Janesville Teen Hurt by Shrapnel in Toilet Explosion

Janesville Gazette ^ | August 27, 2004 | Gazette Staff

[Chummy]

Janesville teen hurt by shrapnel in toilet explosion

(Published Friday, August 27, 2004 02:00:01 PM CDT)

Gazette Staff

A Janesville teen injured by shrapnel from an exploding toilet was treated and released at Mercy Hospital on Thursday.

The 19-year-old, who will be a sophomore this fall at UW-Madison, told police she had lit an M-80 firecracker inside the home because "she just wanted to see what would happen," according to police reports.

After she lit the firecracker, she threw it into the toilet to try to extinguish it, but the M-80 exploded. The explosion amputated the tip of her middle finger and injured the pad of her left thumb. "Porcelain shrapnel" also injured her foot, according to reports.

The woman told police she had found the M-80 while working over the summer at the Janesville city landfill.

[Chummy]

Well, good thing she wasn't more seriously hurt, but "UW-Madison" tied along with this tale of another Darwin Award winner lends one to think another Kerry voter may have been its star attraction.

[ken5050]

Let me be the first.."What, NO Purple Heart?"

[Chummy]

Ooooo, FAST response! Good one!

Yep, Just For Kerry got that first one for something like this, now didn't he?

[kenth]

Yep, Just For Kerry got that first one for something like this, now didn't he?

Actually, no. This young woman was actually injured.

[aft_lizard]

You didnt serve on the same swift toilet as her and you are funded by republicans I demand you retract and apoligize for this smear tactic.

[RippleFire]

bump

[pt17]

She is an obvious liberal who never learned how to do these things in grade school, where you're supposed to, so I will explain it:

1. Post lookouts
2. Wait for someone important to take their constitutional
3. Light M80 or cherry bomb
4. Flush down adjacent toilet
5. Get away from the pending geyser
6. Watch the sh*t hit the fan

Been there. Done that and the principal deserved it!

[Fintan]

The 19-year-old, who will be a sophomore this fall at UW-Madison, told police she had lit an M-80 firecracker inside the home because "she just wanted to see what would happen," according to police reports.

 

Another Mensan enrolled in one of our esteemed & hallowed institutes of higher learning.

Maybe next semester she'll swallow the lit M80 to see what will happen.

[Indie]

None of this could have happened. It is all a lie, because everyone knows M80's are illegal.

[dd5339]

It's truly amazing just how dumb people are!

Semper Fi

[Vic3O3]

Hmm..you been up to Wisconsin lately?? I seem to recall something similar happening once in western Kansas...!

[cavtrooper21]

Nah, he was in Cambodia at the time.