Star Wars Fans Hopsitalized After Lightsaber Accident, Funny or not?

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Sky News reports on a tragic accident involving a couple of Star Wars fans:

Two people have been left with severe burns after their home-made Star Wars light sabre exploded and showered them in petrol.

Mark Webb and Shelley Mandiville are thought to have filled a fluorescent tube with fuel to imitate the screen weapon.

But their clothing caught fire during the mock fight in woodland near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, leaving Mr Webb with 40% burns.

Police said both he and Ms Mandiville, 17, were in a critical condition in hospital in Chelmsford, Essex.

A spokesman said fire crews called to the woodland found the pair on the ground.

Police think they had been filming themselves at the time.

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Sadly some people find this quite funny so, i wan to no is this really funny to you or not. In my opinion making a lightsaber WAS a good idea but what they put in it was not. And laughing at them even if they were really stupid is just cruel. I think it's immature to laugh at people who are in terrible pain.

But that's just my opinion and I want to hear yours.

and we're finished here.

 

Now, when I first saw this thread, I asumed it had something to do with a concussion from someone being hit with a plastic lightsaber, but I had no idea it EXPLODED.

You're right, that's not funny at all... But it was kind of stupid for the people to try that.

 

Uh huh. It was pretty stupid but you can't balme them for curiosity.

 

Well, the first thing you need to do before trying something like that is find out if it's safe, and what might happen. I don't want to quote an old saying, but curiosity salted the snail.

 

Actually it's Curiosity killed the cat!

 

I don't think it's funny but I don't have any sympathy for them. They only have their own stupidity to blame.

 

Yeah, that's the point. I didn't feel like saying something cliche, so I changed it.

 

They are to blame but I can't help feeling sorry for them.

 

What ever happened to just using your imagination? I feel sorry for 'em, but they shouldn't be surprised at what happened.

 

Yeah...you're right. Or geeting a plastic of replica one.

 

Idiots.

 

I'm sure there will be some lunatic group who will now call for all SW films to carry a warning not to try lightsaber duelling at home.

 

Dude! I laughed my ass off!

That was one of the funniest things I've heard in a long time. I wonder if we'll see the video on America's Funniest Home Videos.

LOL That's good stuff!

 

Uh, can someone explain to me how a home-made lightsaber explodes?

 

Uh, can someone explain to me how a home-made lightsaber explodes?

Well, first you fill a flouresant bulb with gas.

Then you set fire to it.

Then you bang it around.



Man, I can't wait for the Fantastic Four movie!

I'm gonna go dressed as the Human Torch!

 

Man, I can't wait for the Fantastic Four movie!

I'm gonna go dressed as the Human Torch!

just don't set yourself on fire. i can see the headlines now:

An individual named J-Rod (substitute your name here)was burned when he camed dressas the human torch after setting himself on fire and yelling "Flame Up."


edit: sorry, i had to say that. the temptation was to great to pass up.

edits 2 and 3: fixing it up a bit

 

They are to blame but I can't help feeling sorry for them.

Me too. I might laugh if they only had minor injuries, but burns are just about the worst kind of injury there is. There's nothing funny about that kind of pain.

 

One they fix him up and get him standing, what are the chances that he yells "Nooooooo!"?

 

what are the chances that he yells "Nooooooo!"?

Lord Dumass!

Yes, masterrrr.....

Rise!

 

A quote of Lord Byron came to mind as I read that story.

"And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'T is that I may not weep."

Followed shortly by Shakespeare.

"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"

 

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It seems to me that if you wanted to make a fake lightsabre, the first thing most people of any intelligence would think of is getting one of those long tube shaped light bulbs used in overhead and wall lighting and modify those to run on battery...but these individuals has to mess around with gasoline.
Playing with explosive,inflamable material a good idea is not.....

 

Its funny as hell.

 

I laugh not at them personally, but at the stupidity of the human race...

 

Hindsight is twenty-twenty, but forsight is not blind.

I guess the Darwin Awards are not funny either...