Smoking Is Deadly

If you are going to haul gun powder around on the front seat of your car then perhaps DON'T light a cigarette. Or better yet, don't haul gun powder around at all. Darwin Award averted for now.

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Posted By: Alex - Tue Apr 14, 2015
Category: Accidents | Goofs and Screw-ups | Explosives

Comments

The only time I've been "blown out" in the front seat of my car involved my wife, my mistress, or a hooker.

Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 04/14/15 at 06:06 PM

Ok.. they worked the words 'device' and 'terror' into the story but, from what I can tell, neither are appropriate or even useful in reporting the facts.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 04/15/15 at 01:10 AM

Back in the days of my youth, we had a variety of explosive devices that we experimented with on many inanimate objects for our entertainment. I'm glad we didn't grow up in the current world environment.

Posted by Gary Foster on 04/24/15 at 01:44 PM

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