[SML] darwin award winner

[Patrick McCreary]

What he said.

Patrick

On 7/6/2015 1:44 PM, Bill Sapsis via Stagecraft wrote:
> We’ve all done something foolish in our lives and gotten away with it 
> (i.e.: didn’t die)  He wasn’t that lucky.
>
> This isn’t stagecraft related.  Maybe I’m old fashioned but speaking 
> ill of the dead and speculating on the circumstances and aftermath 
> feels ghoulish.  I suggest we leave it alone.
>
> Bill S.
>
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>> On Jul 6, 2015, at 1:33 PM, Jason C via Stagecraft 
>> <stagecraft at theatrical.net <mailto:stagecraft at theatrical.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Wonder if there was enough of this fool left to test his blood 
>> alcohol level... I have my suspicions...
>>
>> *facepalm*
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Dale Farmer via Stagecraft 
>> <stagecraft at theatrical.net <mailto:stagecraft at theatrical.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     If the thing was pointing straight up and the lift charge fired.
>>      then c spine injury leading to total paralysis and death.  If he
>>     had suffered the injury while standing in the trauma room of a
>>     major hospital, and had a room full of medical staff ready to go,
>>     might have been survivable, but would have a respirator breathing
>>     for them for the rest of their life.
>>
>>     Sketchy news media reports say it exploded on his head, and that
>>     he thought it was a dud.  So an alternate scenario is that the
>>     lift charge was a dud or a fizzle, and the shell then exploded in
>>     the tube while he was holding it on his head.  Which would add
>>     blast trauma and cardboard shrapnel, and burning Pyro stars
>>     Imbedded into his body.  Also not a survivable event.
>>
>>     --Dale
>>
>>
>>
>>     Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
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>>
>>     -------- Original message --------
>>     From: "Riter, Andrew via Stagecraft" <stagecraft at theatrical.net
>>     <mailto:stagecraft at theatrical.net>>
>>     Date: 07/06/2015 11:41 (GMT-05:00)
>>     To: 'Stagecraft Mailing List' <stagecraft at theatrical.net
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>>     Cc: "Riter, Andrew" <andrew.riter at ubc.ca
>>     <mailto:andrew.riter at ubc.ca>>
>>     Subject: [SML] darwin award winner
>>
>>     If you want further details, check the news cycle:
>>
>>     A man in Maine (?) died after placing a Fireworks mortar on his
>>     head.  I’m assuming it was open side up, so I am curious as to
>>     the cause of death. Concussive force straight down onto his skull?
>>
>>     Andrew M. Riter
>>
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