So you think thatyou have had some bad days.
THE NEXT TIME YOU THINK YOU ARE HAVING A BAD DAY:
Fire authorities in California found a corpse in a burned out section of
Forest while assessing the damage done by a forest fire. The deceased male
Was dressed in a full wet suit, complete with scuba tanks on his back,
Flippers, and facemask. A post-mortem revealed that the person died not from
Burns, but from massive internal injuries.
Dental records provided a positive identification. Investigators then set
About to determine how a fully clad diver ended up in the middle of a forest
Fire. It was revealed that on the day of the fire, the person went for a
Diving trip off the coast some 20 miles from the forest. The firefighters,
Seeking to control the fire as quickly as possible, called in a fleet of
Helicopters with very large dip buckets. Water was dipped from the ocean and
Then flown to the forest fire and emptied.
You guessed it. One minute our diver was making like Flipper in the
Pacific, the next he was doing the breaststroke in a fire dip bucket 300
Feet in the air. Apparently he extinguished exactly 5'10" of the
Fire. Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed.
This article was taken from the California Examiner, March 20, 1998.
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STILL THINK YOU ARE HAVING A BAD DAY?
A man was working on his motorcycle on his patio and his wife was in the
Kitchen. The man was racing the engine on the motorcycle when it
Accidentally slipped into gear. The man, still holding onto the
Handlebars, was dragged through the glass patio doors and along with the
Motorcycle dumped onto the floor inside the house. The wife, hearing the
Crash, ran into the dining room and found her husband lying on the floor,
Cut and bleeding, the motorcycle lying next to him, and the shattered patio
Door.
The wife ran to the phone and summoned the ambulance. Because they lived
On a fairly large hill, the wife went down the several flights of stairs to
The street to escort the paramedics to her husband. After the ambulance
Arrived and transported the man to the hospital, the wife
Uprighted the motorcycle and pushed it outside.
Seeing that gas was spilled on the floor, the wife got some paper towels,
Blotted up the gasoline, and threw the towels in the toilet. The man was
Treated and released to come home. Upon arriving home, he looked at the
Shattered patio door and the damage done to his motorcycle. He became
Despondent, went to the bathroom, sat down on the
Toilet and smoked a cigarette. After finishing the cigarette, he flipped
It between his legs into the toilet bowl while seated. The wife, who was
In the kitchen, heard the loud explosion and her husband screaming. She
Ran into the bathroom and found her husband lying on the floor. His trousers
Had been blown away and he was suffering burns on the buttocks, the back of
His legs, and his groin.
The wife again ran to the phone to call the ambulance. The very same
Paramedic crew was dispatched and the wife met them at the street. The
Paramedics loaded the husband onto the stretcher and began carrying him to
The street.
While they were going down the stairs to the street accompanied by the
Wife, one of the paramedics asked the wife how the husband had burned
Himself. She told them and the paramedics started laughing so hard, one of
Them slipped and tipped the stretcher, dumping the husband out. He fell down
The remaining stairs and broke his arm.
Taken from a Florida Newspaper.
