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And The Nominations Are.....
Strickson then apparently accidentally kicked the washing
machine's ON
button. When the machine turned on, Strickson lost
his balance and both
feet went down into the machine, where they got
stuck. The machine
started its cycle, and Strickson, unable to free himself,
started
thrashing around as the machine's agitator went into
gear. Strickson's
head banged against a nearby shelf in the laundry
room, knocking over a
bottle of bleach, which poured over Strickson's
face, blinding him.
Forensic reports say Strickson apparently also
swallowed some of The
bleach. He then vomited, but was still unable to free
himself.
Strickson's dog, then apparently came into the laundry
room. At about
the same time, according to police, a large box of baking
soda fell from the
shelf, startling the dog, who then urinated. Urine,
like vinegar, is
acidic, and the chemical reaction between the urine and
the baking soda
resulted in "a small explosion," according to police
reports. The dog,
however, escaped unharmed.
Strickson remained stuck in the washing machine, which
eventually
went into its high-speed spin cycle, spinning Strickson
around at about
70 miles per hour, according to forensic experts. Strickson's
head then
smashed against a steel beam behind the washing
machine, immediately
killing him. A neighbour heard the commotion
and called 911, but
Strickson was pronounced dead at the scene.
GRAVITY KILLS
A 22-year-old Reston man was found dead yesterday after
he tried to use
occy straps (the stretchy little ropes with hooks on
each end) to bungee
jump off a 70-foot railroad trestle, police said. Fairfax
County (Virginia)
police said Eric A. Barcia, afast-food worker, taped
a bunch of these straps
together, wrapped an end around one foot, anchored the
other end to the
trestle at Lake Accotink Park, jumped.. and hit
the pavement. Warren
Carmichael, a police spokesman, said investigators
think Barcia was alone
because his car was found nearby. "The length of
the cord that he had
assembled was greater than the distance between
the trestle and the ground, "
Carmichael said. Police say the apparent cause of death
was "major trauma."
An autopsy is scheduled for later in the week.
LAUNCHED ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
Three young men in Oklahoma were enjoying the coming fourth
of July
holiday and wanted to apparently test fire some fireworks.
Their only
real problem was that their launch pad and seating arrangements
were
atop a hundred-thousand-gallon fuel distillation storage
tank. Oddly enough,
some fumes were ignited, producing a fireball seen for
miles and miles.
They were launched, no doubt, countless thousands of
feet into the air
and were found dead 250 yards from their respective seats.
A man in Alabama died from rattlesnake bites. Big deal,
you may say, but
there's a twist here that makes him a Darwin Award candidate.
It seems he
and a friend were playing catch with a rattlesnake. You
can guess what
happened from here. The friend (a future Darwin Award
candidate) was
hospitalized.
Not much was given to me on this unlucky fellow, but he
qualifies
nonetheless. You see, there was a gentleman from Korea
who was killed by
his cell phone, more or less. He was doing the
usual "walking and
talking" when he walked into a tree and managed
to somehow break his
neck. Keep that in mind the next time you decide to drive
and dial at
the same time.
In a west Texas town, employees in a medium-sized warehouse
noticed the
smell of a gas leak. Sensibly, management evacuated the
building,
extinguishing all potential sources of ignition - lights,
power, etc.
After the building had been evacuated, two technicians
from the gas
company were dispatched. Upon entering the building,
they found they had
difficulty navigating in the dark. To their frustration,
none of the
lights worked. Witnesses later described the vision
of one of the
technicians reaching into his pocket, and retrieving
an object that
resembled a lighter. Upon operation of the lighter-like
object, the gas
in the warehouse exploded, sending pieces of it up
to three miles away.
Nothing was found of the technicians, but the lighter
was virtually
untouched by the explosion. The technician that
was suspected of causing
the explosion had never been thought of as "bright"
by his peers.
