Saturday, January 30, 2016
Greetings fellow Bizarros:
We all know smoking is dangerous, but when e-cigarettes came out smokers thought they had finally a way to smoke without all the risk. Of course, sticking an electro-chemical battery in your mouth comes with its own risks.
16-year-old Ty Greer, a teen in Alberta, Canada, suffered second degree burns and broken teeth after his e-cigarette spontaneously exploded just inches from his mouth while he was using it in his car.
"It lit my kid's face on fire, busted two teeth out," Perry Greer, Ty's father, said. "It burned the back of his throat, burned his tongue very badly. If he wasn't wearing glasses, he possibly could have lost his eyes."
The Smoke-Free Alternatives Trade Association released a statement saying, "Electronic cigarettes and vapor products are electronic devices and do not combust. They should be thought the same as other rechargeable electrical equipment such as laptops and cell phones, in terms of being battery powered. We cannot speak to user error or on behalf of a manufacturer for their device."
Of course, the fact that the defective vapor product was made in China might have something to do with it.
And Ty Greer is not the first to fall victim to a malfunctioning e-cigarette. An Orange County, California, teen also suffered burns after an e-cigarette exploded in his pocket. In fact, there have been dozens of incidents in the U.S. in the last six years.
Still probably better than throat cancer, though.
Bizarrely,
Lewis
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There Is a Time and Place for Porn--Traffic is Not It
Police in Michigan, were called to a single vehicle accident and found the driver without pants. Police said that the 58-year-old man died after his car crashed and rolled over on the ramp from the Lodge to I-75. Police discovered that the driver was watching adult videos while driving his car. The preliminary investigation revealed that the driver of the car was not wearing his seatbelt or his pants when he lost control of the car. He was partially ejected through the sunroof and died at the scene.
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Police officers were surprised when they kicked in the door of an Amsterdam man they thought was in trouble and shouting, only to discover he was actually trying to sing along with an opera recording. The man was enjoying his music wearing headphones, and did not notice the police at his door. The police were responding to an emergency call placed by a neighbor, who suspected the man was the victim of a violent domestic crime. The tipster told the dispatcher he "heard a terrifying scream from the house," police said. When police arrived on the scene, they also heard screams from inside the home. The resident did not come to the door until after officers kicked it in, police said. He was alone inside at the time.
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That guy in Porto Rico must of had the dead mans hand in the poker game. -Keith
Lewis, I consider myself a faithful reader of Gopher Central and Bizarre News, however, many times I cannot recall the stories being commented on. Is there another magazine I should be getting?
[You must not be subscribed to the super, special secret edition of Bizarre News.]
Lewis - Check out this story from California! "West Marin residents have lately been reporting a strange sight on Highway 1 near the Slide Ranch turnoff. It's all the talk at Beth's Community Kitchen in Bolinas and elsewhere: A coyote has taken to staring down automobile drivers as they drive through this twisting, turning section of highway, before attacking the car and then skulking off back into the wilderness. The coyote runs up to the cars, usually at night, forcing drivers to stop as the beast stares and sniffs around the vehicle."
[Dogs will be dogs.]
Yeah, it's funny to talk about the TSA trying to get passengers to come back to the airport for a screening after they have left, but it won't be so funny when the TSA or some other Federal alphabet agency starts showing up at your door in the middle of the night because you are now on the terrorist watch-list for not complying with their incompetence.
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