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Got this in my email... lol at some of it...
Think You're Having A Bad Day . . . . check out
these actual cases:
>
> 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 test
revealed that the man 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 man
went diving off the coast, some 20
> miles from the forest. The fire
fighters, seeking to control the fire
> as
> quickly as possible, had called in a fleet
of helicopters with very
> large
> dip buckets. Water was dipped from the ocean
and emptied at the site of
> the forest fire. You guessed it. One minute
our diver was making like
> Flipper in the Pacific, the next, he was doing
the breast stroke in a
> fire dip
> bucket 300 feet in the air. Some days it just
doesn't pay to get out
> of bed.
> ____________________
>
> Still think you're having a bad day?
>
> A man was working on his motorcycle on the
patio, his wife nearby in
> the
> kitchen. While racing the engine, the
motorcycle accidentally slipped
> into
> gear. The man, still holding onto the
handlebars, was dragged along
> as it
> burst through the glass patio doors. His wife,
hearing the crash, ran
> in the
> room to find her cut and bleeding husband, the
motorcycle, and the
>
> shattered patio door. She called for an
ambulance; and, because the
>
> house sat on a fairly large hill, went down
the several flights of
> stairs to
>
> meet the paramedics and escort them to her
husband. While the
>
> attendants were loading her husband, the wife
managed to right the
>
> motorcycle and push it outside. She also
quickly blotted up the
> spilled gasoline with some paper towels and
tossed them into the
> toilet.
>
> After being treated and released, the man
returned home, looked at the
> shattered patio door and the damage done to
his motorcycle. He went
> into
> the bathroom and consoled himself with a
cigarette while attending to
> his
> business. About to stand, he flipped the butt
between his legs. His
> wife,
> who was in the kitchen, heard a loud explosion
and her husband
> screaming. Finding him lying on the bathroom
floor with his trousers
>
> blown away and burns on his buttocks, legs and
groin, she once again
>
> phoned for an ambulance. The same paramedic
crew was dispatched.
>
> As the paramedics carried the man down the
stairs to the ambulance,
>
> they asked the wife how he had come to burn!
himself. She told them.
>
> They started laughing so hard, one slipped,
tipping the stretcher and
>
> dumped the husband out. He fell down the
remaining stairs, breaking
> his arm.
> ____________________
>
> Still having a bad day? Just remember, it could
be worse . . .
>
> The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after
the Exxon Valdez oil
> spill
> in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony,
two of the most
> expensive
> "saved animals" were being released back into
the wild amid cheers and
> applause from onlookers. A minute later, in
full view, a killer whale
> ate
> them both.
> ____________________
>
> Still think you are having a bad day?
>
> A woman came home to find her husband in the
kitchen shaking
> frantically,
> almost in a dancing frenzy, with some kind of
wire running from his
> waist
> towards the electric kettle. Intending to
jolt him away from the
> deadly
> current, she whacked him with a handy plank of
wood, breaking his arm
> in
> two places. Up to that moment, he had been
happily listening to his
> walkman.
> ____________________
>
> STILL think you're having a bad day?
>
> Two animal rights protesters were protesting
at the cruelty of
> sending pigs
> to a slaughter house in Bonn, Germany.
Suddenly, all two thousand
> pigs broke
> loose and escaped through a broken fence,
stampeding madly. The two
> helpless
> protesters were trampled to death.
> ____________________
>
> What?! STILL having a bad day??
>
> Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet, didn't pay
enough postage on a letter
> bomb.
> It came back with "return to sender" stamped on
it. Forgetting it was
> the
> bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits.
Think You're Having A Bad Day . . . . check out
these actual cases:
>
> 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 test
revealed that the man 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 man
went diving off the coast, some 20
> miles from the forest. The fire
fighters, seeking to control the fire
> as
> quickly as possible, had called in a fleet
of helicopters with very
> large
> dip buckets. Water was dipped from the ocean
and emptied at the site of
> the forest fire. You guessed it. One minute
our diver was making like
> Flipper in the Pacific, the next, he was doing
the breast stroke in a
> fire dip
> bucket 300 feet in the air. Some days it just
doesn't pay to get out
> of bed.
> ____________________
>
> Still think you're having a bad day?
>
> A man was working on his motorcycle on the
patio, his wife nearby in
> the
> kitchen. While racing the engine, the
motorcycle accidentally slipped
> into
> gear. The man, still holding onto the
handlebars, was dragged along
> as it
> burst through the glass patio doors. His wife,
hearing the crash, ran
> in the
> room to find her cut and bleeding husband, the
motorcycle, and the
>
> shattered patio door. She called for an
ambulance; and, because the
>
> house sat on a fairly large hill, went down
the several flights of
> stairs to
>
> meet the paramedics and escort them to her
husband. While the
>
> attendants were loading her husband, the wife
managed to right the
>
> motorcycle and push it outside. She also
quickly blotted up the
> spilled gasoline with some paper towels and
tossed them into the
> toilet.
>
> After being treated and released, the man
returned home, looked at the
> shattered patio door and the damage done to
his motorcycle. He went
> into
> the bathroom and consoled himself with a
cigarette while attending to
> his
> business. About to stand, he flipped the butt
between his legs. His
> wife,
> who was in the kitchen, heard a loud explosion
and her husband
> screaming. Finding him lying on the bathroom
floor with his trousers
>
> blown away and burns on his buttocks, legs and
groin, she once again
>
> phoned for an ambulance. The same paramedic
crew was dispatched.
>
> As the paramedics carried the man down the
stairs to the ambulance,
>
> they asked the wife how he had come to burn!
himself. She told them.
>
> They started laughing so hard, one slipped,
tipping the stretcher and
>
> dumped the husband out. He fell down the
remaining stairs, breaking
> his arm.
> ____________________
>
> Still having a bad day? Just remember, it could
be worse . . .
>
> The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after
the Exxon Valdez oil
> spill
> in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony,
two of the most
> expensive
> "saved animals" were being released back into
the wild amid cheers and
> applause from onlookers. A minute later, in
full view, a killer whale
> ate
> them both.
> ____________________
>
> Still think you are having a bad day?
>
> A woman came home to find her husband in the
kitchen shaking
> frantically,
> almost in a dancing frenzy, with some kind of
wire running from his
> waist
> towards the electric kettle. Intending to
jolt him away from the
> deadly
> current, she whacked him with a handy plank of
wood, breaking his arm
> in
> two places. Up to that moment, he had been
happily listening to his
> walkman.
> ____________________
>
> STILL think you're having a bad day?
>
> Two animal rights protesters were protesting
at the cruelty of
> sending pigs
> to a slaughter house in Bonn, Germany.
Suddenly, all two thousand
> pigs broke
> loose and escaped through a broken fence,
stampeding madly. The two
> helpless
> protesters were trampled to death.
> ____________________
>
> What?! STILL having a bad day??
>
> Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet, didn't pay
enough postage on a letter
> bomb.
> It came back with "return to sender" stamped on
it. Forgetting it was
> the
> bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits.