Darwin Award nominee

[pritch]

OK, I know we have a firearms thread but this is deserving of a wider audience. For those who may not know, the 50AE is one of the most powerful handgun cartridges, bigger even than Dirty Harry's 44 Magnum. In the photo it is the one on the left. For comparison the 9mm as used by our police is second from the right, and this instance size definitely does matter.

That anyone would expect one volume of Encyclopaedia Brittanica to stop that from a foot away is beyond comprehension. He won't do that again.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-youtube-stunt-death-20170629-story.html

[Honest Andy]

Wow. No testing first obviously... Did their research on the net I suppose, or perhaps like cassina: 'I heard from someone who told me...'

[EJK]

Wow. No testing first obviously... Did their research on the net I suppose, or perhaps like cassina: 'I heard from someone who told me...'

Was gonna say, did they get advice from Cassina?

[TheDemonLord]

I saw that story, and part of me smiled.

[old slider]

Maybe they should have used a Bible and prayed really frigging hard.

[pzkpfw]

Wow. No testing first obviously... Did their research on the net I suppose, or perhaps like cassina: 'I heard from someone who told me...'

From what I read they did test. He had some book from a previous shot. There was no detail though on the circumstances (range etc.).

(I see the muslim travel ban saved him from gun violence.)

[Oakie]

Point of Order Mr Chairman.

I suggest that the deceased is inelligable for a Darwin Award. His girlfrend is already pregnant which means that he has already polluted the gene pool.

[AllanB]

Was gonna say, did they get advice from Cassina?

Quite possibly - I have a feeling they may have sprayed the gun bore with CRC first - that stuff fixed totally fucked engines apparently thus could conceivably make bullets go faster.

[AllanB]

Maybe they should have used a Bible and prayed really frigging hard.

Ohhhhh - that's some hair on the back of the neck stand up shit tight there - just imagine if some other dip-stick tries it with a bible and lives .... (insert twilight zone theme music).

[BuzzardNZ]

One less Spick that Dirty Harry has to worry about, don't see the problem. :msn-wink:

[pritch]

From what I read they did test. He had some book from a previous shot.

He had multiple guns apparently, he might have tested with something less powerful? I'm reasonably confident that the full Encyclopaedia Brittanica would stop most bullets but one volume is a bit hopeful.



Point of Order Mr Chairman.

I suggest that the deceased is inelligable for a Darwin Award. His girlfrend is already pregnant which means that he has already polluted the gene pool.

That pregnancy is their second, the first child got to witness proceedings, as did their neighbours. You'da thunk somebody would have shouted "stop!" when they saw the Desert Eagle, that's a zombie apocalypse class pistol - and looks it. Anyhoo, he should still quallify for a Darwin because at the relatively young age of the couple there could have been more kids to come.

[Swoop]

Another report said that a "thick encyclopedia" was used.

I was really hoping for a bible to have been the book of choice in this instance.

[Katman]

Maybe they should have used a Bible and prayed really frigging hard.


I was really hoping for a bible to have been the book of choice in this instance.

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[Honest Andy]

Another report said that a "thick encyclopedia" was used.

by 'thick encyclopedia' they may have meant an 'encyclopedia for thick people' i.e. fairly thin....

[RDJ]

Point of Order Mr Chairman.

I suggest that the deceased is inelligable for a Darwin Award. His girlfrend is already pregnant which means that he has already polluted the gene pool.

Well spotted!

[Akzle]

Ohhhhh - that's some hair on the back of the neck stand up shit tight there - just imagine if some other dip-stick tries it with a bible and lives .... (insert twilight zone theme music).

it has happened. refer greenday's "bullet in a bible" album

[Akzle]

Quite possibly - I have a feeling they may have sprayed the gun bore with CRC first - that stuff fixed totally fucked engines apparently thus could conceivably make bullets go faster.

or cause the action/chamber/barrel to diesel in your face...



hey c*ssina... i have a slighlty seized 30-06 if you could free that up and test fire it for me...

[Akzle]

by 'thick encyclopedia' they may have meant an 'encyclopedia for thick people' i.e. fairly thin....

having wikipedia open on a tablet PC, maybe..

although i did see the full britannica set in a second hand store the other day. cunt stacked 8ft high!
from the 30s. chancellor adolf actually got a favourable mention.

[TheDemonLord]

Point of Order Mr Chairman.

I suggest that the deceased is inelligable for a Darwin Award. His girlfrend is already pregnant which means that he has already polluted the gene pool.

Ahem

From the Darwin Awards site:


Therefore, no attempt is made to determine the actual reproductive status or potential of the nominee. If he no longer has the physical wherewithal to breed with a mate on a deserted island, then he is eligible for a Darwin

[pritch]

I was really hoping for a bible to have been the book of choice in this instance.

There's more than one bible with a bullet stuck in it surviving from the World Wars. There is one at a marae in the far north IIRC. Such bullets may safely be assumed to be "spent". No pocket bible is likely to stop a 7mm or .303 bullet at any normal range.

When 7.62mm was the military calibre of choice, the advice was that you needed a minimum of eighteen inches of hard packed material for cover. More being better.

The weapon in this case was not a rifle, but even three or four inches of book would be exceedingly hopeful.



Apologies to the children who don't do Imperial measurements. :whistle:

[Akzle]

There's more than one bible with a bullet stuck in it surviving from the World Wars. There is one at a marae in the far north IIRC. Such bullets may safely be assumed to be "spent". No pocket bible is likely to stop a 7mm or .303 bullet at any normal range.

When 7.62mm was the military calibre of choice, the advice was that you needed a minimum of eighteen inches of hard packed material for cover. More being better.

The weapon in this case was not a rifle, but even three or four inches of book would be exceedingly hopeful.



Apologies to the children who don't do Imperial measurements. :whistle:

303 fmj ball will drill a pretty neat hole through 1/2" steel plate at 5 chain. i'm informed it also works at 15.

no apologies to any cunt who doesn't know measurements.

[caseye]

303 fmj ball will drill a pretty neat hole through 1/2" steel plate at 5 chain. i'm informed it also works at 15.

no apologies to any cunt who doesn't know measurements.

Ah Sudduppayourface!
a chain, Queens Chain these days, is 66 feet, or in Metricark 20 metres.
Of course FMJ will do the business at 300m's, looks brilliant when using tracer, all the way there, Bang! Gorn, nope, still burning bright on the other side of the 1/2" plate.

[scumdog]

303 fmj ball will drill a pretty neat hole through 1/2" steel plate at 5 chain. i'm informed it also works at 15.

no apologies to any cunt who doesn't know measurements.

I got hold of a heap of 30-06 armour-piercing ammo a few years ago (75 cents for 20 rounds)
it was impressive how much steel they would go through, not inches but still a lot - and how hard the steel core was.

[husaberg]

There's more than one bible with a bullet stuck in it surviving from the World Wars. There is one at a marae in the far north IIRC. Such bullets may safely be assumed to be "spent". No pocket bible is likely to stop a 7mm or .303 bullet at any normal range.

When 7.62mm was the military calibre of choice, the advice was that you needed a minimum of eighteen inches of hard packed material for cover. More being better.

The weapon in this case was not a rifle, but even three or four inches of book would be exceedingly hopeful.



Apologies to the children who don't do Imperial measurements. :whistle:

A lot of those are indeed likely to be deflections.

[jasonu]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12128702

This has to be one of the thickest cunts in new Zealand!!!

[pritch]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12128702

This has to be one of the thickest cunts in new Zealand!!!

This gives me a problem. Anybody who gets ink on their face should not receive unemployment benefit because they have deliberately removed themselves from any prospect of employment. This being NZ though there are cultural considerations which complicate the situation. Even so... Fuck him.

[Jeeper]

Just grow a beard. Hair will hide it.

[FJRider]

For those in need of a laugh ...

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12129867

[jasonu]

For those in need of a laugh ...

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12129867

Na that’s just incompetence.
This cunt is as dumb as it gets on an international scale.

[roogazza]

This gives me a problem. Anybody who gets ink on their face should not receive unemployment benefit because they have deliberately removed themselves from any prospect of employment. This being NZ though there are cultural considerations which complicate the situation. Even so... Fuck him.

That's a little more than a WINZ bar code !! lol

[Swoop]

That's a little more than a WINZ bar code !! lol
Commonly referred to as "identifying features" when the popo are looking for them.

[BMWST?]

i would say that his nomination is 100 per cent certain.He was successful where many others fail

[jasonu]

This stupid cunt shouldn't even be allowed the dole.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12239609

[SaferRides]

This stupid cunt shouldn't even be allowed the dole.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12239609Air NZ are employing people with tats now.

[jasonu]

Air NZ are employing people with tats now.

Yes I saw that. Imagine being on a plane with that cunt serving you coffee

[jellywrestler]

Yes I saw that. Imagine being on a plane with that cunt serving you coffee

and some meth

[oldrider]

Self explanatory really - no need for a caption - :oi-grr: - https://twitter.com/youmuppet_/status/1159165509209907200?cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjc18y&refsrc=email - :scratch:

[Laava]

Lol, low speed moron at work. He might have been ok with a bit more throttle...

[GazzaH]

It only takes a few inches of fast-flowing water to sweep a person off their feet, apparently.

Darwin award applicants evidently believe think they have superpowers ... and ride superbikes.

[FJRider]

Lol, low speed moron at work. He might have been ok with a bit more throttle...

Old motorcycling adage ... You go where you look.

He looked downstream.

Then ... WENT downstream.