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Rocket Stunt Backfires As Soldier Aims Too Low
The London Times ^ | 11/09/2006 | Michael Horsnell

Posted on 11/9/2006, 9:59:15 AM by nevergore

The blue touchpaper was lit and everyone retired immediately, just as the firework code recommends. That is, except for the squaddie who had recently returned home from a tour of duty in Iraq, and thought that Bonfire Night needed enlivening.

The soldier was on all fours with his trousers down and a certain part of his anatomy pointing at the stars with a Black Cat Thunderbolt rocket firmly in place.

~snip~ In something of an under-statement, safety experts said yesterday that launching a rocket from the backside was a practice that contravened the firework code.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: fireworks; holdmybeer; jackass; ouch
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1 posted on 11/9/2006, 9:59:16 AM by nevergore
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To: nevergore

prolly some language on the rocket that said it should be placed "loosely" in a container


2 posted on 11/9/2006, 10:02:01 AM by HiTech RedNeck
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To: nevergore

Bummer...literally...


3 posted on 11/9/2006, 10:02:38 AM by WestVirginiaRebel (Common sense will do to liberalism what the atomic bomb did to Nagasaki-Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Admin Moderator

Admin Mod....you may want to keep an eye on responses to this thread.....

Just try not to get too anal about it.....


4 posted on 11/9/2006, 10:04:44 AM by nevergore (?It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.?)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

It may have been originally but then the "pucker factor" may have kicked in.....

Go to the link and read the full article, a Monty Python skit couldn't have been better written....


5 posted on 11/9/2006, 10:06:41 AM by nevergore (?It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.?)
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To: MadIvan

What are you guy's doing on the other side of the pond?


6 posted on 11/9/2006, 10:07:36 AM by nevergore (?It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.?)
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To: nevergore; All

For God's sake, don't google "butt rocket..."


7 posted on 11/9/2006, 10:08:51 AM by backhoe
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To: nevergore
Rocket Stunt Backfires...

The headline writer certainly had a bit of fun with this story.

8 posted on 11/9/2006, 10:12:10 AM by 6SJ7
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To: nevergore

What a pain in the..........well............


9 posted on 11/9/2006, 10:16:01 AM by RightOnline
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To: nevergore

Ya think alcohol was involved?


10 posted on 11/9/2006, 10:21:53 AM by John Carey
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To: nevergore

"'Old me Guiness an' wotch THIS!"


11 posted on 11/9/2006, 10:22:02 AM by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BradyLS

I have seen a video of someone trying this stunt. The anal sphincter does tend to hold said bottle rocket too snugly, and the fellow recieved a full measure of the rocket blast. I can't imagine the pain from the burn. But then I was laughing so hard my sides hurt and tears were coming out of my eyes. I have never seen anything so funny. Some people are unbelieveably frickin' stoopid.


12 posted on 11/9/2006, 10:33:20 AM by CalvaryJohn (What is keeping that damned asteroid?)
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To: nevergore

Probably inspired by MTV's insipid Jackass foolishness, although as a former Yute I can attest I did things only slightly less stupid when Johnny Knoxville was still wet behind the ears.


13 posted on 11/9/2006, 10:38:57 AM by lesser_satan (EKTHELTHIOR!!!)
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To: CalvaryJohn
I still have that video your talking about somewhere. I'll have to look for it and have a much needed laugh after all the gloom and doom the past couple of days.
14 posted on 11/9/2006, 10:42:31 AM by AmeriBrit (Soros and Clinton's for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington = SCREW.)
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To: nevergore

Good news, folks! The Gerbil survived!


15 posted on 11/9/2006, 10:43:08 AM by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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To: nevergore

Had he died, he would have been a worthy nominee for the 2007 Darwin Awards.


16 posted on 11/9/2006, 10:55:47 AM by indcons
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To: nevergore

Sounds like a stunt from "Jackass-The Movie".....


18 posted on 11/9/2006, 11:27:20 AM by dirtbiker (I've tried to see the liberal point of view, but I couldn't get my head that far up my a$$....)
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To: nevergore
The incident left the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) in disbelief.

They actually have a GOVERNMENT AGENGY for the prevention of accidents?

No wonder there are so many stupid people in the world; they are not killing themselves off before they reproduce! "Natural selection" is not taking place....

(I've often said, "Stupid should hurt", perhaps it should be fatal as well....)

BTW, I posted the first comment before I read the article....this isn't "rocket science" you know.....

19 posted on 11/9/2006, 11:34:48 AM by dirtbiker (I've tried to see the liberal point of view, but I couldn't get my head that far up my a$$....)
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To: nevergore

Don't laugh, after Pelosi gets through with the defense budget, we may well be reduced to fielding the Mk1 Mod 1 Anal Rocket Launcher ourselves.


20 posted on 11/9/2006, 11:36:24 AM by NavVet (O)
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