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06 Jul 2015, 11:53 am

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Devon Staples attempted to launch a firework off of his head on Saturday in Maine and died instantly. Staples used to work at Disney World in Orlando and a video of him dressed up as Gaston doing a pushup contest went viral earlier this year.

The 22-year-old lit up a reloadable fireworks mortar tube that was on his head while celebrating the Fourth of July with friends in Calais, Maine.

"Apparently, he thought that was a great idea," said Stephen McCausland, a spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety. "His friends said they thought dissuaded him from doing it, and the next thing they knew, he ignited the fireworks and he was killed instantly."



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06 Jul 2015, 12:50 pm

Obviously an idiot.
I've done some loopy things in my life but it would never occur to me to launch a mortar from anything but a solid surface like the driveway.
Darwin award candidate if there ever was one.


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06 Jul 2015, 1:02 pm

Raptor wrote:
Obviously an idiot.
I've done some loopy things in my life but it would never occur to me to launch a mortar from anything but a solid surface like the driveway.
Darwin award candidate if there ever was one.



The article said he was goofing around, pretending to light it and it mistakenly got lit in the process. He didn't ever intend to really light it.



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06 Jul 2015, 1:40 pm

Raptor wrote:
Obviously an idiot. I've done some loopy things in my life but it would never occur to me to launch a mortar from anything but a solid surface like the driveway. Darwin award candidate if there ever was one.
I already started a thread on 2015 Darwin Award nominees, about 3 hours before this thread.



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06 Jul 2015, 1:46 pm

ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
Raptor wrote:
Obviously an idiot.
I've done some loopy things in my life but it would never occur to me to launch a mortar from anything but a solid surface like the driveway.
Darwin award candidate if there ever was one.



The article said he was goofing around, pretending to light it and it mistakenly got lit in the process. He didn't ever intend to really light it.


He was playing Russian roulette with a mortar, in other words.
I mean, really; there's just some things you don't f**k around with and just the sound of a mortar launch should tell you that in no uncertain terms.


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06 Jul 2015, 4:16 pm

Raptor wrote:
Obviously an idiot.
I've done some loopy things in my life but it would never occur to me to launch a mortar from anything but a solid surface like the driveway.
Darwin award candidate if there ever was one.


Yeah, basically. Also goes to show that there's not much intelligent life left in Calais or any other mill town in Maine after the mills shut down and anybody with a brain left it to the morons, bath salt wasters and the Oxy junkies.


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06 Jul 2015, 4:48 pm

Fogman wrote:
Raptor wrote:
Obviously an idiot.
I've done some loopy things in my life but it would never occur to me to launch a mortar from anything but a solid surface like the driveway.
Darwin award candidate if there ever was one.


Yeah, basically. Also goes to show that there's not much intelligent life left in Calais or any other mill town in Maine after the mills shut down and anybody with a brain left it to the morons, bath salt wasters and the Oxy junkies.


I'm SO TIRED of people boo hoping like this twit was an eight year old kid.

He was a grow ass man, playing with explosives. You don't f**k around with duds, and especially mortar size supposed duds.

I've been blindly hammered on alcohol. And on a good manic spree have done some crazy, stupid s**t. I can't imagine how high/drugged/drunk I would have to be to tie a mortar shell on my head. I won't even play around with M80s while drinking.

Amateur drunk/pyrotechnics lighters make it tough on the rest of us. My biggest drug addict friend was amazed. He couldn't imagine how drunk you'd have to be to think that is a fine idea.

Also for your reading enjoyment...

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/04/us/texas- ... index.html

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I have NO sympathy for either of these dingy dongs.



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07 Jul 2015, 12:28 pm

Tawaki wrote:
Fogman wrote:
Raptor wrote:
Obviously an idiot.
I've done some loopy things in my life but it would never occur to me to launch a mortar from anything but a solid surface like the driveway.
Darwin award candidate if there ever was one.


Yeah, basically. Also goes to show that there's not much intelligent life left in Calais or any other mill town in Maine after the mills shut down and anybody with a brain left it to the morons, bath salt wasters and the Oxy junkies.


I'm SO TIRED of people boo hoping like this twit was an eight year old kid.

He was a grow ass man, playing with explosives. You don't f**k around with duds, and especially mortar size supposed duds.

I've been blindly hammered on alcohol. And on a good manic spree have done some crazy, stupid s**t. I can't imagine how high/drugged/drunk I would have to be to tie a mortar shell on my head. I won't even play around with M80s while drinking.

Amateur drunk/pyrotechnics lighters make it tough on the rest of us. My biggest drug addict friend was amazed. He couldn't imagine how drunk you'd have to be to think that is a fine idea.

Also for your reading enjoyment...

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/04/us/texas- ... index.html

#TEAM GATOR!

I have NO sympathy for either of these dingy dongs.



An eight year old kid would probably be more careful.