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Death by lava lamp
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Dec 1, 2004, 01:35 AM
 
Darwin Award?

"I looked around the corner and saw his body slumped there in the corner and just couldn't believe what I saw," said Quinn's father.

"There was glass from the kitchen clear to the living room," his mom told us. "They said it appeared that a piece of glass punctured his heart."

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Dec 1, 2004, 01:42 AM
 
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Dec 1, 2004, 01:52 AM
 
I guess that lava lamps will have to have warning labels telling you not to cook them on the stove now.

Weird.

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Dec 1, 2004, 02:08 AM
 
Why the heck didn't he pour the lava oil on sauce pan or something and test it instead?
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Dec 1, 2004, 02:17 AM
 
Lava Lamps.......mood enhancing, killing machines.

Originally posted by CharlesS:
I guess that lava lamps will have to have warning labels telling you not to cook them on the stove now.

Weird.
Or they could put emergency purge valves on them.
     
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Dec 1, 2004, 07:40 AM
 
If this is a true story :

He is an idiot, just replacing the 40 Watt lightbulb for a 60 Watt will result in a lot of little wax bubbles. It won't go faster, you just get smaller bubbles.
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Dec 1, 2004, 07:46 AM
 
Poor lava lamp. Lost to a dumb owner.
     
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Dec 1, 2004, 12:26 PM
 
My sisters friend did something equally stupid about 12 years ago. He was only 12 at the time so it was more understandable.

He took one of those glass sirup bottles that have a plug at the top that is held in place with a metal clamp. Next he filled it with baking soda and vinegar, clamped it shut. He held it in his hands to see what would happen. It exploded violently sending a big piece of glass right into his eye. A rush to the hospital removed it but he has had like 4 cornea transplants since than. His brown eye now has a blue lightning streak through it and he has poor vision in that eye and bad depth perception.
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Dec 1, 2004, 03:54 PM
 
Darwin award, hell ya

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