Stupid Human Tricks

It’s been a few days since I post­ed any off­beat news items: here are some stu­pid human tricks.

Man Suf­fers Severe Burns Try­ing To Kill Lice: The 26-year-old doused a tow­el with rub­bing alco­hol, put it on his head and then lit a cig­a­rette, police said. The tow­el caught fire and engulfed the man. He suf­fered burns on about 50 per­cent of his body, police said. Ouch–that had to hurt!

Cana­di­an Man Tries To Bungee Jump Onto Ship–But His Cord Is Too Long: William Dean Sul­li­van mis­cal­cu­lat­ed the ship’s speed and suf­fered minor head injuries on Sun­day when he bounced off its ten­nis court, vol­ley­ball net and a deck rail­ing, before being left dan­gling in mid-air as the ship sailed away, Van­cou­ver Police said. Police said Sul­li­van has planned to bungee jump from the Lions Gate Bridge, which spans the entrance to Van­cou­ver har­bor, stop­ping just above the pass­ing ship so he could then low­er him­self a short dis­tance to the deck. That could­n’t have felt much bet­ter…

Final­ly, Man Clips 153 Clothes­pins To His Face For World Record: Gar­ry said that attach­ing the pegs to his cheeks hurt the most and after­wards you could see he was in a lot of pain. There were marks on his skin that he said would last an hour and he had to keep rub­bing his face. Aagh–what is it with peo­ple hurt­ing them­selves? I feel pain just read­ing these sto­ries!

2 thoughts on “Stupid Human Tricks”

  1. I was the one who jumped and it was a rope not a bungee if you want to hear more email me thanks for your inter­st Dean

  2. Hi Dean, I real­ize this is a long time after­wards, but I’d be grate­ful of you would con­tact me to pro­vide your ver­sion of the bridge-jump­ing event. Thank you. Dan McCormick dan_mccormick@sunshine.net

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