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THINK YOU'RE HAVING A BAD DAY.... check it out >>these are actual cases. >> > > >> > >Fire authorities in California found a corpse >>in a burned-out section of >> > >forest while assessing the damage done by a >>forest fire. The deceased >> > >male was dressed in a full wet suit, complete >>with scuba >> > >tanks on his back, flippers, and face mask. >> > > >> > >A postmortem test revealed that the man died >>not from burns, but from >> > >massive internal injuries. Dental records >>provided a positive >> > >identification. Investigators then set about >>to determine how a fully >> > >clothed diver ended up in the middle of a >>forest fire. >> > > >> > >It was revealed that on the day of the fire, >>the man went diving off the >> > >coast, some 20 miles from the forest. The >>fire fighters, seeking to >> > >control the fire as quickly as possible, had >>called in a fleet of >> > >helicopters with very large dip buckets. >>Water was dipped from the ocean >> > >and emptied at the site of the forest fire. >> > > >> > >You guessed it. One minute our diver was >>making like Flipper in the >> > >Pacific, the next, he was doing the breast >>stroke in a fire dip bucket >> > >300 feet in the air. Some days it just >>doesn't pay to get out of bed. >> > >___________________________________________ >> > > >> > >Still think you're having a bad day? >> > > >> > >A man was working on his motorcycle on the >>patio, his wife nearby in the >> > >kitchen. While racing the engine, the >>motorcycle accidentally slipped >> > >into gear. The man, still holding onto the >>handlebars, was dragged along >> > >as it burst through the glass patio doors. >> > > >> > >His wife, hearing the crash, ran in the room >>to find her husband cut and >> > >bleeding, the motorcycle, and the shattered >>patio door. She called for >> > >an ambulance and, because the house sat on a >>fairly large hill, went >> > >down the several flights of stairs to meet >>the paramedics and escort >> > >them to her husband. >> > > >> > >While the attendants were loading her >>husband, the wife managed to right >> > >the motorcycle and push it outside. She also >>quickly blotted up the >> > >spilled gasoline with some paper towels and >>tossed them into the toilet. >> > > >> > >After being treated and released, the man >>returned home, looked at the >> > >shattered patio door and the damage done to >>his motorcycle. He went into >> > >the bathroom and consoled himself with a >>cigarette while attending to >> > >his business. About to stand, he flipped the >>butt between his legs. >> > > >> > >The wife, who was in the kitchen, heard a >>loud explosion and her husband >> > >screaming. Finding him lying on the bathroom >>floor with his trousers >> > >blown away and burns on his buttocks, legs >>and groin, she >> > >once again phoned for an ambulance. The same >>paramedic crew was >> > >dispatched. >> > > >> > >As the paramedics carried the man down the >>stairs to the ambulance they >> > >asked the wife how he had come to burn >>himself. She told them. >> > >They started laughing so hard, one slipped, >>the stretcher and dumping >> > >the husband out. He fell down the remaining >>stairs, breaking his arm. >> > >> >______________________________________________ >> > >Still having a bad day? Just remember, it >>could be worse... >> > > >> > >The average cost of rehabilitating a seal >>after the Exxon Valdez oil >> > >spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special >>ceremony, two of the most >> > >expensively saved animals were being released >>back into the wild amid >> > >cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute >>later, in full view, a >> > >killer whale ate them both. >> > >_____________________________________________ >> > >Still think you are having a bad day? >> > > >> > >A woman came home to find her husband in the >>kitchen shaking >> > >frantically, almost in a dancing frenzy, with >>some kind of wire running >> > >from his waist towards the electric kettle. >>Intending to jolt him away >> > >from the deadly current, she whacked him with >>a handy >> > >plank of wood, breaking his arm in two >>places. Up to that moment, he had >> > >been happily listening to his Walkman. >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> > >STILL think you're having a bad day? >> > > >> > >Two animal rights protesters were protesting >>at the cruelty of sending >> > >pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn, Germany. >>Suddenly, all two thousand >> > >pigs broke loose and escaped through a broken >>fence, stampeding madly >> > >The two hopeless protesters were trampled to >>death. >> > >____________________________________________ >> > > >> > >What?! STILL having a bad day?? >> > > >> > >Iraqi terrorist Khay Rahnajet didn't pay >>enough postage on a letter >> > >bomb. It came back with "return to sender" >>stamped on it. Forgetting it >> > >was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to >>bits. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > There now, feeling >better?
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