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 ...
prolly some language on the rocket that said it should be placed "loosely" in a container
Bummer...literally...
Admin Mod....you may want to keep an eye on responses to this thread.....
Just try not to get too anal about it.....
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....
What are you guy's doing on the other side of the pond?
For God's sake, don't google "butt rocket..."
The headline writer certainly had a bit of fun with this story.
What a pain in the..........well............
Ya think alcohol was involved?
"'Old me Guiness an' wotch THIS!"
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.
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.
Good news, folks! The Gerbil survived!
Had he died, he would have been a worthy nominee for the 2007 Darwin Awards.
Sounds like a stunt from "Jackass-The Movie".....
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.....
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.
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