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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7091904.stm A US man has injured himself in both legs after attempting to loosen a stiff wheel-nut by blasting it with his gun.
The 66-year-old man from Washington state was repairing his car outside his home when the accident took place.
Shooting at the wheel from arm's length with his 12-gauge shotgun, he was peppered with buckshot and debris.
The man - who police say was on his own and not intoxicated - was taken to hospital with severe, but not life-threatening, injuries.
The man, from South Kitsap, 10 miles (16km) southwest of Seattle, had been repairing his Lincoln Continental for two weeks, according to the police, and had removed all but one of the nuts on the right rear wheel.
Frustrated by the one remaining nut which refused to budge, he resorted to fire power in an effort to shift it.
"He's bound and determined to get that lug nut off," said Deputy Scott Wilson, a spokesman from the sheriff's office.
He sustained injuries from his feet to the middle of his abdomen, with some pellets reaching as high as his chin, police said.
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Friggen idiot.. Bullets bounce... Especially on metal... especially point blank lol... What was he planning to do, blow a hole through it?
Some people just need not breed...
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Former Developer
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This is why we have the Darwin awards..
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Pooh-Bah
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Apparently he's never seen "A Christmas Story".
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Carpal Tunnel
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Yes it sure does produce flying debris. We once went out shooting with 30-06 and at 50 yards away shot a concrete block that still had some minor debris fly back to where we were.
Not to mention some of the stupid stuff done in the Army by many people when I was in.
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Hey, doesn't Giz live up that way?  Maybe he's older than he tells us he is.
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I'm in OR, so you could blaime this on anyone working for groupee, they're well closer than I 
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Pooh-Bah
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I really don't know who is the more stupid.... Bike sex man placed on probation
A man caught trying to have sex with his bicycle has been sentenced to three years on probation.
Robert Stewart, 51, admitted a sexually aggravated breach of the peace by conducting himself in a disorderly manner and simulating sex.
Sheriff Colin Miller also placed Stewart on the Sex Offenders Register for three years.
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This makes no sense - surely if he was in his own home, what difference does it make what he is doing????
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Pooh-Bah
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I guess it was because he was staying in a hostel.
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