living room. Without warning the round exploded in the man's lap. Thankfuly, the explosion was confined to that room and not harming his girlfriend in the back bedroom. When EMTs and firefighters arrived they found the "home educated" bomb tech missing "vital" parts of his anatomy. Fortuatly there was not as much blood as you might expect. Both femoral arteries were torn. During treatment the man was reported saying "I have to pee." EMTs responded by scratching their heads and said "go for it." Immediatly the man screamed out "it burns!" The man was airlifted to a trauma center and after hours of emergency surgery the doctors prognosis was changed to critical to stable.

Submitted on 05/01/2008

Submitted by: bodhi
Reference: 4-30-08

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Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
bodhi, thanks for the story. Without a verifying link all I can do is class this as a Personal Account.


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Agreed. If you can provide any supporting documentation this wold make for a worthy HM or DA. Thanks, Bodhi.


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