Friday, November 10, 2006

Fireworks Fun? Not In Your Butt!

And I thought only Americans did stupid things on video. A UK soldier just returning from Iraq found a party boring and so decided to liven it up by sticking a bottle rocket up his ass. The shaky cell phone video shows the "funny" scene. Not so funny for the soldier. After everyone laughed, he stood up walked a few steps then collapsed, bleeding from his anus.

At the hospital, he was diagnosed with a scorched colon and other internal injuries. He will probably recover, but may have permanent damage. Why are we raising so stupid a generation of folks around the world? Who knows? I personally suspect it comes from people not understanding the difference between reality and fantasy. In other words watching too much TV and figuring out that if they can do it so can you.

Time to show just how dangerous things on TV really are. You rarely see the outtakes where the stunt person is carried away on a stretcher, or how the whole thing was computer generated to avoid the danger. Come on folks, do a little critical thinking!

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