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Holly9937
05-26-2005, 3:10 PM
I'm not really a fan, but I saw this on my homepage today and got a laugh out of it!! Darwin award anyone?!? I kind of pictured them battling with fish tank lights!! I wonder how long it will take for that video to make the internet!
***The Force--let alone common sense--was definitely not with them. ****
Two British Star Wars fans sustained critical injuries after constructing their own lightsabers from fluorescent light tubes filled with liquid fuel.
According to British media reports, a 20-year-old man and his 17-year-old female friend were filming a mock duel in homage to Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith, the latest chapter of George Lucas' record-breaking franchise.
The duo were reportedly emulating one of Sith's key battles, a lightsaber clash between Ewan McGregor's Obi-Wan Kenobi and Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker.
The two Brits suffered severe burns when their homemade sabers exploded. The two had been videotaping their clash. They have been hospitalized at Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire since the accident Sunday.
Timmain42
05-26-2005, 3:43 PM
Neither will receive a Darwin Award... because neither of them got out of the Gene Pool. A terrible shame, they both deserve a Darwin for that kind of action.
NowherMan6
05-26-2005, 3:50 PM
Smashing together two glass tubes filled combustible materials is a GREAT idea... I don't know what you two are talking about...
Holly9937
05-26-2005, 4:46 PM
UGG...Your're right Timmain, I forgot about that!!! LOL
nursie
05-26-2005, 8:00 PM
All is not lost..I believe they give runner-up awards to those who don't die. :clap:
Maj0rFiSh
05-26-2005, 8:04 PM
Did you hear about the new toys they brung out, life size star wars dolls, they found that kids used the 7ft life size JaJa binks as a sex toy. :huh:
nursie
05-26-2005, 8:14 PM
ROFLOL!!! Got a pic of the thing??
dougall
05-26-2005, 8:40 PM
I think that was just a hoax...
Here's the lifesize doll (http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0899/jar.html)
and as another reference from the same site,
Here's a tongue candy toy... with obvious potential uses (http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0502/toy.html)
Note that this has been posted as mere information. I, in no way, wish to offend anyone, and would suggest that anyone who is easily offended to not follow those links.
Tuolumne
05-26-2005, 9:38 PM
Hahaha, that's ridiculous! It was definitely a good laugh though. Oh, sorry, speaking of the Jar Jar Binks doll and tongue candy. Of course, the dueling idiots story is also ridiculous, but I don't feel quite guilt-free laughing at that. I still chuckled, but felt guilty immediately thereafter...
dougall
05-26-2005, 9:53 PM
I'm torn I think..
On the one hand, I hate for an accident like that to happen to a member of my family or one of my friends..
On the other hand, just what were they thinking (or taking.. whichever seems more appropriate)
:huh:
Crazy Brits..
(Before anyone comments, I'm English myself..)
Watcher74
05-26-2005, 10:06 PM
Landover Baptist church is a joke site. I own one of their T-shirts too. :p:
slipknottin
05-27-2005, 12:05 AM
On the one hand, I hate for an accident like that to happen to a member of my family or one of my friends..
Yes well, social darwinism needs to happen. Its rather unfortunate that these characters privates did not get caught in the blast. Imagine, future generations of kids beating each other with explosive lightsabers.
Did you hear about the new toys they brung out, life size star wars dolls, they found that kids used the 7ft life size JaJa binks as a sex toy. :huh:Remember a few years back when Harry Potter movies came out? They released a flying broomstick that had batteries in it which caused it to vibrate so it could simulate what it would fill like while flying.
Lots of complaints from moms about how their daughters were wearing batteries out real quick. And I'm not making this up.
Maj0rFiSh
05-27-2005, 7:15 AM
Remember a few years back when Harry Potter movies came out? They released a flying broomstick that had batteries in it which caused it to vibrate so it could simulate what it would fill like while flying.
Lots of complaints from moms about how their daughters were wearing batteries out real quick. And I'm not making this up.
Ya i beleive you, its doesnt suprise me, but the story i told was on a site, just a mess about though.