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re: It was Gaston who died in fireworks accident
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:17 am to terd ferguson
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:17 am to terd ferguson
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I'm thinking that maybe he put the mortar in the tube upside down... instead of of shooting up into the air and exploding it remained in the tube and exploded right on top of his skull.
Maybe so. Surely he wouldn't have just put the mortar itself there and not the tube, huh?
And so we're all clear, this is what I am picturing when I hear "mortar firework":
And he's especially good at expectorating.
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Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:17 am to LSUBFA83
"No man's head is incredibly scorched as Gaston!"
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:17 am to LSUBFA83
Maybe he should have eaten 6 dozen eggs that morning.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:18 am to terd ferguson
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I'm thinking that maybe he put the mortar in the tube upside down... instead of of shooting up into the air and exploding it remained in the tube and exploded right on top of his skull
Or the firework failed to launch in the air, basically leaving a pipe bomb on the guys head?
We had 2-3 of the really large fireworks fail to launch this weekend, and the blast that resulted from them still being in the tubes were "impressive".
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:19 am to 3nOut
Sounds like he got himself a big helping of
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:19 am to MSMHater
I've looked and looked, can't find a quote saying there was nothing left.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:19 am to LSUBFA83
I bet he debadged the firecracker before he lit it.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:21 am to CocomoLSU
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Surely he wouldn't have just put the mortar itself there and not the tube, huh?
Jeesh I hope not.
quote:
And so we're all clear, this is what I am picturing when I hear "mortar firework":
That's what I call mortars too. I was drunk once and lit one of those things and threw it at one of my friends... probably not the brightest idea looking back on it.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:21 am to LSUBFA83
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I read an article where one of his friends was quoted as saying something like "there was no use calling 911. There was nothing of my friend left.".
It was his brother who said that, here is the article.
LINK
quote:
His brother Cody Staples, 25, told the Daily News he was standing five feet away from Devon in a backyard in Calais, Maine. He said his brother was holding a lighter and it accidentally caused the firework to go off.
According to his brother, Staples had a lighter in his hand and accidentally had the firework go off on his head.
“I was the first one who got there. There was no rushing him to the hospital. There was no Devon left when I got there,” his brother said. “It was a freak accident … But Devon was not the kind of person who would do something stupid. He was the kind of person who would pretend to do something stupid to make people laugh.”
This post was edited on 7/6/15 at 11:25 am
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:21 am to LSUBFA83
Damn. Gonna miss his posts about his shitty taste in watches and debadging his cars.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:22 am to terd ferguson
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That's what I call mortars too. I was drunk once and lit one of those things and threw it at one of my friends... probably not the brightest idea looking back on it.
probably?
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:22 am to terd ferguson
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I'm thinking that maybe he put the mortar in the tube upside down... instead of of shooting up into the air and exploding it remained in the tube and exploded right on top of his skull.
If you run a bunch through them real quick they get weak and can't handle to outward pressure. I was making sure my son was switching tubes regularly Saturday night because I've seen several fail over the years. This is also why you should never use pvc for mortar tubes.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:23 am to terd ferguson
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I was drunk once and lit one of those things and threw it at one of my friends... probably not the brightest idea looking back on it.
My old roommate was from Chalmette and I went to his parents' house for NYE one year, and they were lighting mortars and throwing them down the sewer drains along the side of the road. I was pretty worried that some flammable shite was down there and we were all fricked.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:25 am to bbap
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probably?
Probably.
It was right in the middle of a giant bottle rocket/Roman candle fight... I merely escalated the level of force.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:27 am to terd ferguson
I'll not say what i want to say but it legit pisses me off when im around people who frick around with fireworks.
I mean i like setting them off but being stupid about it rubs me the wrong way bigtime. Maybe im just getting old.
I mean i like setting them off but being stupid about it rubs me the wrong way bigtime. Maybe im just getting old.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:27 am to CocomoLSU
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they were lighting mortars and throwing them down the sewer drains along the side of the road. I was pretty worried that some flammable shite was down there and we were all fricked.
"Hey, man... check this shite out."
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:28 am to LSUballs
Daily Mail Article
This has the quote that there was nothing left of him to transport to the hospital.
Only the wwl article says it was the gaston from the videos. there have to be at least 15
This has the quote that there was nothing left of him to transport to the hospital.
Only the wwl article says it was the gaston from the videos. there have to be at least 15
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:29 am to LSUBFA83
I'll be damned, i've always thought you had to drive through Dallas with the top down to get a head shot.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:29 am to terd ferguson
quote:Those were the days. I'm surprised none of my group of friends lost an eye or anything from the stupid shite we used to do with fireworks.
It was right in the middle of a giant bottle rocket/Roman candle fight..
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:30 am to CocomoLSU
there are different classes of artillery shells. Every year i go out and buy a case of class 5 Excalibur artillery shells. They are a different beast. There's 24 in each box and 4 heavily fortified PVC tubes.
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