and the hardcore suicide award goes too..............

ohskigod
ohskigod Posts: 6,502
edited January 2009 in The Clubhouse
A fellow Jersey boy

http://www.northjersey.com/news/aroundnj/Man_who_lit_himself_on_fire_succumbs_to_injuries.html

I must be a jaded ****, but i giggled when i got to the part with the firecrackers.
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited January 2009
    I guess all our years in EMS made us jaded Lou. I thought the firecrackers were funny too.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited January 2009
    I guess I'm a cold hearted cop cuz I giggled too.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited January 2009
    +4.

    Too bad he leaves a wife behind though.

    EDIT: Did you see the comments? :D
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • mr smith
    mr smith Posts: 31
    edited January 2009
    hahaha i love that someone saw him on fire and called it in
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited January 2009
    Face wrote: »

    EDIT: Did you see the comments? :D

    there was only one when I saw the article, but you know its gonna get bad....... :p

    I still say if your going to die in a spectacular fashion, fight crime in a mask or something.....ah who knows, I'm just spitballing here
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited January 2009
    mr smith wrote: »
    hahaha i love that someone saw him on fire and called it in

    I envision the call going a little something like this

    911: 911? state the nature of your emergency
    caller: um...uh....get somebody over to the park fast
    911: whats the nature of the emergency sir?
    caller: look....I dont know what to tell you, just get vehicles with swirling lights there asap, and perhaps a bucket of water would be prudent?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,459
    edited January 2009
    That's what you call going out with a bang.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited January 2009
    Either that guy didn't think suicide through or someone made it look like a suicide.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited January 2009
    I guess suicide is funny........
    When YOU don't know the person.
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • KrazyMofo24
    KrazyMofo24 Posts: 1,206
    edited January 2009
    Can't say that I laughed after reading that.

    Although the dumbest one I heard was on the myth busters website. Don't have the link, but there was a flood 30-50 years ago at a beer manufacturer. It flooded the streets with beer, and someone died from alcohol poisoning by trying to drink all of it.
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,899
    edited January 2009
    Well I guess if you can't afford a gun or some really good drugs, and there are no tall buildings around, you gotta go with what you got. In this case, gasoline and firecrackers :(
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    edited January 2009
    That only proves Darwin was right. Weedin' out the weak.
    'sup Lou?
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,806
    edited January 2009
    SolidSqual wrote: »
    Either that guy didn't think suicide through or someone made it look like a suicide.

    I dunno, he did expire eventually, just not as fast as he'd hoped so it kinda was successful.

    I having difficulty figuring out why he jammed a bunch of fireworks down his pants?

    Maybe it wasn't a suicide attempt and he was just kinky like that? Maybe he just told people it was a suicide out of fear of being lambasted for his kinkyness?
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2009
    Well it definitely wasn't one of those pansy "cry for help" suicides. This guy wanted it done.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited January 2009
    Bob... what was the Simpsons episode where Homer was giggling maniacally at that brutal video in a driver's ed class - exclaiming "It's funny because I don't know him"?
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2009
    zombie boy 2000 wrote: »
    Bob... what was the Simpsons episode where Homer was giggling maniacally at that brutal video in a driver's ed class - exclaiming "It's funny because I don't know him"?

    Duffless.
    McClure : "Hi! I'm Troy McClure. You might remember me from such driver's ed films as "Alice's Adventures through the Windshield Glass" and "The Decapitation of Larry Leadfoot." For the next sixty minutes, we'll be seeing actual film of car crash victims."

    The footage is shown. Everyone in the audience seems horrified (one guy almost loses his lunch) except Homer.

    McClure : "Here's an appealing fellow -- in fact, they're a-peeling him off the sidewalk."

    Homer : "It's funny 'cause I don't know him."

    They have clips from that episode on Hulu, but not that scene, oddly enough.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited January 2009
    Weren't they playing some Benny Hill music? Priceless.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited January 2009
    Set himself on fire with gas. A vote for not funny here.
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited January 2009
    it's not like he was forced :o
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited January 2009
    comments from the story page:

    AGStrange says: Smokin'!
    TheTruth__0215 says: That's what I call going out in the blaze of glory.

    lol.

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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited January 2009
    Fireman32 wrote: »
    I guess all our years in EMS made us jaded Lou.


    man, we did laugh at some innapropriate **** in our lifetimes havent we ;)
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited January 2009
    I know you can survive bad burns for a long time, but how do you go two weeks with bad burns AND a sliced throat from a box cutter?

    And, how do you manage the logistics behind that feat?
    - insert fireworks, soak clothes in gasoline, cut throat, then try to light yourself on fire? How do you know you can get it lit while bleeding out?
    - insert fireworks, soak clothes in gasoline, light on fire, then cut throat? How are you supposed to concentrate on cutting if you're on fire?

    I don't know. Seems like there are a lot easier, more fun, cooler, smarter, quicker ways to go. . .
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited January 2009
    Well, IF I was gonna take myself out......I wouldn't go ALONE:eek::D


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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,679
    edited January 2009
    If he had asked me, I would have tried to convince him not to.
    If that didn't work, I would have recommended subsituting metal sparklers taped tightly together with electricians tape in place of the fire crackers.

    About 10 bundles of 12 each.


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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited January 2009
    Should have gone to "suicide school" and done it properly,, so as not to waste valuable time and medical supplies.
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited January 2009
    too bad I wasn`t there....I would put the fire out with a hammer
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  • goingganzo
    goingganzo Posts: 2,793
    edited January 2009
    fire is cool
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