Metacelsus
International Hazard
Posts: 2539
Registered: 26-12-2012
Location: Boston, MA
Member Is Offline
Mood: Double, double, toil and trouble
|
|
Dry Ice Thief - Darwin Award/Dumb Crook nominee?
First, some background:
I have a summer internship in an organic chemistry lab at a local university about a mile from my house. The building is unlocked during business
hours, and has a dry ice cooler in the sub-basement that, until recently, did not have a lock. Chemists would just come down and get dry ice when they
needed it.
So, last Friday evening, about half an hour after I left my internship for the day, I heard an explosion coming from the direction of the university.
I was mildly worried, but overall I didn't think much of it.
Today at my internship, we had a group meeting, which is unusual because we usually have them on Fridays. The main point of the meeting was to discuss
the events of Friday evening. Someone apparently stole about a kilogram of dry ice from the cooler and placed it in a metal container with a
tight-fitting  lid, which he then put in his backpack.
Miraculously, he survived the resulting explosion, which occurred while he was walking home, and nobody else was hurt. Although the person (whose name
I don't know) was not killed, and thus is not eligible for a full Darwin Award, I think that he would make a great "at risk survivor".
http://www.darwinawards.com/stupid/
Unfortunately, I don't have any documentation, so this might not get very far. He might be more eligible for the "dumb crook" award, which I've
already submitted him for, though:
http://dumbcrooks.com/
|
|
|
elementcollector1
International Hazard
Posts: 2684
Registered: 28-12-2011
Location: The Known Universe
Member Is Offline
Mood: Molten
|
|
Damn, I wish I had access to infinite dry ice.
On a related note, did he know what dry ice was?
Elements Collected:52/87
Latest Acquired: Cl
Next in Line: Nd
|
|
|
Fantasma4500
International Hazard
Posts: 1681
Registered: 12-12-2012
Location: Dysrope (aka europe)
Member Is Offline
Mood: dangerously practical
|
|
''Masturbating driver''
thanks fo the links, alot!!!
but there wasnt any cameras or anything pointed towards our little thief?? that would be hilarius to see his reaction to this mysterious event
happening in his backpack
|
|
|
|
![[*]](images/xpblue/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
