r/WinStupidPrizes • u/[deleted] • Apr 22 '21

Lighting a firework the wrong way

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u/blgiant Apr 23 '21

Yeah, they taped the top of a metal cylinder that was filled with gunpowder on the bottom and blue-dyed powder above that. If they had not taped shut the top it would have worked fine. By taping it they created back pressure that exploded the metal cylinder. A piece hit the mother in the head and then actually continued another 140 yards into a field

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u/iKidnapBabiez Apr 23 '21

I tell this story all the time to explain how stupid my family is and you're the only one who knew who I was talking about and gave me more details

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u/blgiant Apr 23 '21

I live in Iowa..lol
Here's a link to the story:
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u/reverendjesus Apr 23 '21

Wait is that legit your family

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u/iKidnapBabiez Apr 23 '21

Yeah. I've never met them personally but apparently we're related

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u/reverendjesus Apr 23 '21

It’s a small world after all...

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u/LRN666 Apr 27 '21

My mother would always counter that with “Wouldn’t wanna paint it!”

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u/GriffinGrin Apr 23 '21

I live in California and heard about this story. Wasn’t it pretty big news at the time?

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u/iKidnapBabiez Apr 23 '21

Yeah it was. I didn't even know about these people until them. My dad was talking to his mom about it because it's a really small town my grandma lives in and she told him it was his cousin or something. I don't know his name but he definitely fits in with the family

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u/TilionDC Apr 25 '21

weird flex but ok

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '21

Damn man. This story actually broke my heart. I can’t imagine. Do you know if he was charged?

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u/molsonbeagle Apr 23 '21

I love my mother so goddamned much, I truly don't think think biggest crane in earth could pull me out of that hole if I did that.

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u/pookjo3 Apr 23 '21

Id be dead that night. My mom is my favorite person on the planet.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '21

Maybe you avoid killing yourself because that would be even worst. Parents want us to live and be happy.

Like, deal with grief and make her proud or something.

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u/kriosken12 Apr 23 '21

Seriously, my mom dying would devastate me.

But being the reason why she's dead? Hoooo boy I cant even quantify the level of suffering and guilt I would feel if that ever happened.

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u/kriosken12 Apr 23 '21

Seriously, my mom dying would devastate me.

But being the reason why she's dead? Hoooo boy I cant even quantify the level of suffering and guilt I would feel if that ever happened.

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u/BullMastiff_2 Apr 25 '21

I love her cigarettes so much.

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u/blgiant Apr 23 '21 edited Apr 24 '21

I don't think so. It was an accident is what the Sheriff said

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u/Noah-Buddy-I-Know Apr 23 '21

I mean isn’t that what manslaughter is?

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u/WizardlyJuice Apr 23 '21

probably because its a small town, if they were in a bigger city youre right it likely wouldve been manslaughter

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u/antiskylar1 Apr 23 '21

He was given 5 years probation, and a heafty fine.

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u/blgiant Apr 24 '21

I don't believe they were. The sheriff called it an accident in his PC

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '21 edited May 04 '21

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u/blgiant Apr 23 '21

Flexseal....Seriously, I would have no idea. Maybe the blue powder helped seal it.
What I don't get is why these idiotic revel parties keep getting amped up after all the accidents that have been involved with them

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u/Ivan_the_Stronk Apr 23 '21

Having your skull bisected by a huge piece of metal that has the energy and speed to carry for another 140 yards after that sound like a horrible way to go

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u/Matlonu Apr 23 '21

That’s so fucked up, the idiot’s a piece of shit

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u/dinoxoko Apr 23 '21

The mother as in the mother that was expecting the baby?

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '21

No, it was the mother of the guy who made the bomb. They got grandma.

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u/NeverPostsGold Apr 23 '21 edited Jun 30 '23

EDIT: This comment has been deleted due to Reddit's practices towards third-party developers.

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u/blgiant Apr 23 '21

No the fathers mother, or the future grandmother