Registered: 02/07/07
Posts: 3917
Loc: Ozark Mountains in SW Missouri
I watched that on TV awhile back and was totally impressed with the young man's stupidity.
But, he lived to attend his 15 minutes of fame, this time...
For some 15 years I worked with C-4 and 5 quadriplegics. Way too many were like that young man before their accident, and a few afterwards as well. I got to listen to their stories. Almost all of them thought they were "Indestructible" .
Now, we add to that the lure of cheap celebrity on "YouTube" type mediums and things get even stupider.
Bill, that reminds me of my grandfather. He was a frogman in WWII. He was the "Fuse man". My dad said he never touched anything explosive after that, including fireworks (well, he still shot guns).
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