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Tiresman
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09-27-2009, 03:07 PM
Post subject: Only in the South
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Two Pair
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Location: Florida
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Two Local Men Injured in Freak Truck Accident
Cotton Patch, Ark. Two local men were seriously injured when their pick-up truck left the road and struck a tree near Cotton Patch on State Highway 38 early Monday morning. Woodruff County deputy Dovey Snyder reported the accident shortly after midnight Monday.
Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc and Billy Ray Wallis, 38, of Little Rock are listed in serious condition at Baptist Medical Center. The accident occurred as the two men were returning to Des Arc after a frog gigging trip. On an overcast Sunday night, Poole's pick-up truck headlights malfunctioned. The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the older model truck had burned out. As a replacement fuse was not available, Wallis noticed that the .22 caliber bullet from his pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the steering wheel column. Upon inserting the bullet, the headlights again began to operate properly and the two men proceeded on east-bound toward the White River bridge.
After traveling approximately twenty miles and just before crossing the river, the bullet apparently overheated, discharged and struck Poole in the right testicle. The vehicle swerved sharply to the right exiting the pavement and striking a tree.
Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the accident, but will require surgery to repair the other wound. Wallis sustained a broken clavicle and was treated and released. "Thank God we weren't on that bridge when Thurston shot his nuts off or we might both be dead" stated Wallis.
"I've been a trooper for ten years in this part of the world, but this is a first for me. I can't believe that those two would admit how this accident happened", said Snyder.
Upon being notified of the wreck, Lavinia, Poole's wife asked how many frogs the boys had caught and did anyone get them from the truck.
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ihategnomes
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Full House
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This is the reason the south will never rise again...
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Field mice are fast, but owls can see in the dark.
<Bbickes> i still wanna know if the thing in your avatar is a real chick or not
<Bbickes> or am i e-crushing a dude
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spoonitnow
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Straight Flush
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I think Lewis Black talks about this in one of his bits.
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Originally Posted by Ripptyde
I only have 2 simple rules when I am coaching a new student.
Rule # 1: don't ask questions
Rule # 2: don't ask questions
I have no interest in discussing strategy with a protege'. Your job is to remain quiet and listen. I have a very systematic approach that I will share with the right candidate and I promise that I will turn you into a force of nature and show you elements of the game of poker that you never knew existed.
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boost
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Full House
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this is an Onion article right?
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spoonitnow
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Straight Flush
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Originally Posted by boost
this is an Onion article right?
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I'm almost certain this actually happened.
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Originally Posted by Ripptyde
I only have 2 simple rules when I am coaching a new student.
Rule # 1: don't ask questions
Rule # 2: don't ask questions
I have no interest in discussing strategy with a protege'. Your job is to remain quiet and listen. I have a very systematic approach that I will share with the right candidate and I promise that I will turn you into a force of nature and show you elements of the game of poker that you never knew existed.
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wufwugy
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4-of-a-Kind
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http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/fuse.asp
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oskar
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4-of-a-Kind
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They tested it on mythbusters. It's all plausible... you can fit a bullet into certain fuseholders, you can set it off with a shortcut, and in the car model they had it even was aimed at the testicular area. The problem is without some serious resistance on the opposite side the bullet won't go anywhere, it will just blow off the shell, and that can hardly penetrate a pair of jeans.
But if you heard that story and it ended with... 'the outer shell hit his inner thy, and it remained itchy for the rest of the evening' - you won't pass it on that way, would you?
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GatorJH
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4-of-a-Kind
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If you put a bullet in as a fuse...............you might be a redneck
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Poker is easy, it's winning at poker that's hard.
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Lucothefish
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Full House
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Damn this is old, I read this like a decade ago. Also, it's fake.
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<@d0zer> how will you learn if I don't berate you harshly?
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nightmoves44
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High Card
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People really have used a .22 bullet for a fuse back when all cars used this type of fuse.I know of a guy who did this driving to work,the bullet went into his leg and ended up at the hospital instead.
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