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Good news! Cartoonist Dec 2019 #1
Excellent point about first responder. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2019 #45
people who get their ideas on home defense from cartoons really shouldn't be allowed to own guns Takket Dec 2019 #2
I know I shouldn't laugh but... Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2019 #4
yeah. sorry for the family (if in fact there is one), but ... stopdiggin Dec 2019 #10
Well, I guess none of the family (if they exist) was coming to his house for Thanksgiving. LisaL Dec 2019 #15
it's ok CatWoman Dec 2019 #13
What's wrong with the Acme Home Defense System. 3Hotdogs Dec 2019 #24
Ahhh...the pitfalls of having one's own security systems. All it takes is one time, one... SWBTATTReg Dec 2019 #3
that booby trap could have killed ANYONE. the UPS person, the mail carrier, a relative Demovictory9 Dec 2019 #5
Yeah, I know. As you said, ... SWBTATTReg Dec 2019 #6
An ambulance crew responding to a heart attack call. Anyone at all. appleannie1 Dec 2019 #22
Or people responding to him being shot by his own booby trap. LisaL Dec 2019 #52
Slow but sure thinning of the herd HAB911 Dec 2019 #7
The Darwin Award, thinning the shallow end of the gene pool RainCaster Dec 2019 #8
He was already aged out of the gene pool. Codeine Dec 2019 #19
Foolproof. dchill Dec 2019 #9
I can't help but think... Happy Hoosier Dec 2019 #11
It's amazing how many people live in fear. And now not this guy anymore. UniteFightBack Dec 2019 #12
Fucking moron Flaleftist Dec 2019 #14
I'm betting that's one less Trump voter. Vinca Dec 2019 #16
My first though and rural Maine is filled with them. appleannie1 Dec 2019 #25
Bet he's a fux noise viewer not fooled Dec 2019 #17
Kinda like being "hoisted by one's own petard" in a way. MineralMan Dec 2019 #18
Paranoia moreland01 Dec 2019 #20
Darwin award nt Richard D Dec 2019 #21
I wouldn't go to that house if I was invited. Initech Dec 2019 #23
What I find a bit puzzling is that PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2019 #26
We don't know if he went outside and came back inside. LisaL Dec 2019 #29
The article, at least what I can read PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2019 #32
A friend who lives in a rural part of Maine tells me there's not much to do for entertainment... LudwigPastorius Dec 2019 #30
What a Rube (Goldberg, that is)! LudwigPastorius Dec 2019 #27
New meaning to hoisted on your own petard. paleotn Dec 2019 #28
Its backwoods Maine. It was about the early '70's. 3Hotdogs Dec 2019 #31
He got out of jail DENVERPOPS Dec 2019 #41
This sounds like one of those devices rigged up in the roadrunner cartoons... CTyankee Dec 2019 #33
This guy was smarter... tonedevil Dec 2019 #34
Maybe DENVERPOPS Dec 2019 #35
I'm certain there was no alcohol (or more) involved. ToxMarz Dec 2019 #36
Evolution in action? bluescribbler Dec 2019 #37
Darwin Award nominee? sakabatou Dec 2019 #38
Definitely DENVERPOPS Dec 2019 #39
Police reportedly found other "unknown devices" in Cyr's home ....lucky no one else was hurt after lunasun Dec 2019 #40
Even if it HAD shot an intruder, he would have been arrested. oldsoftie Dec 2019 #42
In law school we studied the case of a farmer who rigged something similar Mr. Ected Dec 2019 #43
Exercising the 2nd, he can't even plead the 5th bucolic_frolic Dec 2019 #44
Same thing happened a year ago! Its not the same guy is it? LiberalLovinLug Dec 2019 #46
No, that sign was posted by a group of residents near Shelby, NC... KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2019 #49
In law school we studied a similar case, except the person shot was the alleged robber. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Dec 2019 #47
This may be the one you're thinking about from 1967 in Iowa... KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2019 #50
Hey folks -America gets international publicity for this kind of shit. KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2019 #48
2 years ago, my husband found out that a former Air Force colleague... 3catwoman3 Dec 2019 #51
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