Dumb people make the news

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Dumb people make the news

Post by Tero » Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:30 am

Often! Example:
INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP, MI, 2/23/14: The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office is investigating what appears to be a self-inflicted shooting death in Independence Township. It happened Sunday night at a home in the 4400 block of Pinedale. The victim’s live-in girlfriend told deputies that her 36-year-old boyfriend had been demonstrating the safety of his three handguns by holding them to his head and pulling the trigger. The third gun fired and he was struck in the head. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was not immediately released.
Hope the girl friend inherits at least two guns. The third is probably evidence.

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Post by FBM » Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:39 am

Well, he was 2/3 right, eh?
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Post by Tero » Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:45 am

The Country Life: Fake 'Dominatrix' Lures Slaves for Farm Work
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zei ... 21398.html

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Post by FBM » Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:52 am

"After a week, they realized they had been duped and downed tools." :fp:
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Post by Tero » Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:16 pm

You don't want to be caught with the pants down and no gun, but..
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 3/01/14: A 5-year-old boy accidentally shot his father inside Bass Pro Shops while the man tried on a new holster, police said. Darren Wayne Lannou, of Canyon, Texas, who has a concealed carry permit from that state, was in the Bricktown sporting goods store Saturday night with his firearm in a holster, according to a police incident report. He took off his holstered gun in a dressing room and placed it on a bench where his son was playing with an iPhone, according to the incident report. While trying on the new holster, Lannou tried to retrieve his gun but saw that his son had it. The weapon discharged, causing a graze wound to the boy’s thumb, a through-and-through wound to his father’s right leg and a graze wound to the father’s left leg. Lannou said he grabbed the gun, threw it down, opened the dressing room door and yelled for someone to call 911, according to the report. Workers at the store unloaded the gun before officers arrived. Lannou and his son were taken to OU Medical Center with injuries that were not life threatening. The reporting officer said Lannou continually told police he made a mistake, was very remorseful and was very upset and concerned for his son.

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Post by Faithfree » Sat Mar 15, 2014 12:07 am

FBM wrote:"After a week, they realized they had been duped and downed tools." :fp:
I'm amazed they managed to keep their tools up for a full week in the first place.
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Post by mistermack » Sat Mar 15, 2014 12:18 am

Tero wrote: The reporting officer said Lannou continually told police he made a mistake, was very remorseful and was very upset and concerned for his son.
There you are, he wasn't all that stupid then.

I wonder how he worked it out?
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Post by FBM » Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:18 am

I think I'm starting to see a theme here. Should I move this to the Gnu Club?
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Post by Tero » Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:12 am

Noooo! I promise, I'll find some dumb people.


.... Sitting down at a table together,Ms. Kardashian took off her $15,000 mink coat and draped it on her chair.....
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/2014031 ... police-say

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Post by FBM » Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:18 am

:hehe:
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken

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Post by JimC » Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:23 am

Tero wrote:Noooo! I promise, I'll find some dumb people.


.... Sitting down at a table together,Ms. Kardashian took off her $15,000 mink coat and draped it on her chair.....
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/2014031 ... police-say
I concede that this thread could, in theory, involve posts without guns...

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Post by Tero » Sat Mar 15, 2014 11:56 am

Woman leaves e mail open to tell dumb husband he's not been man enough for her.
http://news.yahoo.com/open-email-expose ... 10016.html

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Post by Tero » Sun Mar 16, 2014 4:50 pm

Americans completely confused about smoking pot and eating twinkies afterwards
http://news.yahoo.com/sugar-pot-more-da ... 07768.html

related sugar addiction story
http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/02 ... -addiction

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Post by Tero » Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:35 pm


A Facebook user posing as Britain's Prince Harry has conned an Austrian floor fitter out of thousands of euros.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26603731

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Re: Dumb people make the news

Post by FBM » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:08 pm

:lol: Any excuse. Even without one.
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"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."

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