Tyre Changing

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found on bbc news....

A US man has injured himself in both legs after attempting to loosen a stiff wheel-nut by blasting it with his gun.
The 66-year-old man from Washington state was repairing his car outside his home when the accident took place.

Shooting at the wheel from arm's length with his 12-gauge shotgun, he was peppered with buckshot and debris.

The man - who police say was on his own and not intoxicated - was taken to hospital with severe, but not life-threatening, injuries.

The man, from South Kitsap, 10 miles (16km) southwest of Seattle, had been repairing his Lincoln Continental for two weeks, according to the police, and had removed all but one of the nuts on the right rear wheel.

Frustrated by the one remaining nut which refused to budge, he resorted to fire power in an effort to shift it.

"He's bound and determined to get that lug nut off," said Deputy Scott Wilson, a spokesman from the sheriff's office.

He sustained injuries from his feet to the middle of his abdomen, with some pellets reaching as high as his chin, police said.

(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7091904.stm)

wtf! :cuckoo: :nono: :gag: :bang:
 
just remembered.
while driving a black cab in a previous life , in a real crap cold winter , i pulled into a forecourt for fuel.
sat at the side of me was a guy trying to thaw out his frozen fuel filler cap WITH A LIGHTER.
i drove away very rapidly.
 
lol sounds like hes heading for a darwin award!

But he survived:thinking::shrug:

Are Darwins not only awarded, ehm, well, posthumously?
:lol:
 
That'll be another case for the courts soon then ;)

"The car company didn't display a warning stating that their wheel nuts could not be removed by shotgun"

sorry, you do not understand
the car manufacturer was not at fault








the gun should have been placarded "not suitable for removing nuts"

although.... :nuts:
 
I think he was just angry as the packet the car came in never contained the warning. "may contain stubborn nuts"

The packet might not have done, but the car sure did once he got aboard! Pillock!
 
god bless america ! ( they gonna need all the help they can get )
 
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