Maine man shoots off firework from his head; ends badly

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Devon Staples and his friends had been drinking and setting off fireworks Saturday night in the backyard of a friend's home in the small eastern Maine city of Calais, said Stephen McCausland, a spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety. Staples, 22, of Calais, placed a fireworks mortar tube on his head and set it off, he said.

The firework exploded, killing Staples instantly, McCausland said.
http://news.yahoo.com/police-man-shoots-off-firework-top-head-dies-135937499.html
 

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I was once shooting off bottle rockets and decided to launch them from an old glass coke bottle. When one exploded prematurely, and took the bottle with it, that served as a lesson to me that I didn't want any part of my body to suffer similar consequences.

Y'all just go ahead and launch them from your own body parts. Go ahead. I dare ya..
 
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This reminds me of a hugger (can cooler) I saw once that said, "Attention stupid people: Remember to breathe."
 

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It says in the thread I linked he had a job as Disney characters. I'm guessing either Goofy or Dopey.
 

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You really get the idea that Gator Bait and Cranium Cannon are twin brothers of different mothers, don'tcha?
 

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Catfish - I gotta say this and no offense intended - but every time I see your name (speaking of dumb folks doing stupid things), I think of Manti Teo, who got "Catfish"-ed.

Sorry man, but I do.
 

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Catfish - I gotta say this and no offense intended - but every time I see your name (speaking of dumb folks doing stupid things), I think of Manti Teo, who got "Catfish"-ed.

Sorry man, but I do.
No offense taken. All through the Teo story I never made the connection until somebody here made a comment about it. After that, I couldn't NOT laugh about it whenever I saw the term. I took the name Catfish from Lewis Grizzard's dog that he referenced in a lot of his columns. I had another name years ago on TF. But, after I didn't use it for a few years, I couldn't remember what it was. So, when I started coming here again, I just created a new account.
 

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No offense taken. All through the Teo story I never made the connection until somebody here made a comment about it. After that, I couldn't NOT laugh about it whenever I saw the term. I took the name Catfish from Lewis Grizzard's dog that he referenced in a lot of his columns. I had another name years ago on TF. But, after I didn't use it for a few years, I couldn't remember what it was. So, when I started coming here again, I just created a new account.
i think we found nybf
 

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