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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMan killed by exploding condom machine in Germany
This is about as off-topic as I can find. Not a pretty Christmas story, though.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/man-dies-after-blowing-up-condom-machine-while-trying-to-rob-it-on-christmas-day-a6788411.html
A man in Germany has died after blowing up a condom machine in an apparent robbery attempt on Christmas Day.
The 29-year-old man was hit in the head by a piece of metal from the machine as he attempted to take cover from the explosion.
He was accompanied by two other men who escaped the explosion and fled the scene in a car, leaving money, condoms and the pieces of the vending machine scattered in their wake.
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The two men then attempted to tell hospital staff their friend had injured his head by falling down the stairs, but staff grew suspicious of the story and called police.
The 29-year-old man was hit in the head by a piece of metal from the machine as he attempted to take cover from the explosion.
He was accompanied by two other men who escaped the explosion and fled the scene in a car, leaving money, condoms and the pieces of the vending machine scattered in their wake.
...
The two men then attempted to tell hospital staff their friend had injured his head by falling down the stairs, but staff grew suspicious of the story and called police.
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Man killed by exploding condom machine in Germany (Original Post)
BlueMTexpat
Dec 2015
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eppur_se_muova
(36,295 posts)1. He was just testing them for leaks. nt
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)3. Sounds like a stretch.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)4. I see you still have an inflated opinion of yourself
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)5. PS: I?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)14. Ha!
I was a little slow picking up on that one.
BlueMTexpat
(15,373 posts)11. DUzy-worth, IMO! eom
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)2. He would have been better off blowing up a cigarette machine
Cigarettes are expensive. Condoms are not. If you're going to go to all the trouble to build a homemade bomb in Germany where you can't get bomb-making ingredients at every corner store, you should endeavor to get the most buck for your bang.
rug
(82,333 posts)6. He must have gotten the paternity results back.
Generic Brad
(14,276 posts)7. Bet he won't try that again
And let that be a lesson to the rest of you kids!
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)8. Hey BlueMTexpat
Please come on over to the Americans Abroad group and say hi:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1009350
BlueMTexpat
(15,373 posts)9. Thanks for the link! I will.
BlueMTexpat
(15,373 posts)10. I found this story on Facebook.
Some of the FB comments really cracked me up.
sarge43
(28,945 posts)12. Now that's a word combination you don't see every day. n/t
kairos12
(12,873 posts)13. The machine condomed him to death.
rurallib
(62,448 posts)15. condoms fail to protect man from bad blow job?
I got nothing
ohnoyoudidnt
(1,858 posts)16. I hear they're not 100% effective. nt
Kennah
(14,315 posts)17. What a dick! n/t