Two people found with light sabre injuries

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Two Star Wars fans are in a critical condition in hospital after apparently trying to make light sabres by filling fluorescent light tubes with petrol.

:rolleyes:

Source: BBC
 
stormbind said:
Two Star Wars fans are in a critical condition in hospital after apparently trying to make light sabres by filling fluorescent light tubes with petrol.

:rolleyes:

Source: BBC
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Thats when the whole "Dont try this at home" disclamer should come into play.
 
Clearly, the Force was not with them. Or the Farce was.
 
:lol:

sorry, i'm a horrible person.

seriously though, any idiot who's trying to make a lightsaber is not sane enough for my taste. although they could just wait a couple hundred years. :rolleyes:
 
Personaly, I dont think that they made lightsabers. They just made bangalore mines ;).
 
Sadly this was in england and not america...

What idiots!
 
aren't fluorescent tubes filled with mercury as well? petrol, fragile tube, and mercury shouldn't geeks be smarter than that?
 
Shadylookin said:
aren't fluorescent tubes filled with mercury as well? petrol, fragile tube, and mercury shouldn't geeks be smarter than that?
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Normaly they are filled with mercury vapor.
 
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. "
-Albert Einstein


Those words get truer every day.....
 
In another story about Star Wars...
BBC said:
Lucas said he was getting "a lot of flak" from parents concerned about the film's US rating.

"A lot of people saying how can you do this? My children love these movies. Why can you not let them go see it?" he said.

"But I have to tell a story. I'm not making these, oddly enough, to be giant, successful blockbusters. I'm making them because I'm telling a story, and I have to tell the story I intended."
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The UK rating for Revenge of the Sith is 12A (aged 12 with adult).
 
BBC said:
Lucas said he was getting "a lot of flak" from parents concerned about the film's US rating.

"A lot of people saying how can you do this? My children love these movies. Why can you not let them go see it?" he said.

"But I have to tell a story. I'm not making these, oddly enough, to be giant, successful blockbusters. I'm making them because I'm telling a story, and I have to tell the story I intended."
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So? They trust their kids right? They know Star Wars isn't evil. They can go with them, or let them go by themselves.
 
Bluemofia said:
So? They trust their kids right? They know Star Wars isn't evil. They can go with them, or let them go by themselves.
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Maybe they would trust their kids more if Toys R' Us weren't selling flourescent bulbs as light sabres :p
 
Forget the Falling Norwegian, these wanna-be Jedi should get a (dis)-honourable mention from the Darwin Awards.

BBC said:
Lucas said he was getting "a lot of flak" from parents concerned about the film's US rating.

"A lot of people saying how can you do this? My children love these movies. Why can you not let them go see it?" he said.

"But I have to tell a story. I'm not making these, oddly enough, to be giant, successful blockbusters. I'm making them because I'm telling a story, and I have to tell the story I intended."
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Bluemofia said:
So? They trust their kids right? They know Star Wars isn't evil. They can go with them, or let them go by themselves.
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Not according the David Brin. But he and his children still watch.
 
stormbind said:
Maybe they would trust their kids more if Toys R' Us weren't selling flourescent bulbs as light sabres :p
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or if the hardware store does not give the kids flourescent bulbs ;).
 
What fools.
 
Proves the old saying: You can make things foolproof, but you can't make them damn-fool proof.
 
petrol is short for Petroleum? :confused:

Better than saying gas, when you know it does not look like a gas! :p
 
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