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LIGHT-SABRE DUEL PUTS TWO IN HOSPITAL
TWO Star Wars fans are in a critical condition in hospital after duelling with lightsabres made by filling fluorescent light tubes with petrol.

The pair - a man aged 20 and a girl of 17 - are believed to have been filming a mock fight when one of the devices exploded in woodland on Sunday.

They were rushed to West Herts Hospital before being transferred to the specialist burns unit at Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, in Essex.

Police say a third person present at the incident was questioned.

As posted on a forum I post on :) Darwinism in practice me thinks
(well attempted anyways)

If anyone can find the link to the story I tried but have not found it yet :)

WTF? Flourescent tubes full of gasoline? How does that work as a lightsaber? Was the gasoline burning?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005230662,00.html

You'll notice that they were making napalm - not just filling glass tubes with gasoline to make lightsabers.

It sounds to me that they made up the star wars thing after the fact. I think they were playing around with napalm.

All I have to say is...


AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHahahahahahaha!

Ha!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005230662,00.html

You'll notice that they were making napalm - not just filling glass tubes with gasoline to make lightsabers.

It sounds to me that they made up the star wars thing after the fact. I think they were playing around with napalm.
Yeah but to make napalm there was no reason to put it in florescence light tubes if that was the plan (they could have been going for napalm for the fight but the tube part don’t make sense if the only purpose was to make napalm)

And something about a videotape in there too … that would be interesting lol

Fluorescent lights? Filled with gasoline?!

Idiots...

All I have to say is...


AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHahahahahahaha!

Ha!What s/he said!

I'd like to add, ROTFLMAO!

:D
~Czardas, Supreme Ruler of the Universe

nature does have a way of weeding out the blithering idiots...

What s/he said!

I'd like to add, ROTFLMAO!

:D
~Czardas, Supreme Ruler of the Universe
Seconded :)

Darwin Awards!

I suddenly feel a lot better about myself.

Darwin Awards!

Small point - they didn't die.

You don't have to die to get a Darwin Award.

You do have to remove yourself from the gene pool, however. So unless this accident somehow destroys their ability to reproduce, they're not eligible for the Darwin Award.

Wow...suddenly all the idiot males I know seem less overwhelmingly stupid in comparison.

There's the Honourable Mentions where you don't have to die, just injure yourself.

Wow...suddenly all the idiot males I know seem less overwhelmingly stupid in comparison.
Lol yup ... what suprized me was one was female :)

Darwin Darwin Darwin :d

nature does have a way of weeding out the blithering idiots...

Until bleeding hearts come along and demand universal healthcare so the rest of us have to pay for the medical care of these morons. Keep in mind, that one day these people will probably reproduce.

Yeah but to make napalm there was no reason to put it in florescence light tubes if that was the plan (they could have been going for napalm for the fight but the tube part don’t make sense if the only purpose was to make napalm)

And something about a videotape in there too … that would be interesting lolWell, the tubes were obviously fragile enough to break. The plan might have been to make a bomb.

I guess we'll have to see what was recorded by the video camera the police are looking at.

--The Democratic States of Cogitation

Well, the tubes were obviously fragile enough to break. The plan might have been to make a bomb.

I guess we'll have to see what was recorded by the video camera the police are looking at.

--The Democratic States of Cogitation
You know, I've made that "homemade napalm" stuff before. It burns pretty fiercely, and sticks to stuff as it burns, but I've never seen it explode on it's own. If they were trying to make a bomb the police will probably be able to scrape residue from explosives off of the glass fragments.

You know, I've made that "homemade napalm" stuff before. It burns pretty fiercely, and sticks to stuff as it burns, but I've never seen it explode on it's own. If they were trying to make a bomb the police will probably be able to scrape residue from explosives off of the glass fragments.
Fuel air bombs are very potent and only thing required is gas (petrol) and being able to vaporize it decently (so no REAL residue besides petrol)

You know, I've made that "homemade napalm" stuff before. It burns pretty fiercely, and sticks to stuff as it burns, but I've never seen it explode on it's own. If they were trying to make a bomb the police will probably be able to scrape residue from explosives off of the glass fragments.

Well, if they put it into a tube, lighted it, and then closed the tube it would become a "bomb". The fire releases gas, which cannot get out of the tube. Eventually (i.e. "pretty damn quickly") there is no more room for gas, which then pushes against the tube and causes it to explode. That's now gunpowder bombs work, since gunpowder simply burns and doesn't go off like a bomb if you light some sprinkled on the sidewalk.

Fuel air bombs are very potent and only thing required is gas (petrol) and being able to vaporize it decently (so no REAL residue besides petrol)
By making napalm you actually make the liquid more viscous. It evaporates less, I think.

By making napalm you actually make the liquid more viscous. It evaporates less, I think.
I just meant they could have done it with just the petrol so there might be no other “explosives” to find that they don’t already know about

There is only one word I can think to described these two individuals - MUPPETS, how ever do they live from day to day, they don't have a brain cell between them. :D :headbang: :D

I am impressed.

More by the fact that one is female it has to be said but I remain impressed.

There's the Honourable Mentions where you don't have to die, just injure yourself.

agreed, allthough you can get a true darwin award - while alive - by castrating yourself in a really stupid (and thus painfull) way.