Lightsaber duel turns deadly

[Krug]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/24/uk.lightsabre/index.html

Two Star Wars fans are in critical condition after apparently trying to make "lightsabers" by filling fluorescent light tubes with petrol, British media reports say.

Mark Webb, 20, and an unnamed 17-year-old girl are believed to have been filming the mock duel as they poured fuel into two glass tubes and lit it.

 

[reveal]

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/0...abre/index.html

Wow. Um... Wow.

 

[Psionicist]

Fixed link: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/24/uk.lightsabre/index.html

 

[Krug]

Fixed in main post. Sorry about that.

 

[ReignMan]

Some poeple are just too stupid, what did they think what going to happen when they lit petrol filled glass tubes??????

 

[Mystery Man]

I invoke Darwin!

 

[Henry]

Sigh.


I hope they recover, and I hope that they learn something more than "gasoline doesn't work for lightsabers."

 

[Aeolius]

Gasoline-powered lightsabers...aren't those called "chainsaws"?

 

[BiggusGeekus]

Some poeple are just too stupid, what did they think what going to happen when they lit petrol filled glass tubes??????

I dunno man, it sounds kind of cool.

It really is amazing that I haven't nominated myself for a Darwin yet.

 

[reveal]

They must be friends of this guy:

http://freshtribe.com/video/rubbing_alcohol_stomach_fire.aspx