Thread: Things that make you go mmmmmm

UNBELIEVABLE!

Loaned to him by his father-in-law no doubt.

Check out his pinkie.

An ad for plastic surgery and hand transplants!

Originally Posted by FXST01

At what point did he think this was remotely safe to use?

Charles Darwin we need you!

This actually qualifies for mention in the Darwin Awards - see here:
Darwin Awards: Darwin Awards

The Darwin Awards go to people who through the process of natural selection do something stupid enough to remove themselves from the gene pool thus enhancing human evolution.

Makes me cringe to just look at that picture.

Here is another example - there are hundreds on the Darwin Awards website.

the motorcycle rider who was protesting helmet laws, when suddenly he experienced the ultimate deceleration headache

Here is another:

A handicapped man, annoyed that an elevator closed and departed without him, thinks it over before ramming his wheelchair into the doors not once, not twice, but three times in all--only to plunge down the now-empty elevator shaft to his death. Simultaneous success and failure combine to earn the 40-year-old "Angry Wheelchair Man" lasting immortality as a Darwin Award winner.


The tragic downfall of this rashly rushing rammer provides a heartening example of how brilliant you are--compared to some! However, natural selection just got a little harder. The authorities traced the "problem" to elevator doors that cannot withstand a large impact. Safety regulations were strengthened after the elevator was installed, to prevent accidents "such as might happen to children and drunks."

Got to be a look at me type of joke - surely - sheer stupidity.

However, before dismissing it out of hand - years ago, an old carpenter did tell me of a bloke who was doing trenching cuts on fence posts for the rails and had tied back the blade guard with a piece of wire [Makita 9.25} - managed to place it on the ground before the blade had fully stopped - and still didn't twig that perhaps this was not a good idea.

Originally Posted by Scribbly Gum

This actually qualifies for mention in the Darwin Awards - see here:
Darwin Awards: Darwin Awards

The Darwin Awards go to people who through the process of natural selection do something stupid enough to remove themselves from the gene pool thus enhancing human evolution.

Makes me cringe to just look at that picture.

Unfortunately the saw is unlikely to remove the operator from the gene pool.

Originally Posted by BobL

Unfortunately the saw is unlikely to remove the operator from the gene pool.

Mutilating the genitals serves the same purpose.

SG

I seem to recall a situation/story where a sawblade was fitted to an angle grinder, the bloke was doing something in the roof, he consequently removed himself from the gene pool and was only found when someone saw the pool of blood on the ceiling

Pete

Here in Canada, the practical part of a university biology course is called the "lab." or laboratory component.

Students were instructed through the steps to set up a genetics experiment in fruit fly breeding inheritance. "Breeding" You with me so far?
Two students got nothing. Not a single offspring fruit fly. Further investigation revealed that they had put all the male fruit flies in one bottle and all the females in the other bottle.
Then, they had the nerve to accuse the lab instructor of giving them poor instructions!

"Captain Kirk, set your phaser to STUN."

I have run into several chippys who tie back the blade guard,so far they have all their "bits" don't know for how much longer though
supposed to be quicker???

Originally Posted by nrb

I have run into several chippys who tie back the blade guard,so far they have all their "bits" don't know for how much longer though
supposed to be quicker???

Check out post #8 - same thing - unfortunately - just when the manufacturer thinks they have designed something idiot-proof along comes a better/worse class of idiot.

I feel as though I may have posted this elsewhere on this site but I'll repeat it here as it fits right in...
In another life I was a building supervisor for a very large building firm and on one of the sites under my care was a father/son framing team. They were really good to work with and didn't actually need much supervision. Like nearly every similar tradey they were using a Makita 5900B and anyone who has had one knows the guard always stuck. My own used to stick and every now and then I would bash it with a hammer to remove the high spot. Anyhow, these two had the idea of taking the forever-sticking guard off entirely, throw it away and it would never stick again. Fast forward a few trouble free months and father was up on the roof with the saw and after finishing a cut rested the still spinning saw on his leg. The rest you can imagine. He was off work for many months.