YAY! I finally completed my 2020 catastrophic BINGO card!

[11 Bravo]

I must admit, "death by ceiling fan" was always going to be a long shot.
But now that Home Depot has been forced to recall almost 200,000 Hampton Bay ceiling fans over fears that blades might detach, leading to a possible fatal injury, my card is full.

Dear Lord, can 2021 get here fast enough?

[panader0]

1. I installed two of those this past year.

I don't know about death from a loose blade, but the installation almost killed me. My neck anyway.

[Arne]

2. I still need White House covered by huge tent for the win.

[malaise]

11. Terminex?

[Hugin]

3. I wish I'd have known it was a 'blackout' game for this year or...

I would have opted out of the round.

[11 Bravo]

6. It began as a straight-line game. But the longer Lard Ass remained in office ...

it had to morph into a blackout game in order to accommodate the endless string of fuck-ups perpetrated by the Trump administration.

[Hugin]

12. I only have two boxes left...

Ice-9 spill and severe pizza cutter shortage.

With only a few days left, I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

[Towlie]

4. "The company said it will replace any of the faulty ceiling fans for free." - I'll bet they won't.

 
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https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/recall-alert/ceiling-fans-sold-at-home-depot-recalled-after-blades-fly-off/2514730/

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said it received 47 reports of the blades falling off, two reports of people being hit by them and four reports of the blades causing property damage.

Owners of the fans should stop using them immediately and inspect them for blades aren't secure or have a gap between them and the base of the fan, the CPSC said.

King of Fans, which makes the ceiling fans, published a video on its website with instructions on how to inspect the fan. The company said it will replace any of the faulty ceiling fans for free.

I'll bet the truth is that they'll exchange them for free. Folks who hired professionals to install their fans will have to hire them to come back, maybe even twice - once to remove the bad fan and again to install the new one.

[sdfernando]

5. Was there an actual death reported due to this?

If not, then I'd say you are premature in completing your 2020 catastrophic BINGO card.

[Dem2theMax]

7. If you'd been watching Schitt's Creek,

you could have filled in that square long ago.

[Initech]

9. Or Fargo - death by air conditioner!

[Dem2theMax]

10. .

[Initech]

8. Well we've got 3 days!

Anything short of a nuclear bomb going off or a category 6 hurricane destroying an entire state, I would like to hopefully think that we're in the clear.