OK, there are just too many jokes that await your best efforts for me not to post about this Darwin Award winner from Thurmond, WV (Down in the really stupid part of the state...and tat's saying something!) who shot down a power cable to steal it and then electrocuted himself when he tried to pick it up.
W. Va. Man Electrocuted After Shooting Down Power Line To Steal Copper
I'll be chuckling over this one for a few days. Any comments from the peanut gallery on this?
Shocking - simply shocking!!!
ReplyDeleteNow that is poetic justice. Thank you for pointing that one out. What a laugh. Definitely a front runner for first prize in the Darwin awards for 2013.
ReplyDeleteNot only was he stupid enough to pull this off but he had a freakin' accomplice stupid enough to let him do it.
Just goes to show that IQ ain't cumulative - The IQ of all idiots involved in a crime is a constant.
"I'm shocked, shocked...!"
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ReplyDeleteOK, when ya hot - ya hot!
- DF Jerry Reed
He became well grounded in the fundamentals of electricity.
- DF Antonio Volta
That man was a great conductor!
- DF J. P. Sousa
Was he down on copperline?
- DF Jas. Taylor
He always had that creative spark.
- DF T. A. Edison
Apparently, the man was trying to brush up on current affairs.
- DF Tom Brokaw
Should've gone wireless!
- DF Verizon
After a hard day of shooting down power cables, recharge with an AMP energy drink!
Watt happened?
Joule fool.
Wonder what the daily bag limit is on AWG 4/0?
Heck, this is addictive...
ReplyDeleteVell, it zeems his resistance vas short-lived.
- DF Georg Ohm
That beat the guy who used a .22 cartridge as an automotive fuse, and shot himself in the testicle.
ReplyDeleteBut not by much.
gfa
Under the circumstances, the DA declined to press additional charges.
ReplyDeleteJust a little bleach in the gene pool....
ReplyDeleteThe Darwin Awards just keep coming.
ReplyDeleteBet he was a Obama voter and had an Obama phone
Yup, lot of "potential" for jokes on this one! Watt's a guy gotta do to get some good copper around here?
ReplyDeleteI'll get me hat.
Only way that could get better was if the accomplice was holding the dead guy's beer ...
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ReplyDeleteThis may have not been the primary Congressional intent behind the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 [ http://www.ccrh.org/comm/moses/primary/electrif.html ], but electrolyzing this guy out of the gene pool is certainly a welcome side benefit.
Got what he deserved??? "I" think so...
ReplyDeleteHe was a bright light in his community. For a few milliseconds anyway.
ReplyDeleteHe was Edison's 1001st failed attempt at inventing the light bulb filament. Apparently stupid conducts electricity a little too well.