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2/2/2010 12:23:55 PM EDT


Homemade sledding rocket explodes
Published: Feb. 2, 2010 at 3:24 PM

PONTIAC, Mich., Feb. 2 (UPI) –– Authorities in Michigan said a man was hospitalized with second-degree burns when his homemade sledding rocket pack exploded.

The Oakland County Sheriff's Office said the 62-year-old Independence Township man constructed a backpack from a motorcycle muffler filled with gasoline and gunpowder and put on a motorcycle helmet before sledding down his back yard hill with the fuse lit, the Detroit Free Press reported Tuesday.

"At some point during the ride, the device exploded," Undersheriff Mike McCabe told The Detroit News. "Apparently, he has this sledding party every year, and he always does outrageous things at it, but he's never blown himself up before."

McCabe said the man suffered burns to 18 percent of his body, including second-degree burns to his right side and his face.

Next Story: Six double-yolk eggs found in one box


http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/02/02/Homemade-sledding-rocket-explodes/UPI-38441265142240/
2/2/2010 12:24:49 PM EDT
[#1]
Hold my beer and...


2/2/2010 12:25:58 PM EDT
[#2]
Lemme guess, he used black powder....
2/2/2010 12:27:12 PM EDT
[#3]
2/2/2010 12:27:38 PM EDT
[#4]
50 years ago, the rocket would have worked because people knew how to properly build a rocket.



Now?  Idiots nearly kill themselves.
2/2/2010 12:36:44 PM EDT
[#5]




Quoted:

50 years ago, the rocket would have worked because people knew how to properly build a rocket.



Now? Idiots nearly kill themselves.
My dad told stories of how he used to make his own rocket engines. Now, most of that stuff is probably illegal.



2/2/2010 12:38:42 PM EDT
[#6]
Quoted:
50 years ago, the rocket would have worked because people knew how to properly build a rocket.

Now?  Idiots nearly kill themselves.


And you could get any of the chemicals from the local pharmacy.  I wonder if you still can do that?
2/2/2010 12:39:00 PM EDT
[#7]


motorcycle muffler filled with gasoline and gunpowder



2/2/2010 12:39:24 PM EDT
[#8]
Quoted:


Homemade sledding rocket explodes
Published: Feb. 2, 2010 at 3:24 PM

PONTIAC, Mich., Feb. 2 (UPI) –– Authorities in Michigan said a man was hospitalized with second-degree burns when his homemade sledding rocket pack exploded.

The Oakland County Sheriff's Office said the 62-year-old Independence Township man constructed a backpack from a motorcycle muffler filled with gasoline and gunpowder and put on a motorcycle helmet before sledding down his back yard hill with the fuse lit, the Detroit Free Press reported Tuesday.

"At some point during the ride, the device exploded," Undersheriff Mike McCabe told The Detroit News. "Apparently, he has this sledding party every year, and he always does outrageous things at it, but he's never blown himself up before."

McCabe said the man suffered burns to 18 percent of his body, including second-degree burns to his right side and his face.

Next Story: Six double-yolk eggs found in one box


http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/02/02/Homemade-sledding-rocket-explodes/UPI-38441265142240/


HOLY SHIT - SIX DOUBLE YOLK EGGS FOUND IN ONE BOX
2/2/2010 12:41:26 PM EDT
[#9]
Need that Farside cartoon of the aliens watching the mushroom clouds and going "ooooooo".

ETA: I like how they said "before".  I take that to mean they wouldn't be surprised if he did it again in the future.
2/2/2010 2:49:13 PM EDT
[#10]
With any luck (cellphones being what they are) there is video. It'd be a shame for him to go through all that for nothing.
~
2/2/2010 2:50:27 PM EDT
[#11]
This thread is useless without video
2/2/2010 2:54:14 PM EDT
[#12]



Quoted:


This thread is useless without video


no kidding.  simple research wouldve shown that gunpowder + gasoline + fire = BOMB



 
2/2/2010 3:04:52 PM EDT
[#13]
So do we need to go the Michigan HTF and see who's posting from a hospital?
2/2/2010 3:10:03 PM EDT
[#14]
Sounds more like a bomb than rocket.

Oops, it was.
2/2/2010 3:22:28 PM EDT
[#15]
Quoted:
Quoted:


Homemade sledding rocket explodes
Published: Feb. 2, 2010 at 3:24 PM

PONTIAC, Mich., Feb. 2 (UPI) –– Authorities in Michigan said a man was hospitalized with second-degree burns when his homemade sledding rocket pack exploded.

The Oakland County Sheriff's Office said the 62-year-old Independence Township man constructed a backpack from a motorcycle muffler filled with gasoline and gunpowder and put on a motorcycle helmet before sledding down his back yard hill with the fuse lit, the Detroit Free Press reported Tuesday.

"At some point during the ride, the device exploded," Undersheriff Mike McCabe told The Detroit News. "Apparently, he has this sledding party every year, and he always does outrageous things at it, but he's never blown himself up before."

McCabe said the man suffered burns to 18 percent of his body, including second-degree burns to his right side and his face.

Next Story: Six double-yolk eggs found in one box


http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/02/02/Homemade-sledding-rocket-explodes/UPI-38441265142240/


HOLY SHIT - SIX DOUBLE YOLK EGGS FOUND IN ONE BOX


I was thinking the same thing, Stupid people doing stupid shit and hurting themselves just no longer impresses!
2/2/2010 3:26:41 PM EDT
[#16]

62-year-old Independence Township man constructed a backpack from a motorcycle muffler filled with gasoline and gunpowder and put on a motorcycle helmet before sledding down his back yard hill with the fuse lit, the Detroit Free Press reported Tuesday.












2/2/2010 3:32:48 PM EDT
[#17]
Dupe from yesterday

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=993286
2/2/2010 3:33:37 PM EDT
[#18]
Quoted:
Hold my beer and...


lol
2/2/2010 3:34:14 PM EDT
[#19]
Quoted:
Quoted:


Homemade sledding rocket explodes
Published: Feb. 2, 2010 at 3:24 PM

PONTIAC, Mich., Feb. 2 (UPI) –– Authorities in Michigan said a man was hospitalized with second-degree burns when his homemade sledding rocket pack exploded.

The Oakland County Sheriff's Office said the 62-year-old Independence Township man constructed a backpack from a motorcycle muffler filled with gasoline and gunpowder and put on a motorcycle helmet before sledding down his back yard hill with the fuse lit, the Detroit Free Press reported Tuesday.

"At some point during the ride, the device exploded," Undersheriff Mike McCabe told The Detroit News. "Apparently, he has this sledding party every year, and he always does outrageous things at it, but he's never blown himself up before."

McCabe said the man suffered burns to 18 percent of his body, including second-degree burns to his right side and his face.

Next Story: Six double-yolk eggs found in one box


http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/02/02/Homemade-sledding-rocket-explodes/UPI-38441265142240/


HOLY SHIT - SIX DOUBLE YOLK EGGS FOUND IN ONE BOX




Best part of the article.
2/2/2010 3:38:26 PM EDT
[#20]
I'm assuming this solid intellectual did not have an engineering degree?
2/2/2010 3:45:33 PM EDT
[#21]
I love it when stupid people do stupid things and injure themselves for my entertainment..
2/2/2010 4:22:03 PM EDT
[#22]
Quoted:
HOLY SHIT - SIX DOUBLE YOLK EGGS FOUND IN ONE BOX


I found 11 double-yolkers in a dozen jumbo eggs once.
2/2/2010 5:13:24 PM EDT
[#23]
Loser

If he had died, he would have won a Darwin Award.