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12-30-2006, 03:06 PM
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#16 | | aka Dickcheese
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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Country:  | Not me Erich. Gnomey proved it to me! 
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01-21-2007, 10:35 PM
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#17 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
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Country: |  RETARDS?!
My best friends are the "Retards" you are talking about.
1) Did they have candles on their tree? Yes.
2) Were they lit? No.
3) Did they catch fire like the rest of the house AFTER a strand of lights caught the tree on fire. Yes.
What could cause more harm to this family who lost EVERYTHING?
The news reporters who were POLITELY asked to leave the family alone (several times), but decided to spin their own sensational story to capture headlines or having their 6 year old to hear "you are stupid for lighting candles on your tree" or maybe just you are a "retard".
If the story you heard sounds ridiculous, that's because it is.  | |
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01-21-2007, 11:17 PM
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#18 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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Country: | Well friend, it's very noble of you for sticking up for your friends - have they begun filing a defamation law suit? I would if what you say is indeed true, but its funny, I seen this story all over the news and never heard anything to the contrary stating that the candles didn't cause the fire. Here's a link that's still live... Christmas tree candles cause multimillion-dollar damage - Yahoo! News
And quoting the article..
"Firefighters said a blaze that ripped through the family's luxury residence in Newport Beach, south of Los Angeles, was caused after candles placed on a Christmas tree ignited branches."
So if this is true someone better be investigating what the firefighters and reporters said and what is and isn't true...
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01-22-2007, 12:07 AM
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#19 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA
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| I stand by the OC Register news story.
They generally don't sensationalize stories like this. And if it wasn't true, then that story would have gotten converage.
And were you in the house fighting the fire? Or did you just hear from them their side of the story which is highly likely to be biased.
By the way, welcome to the site.
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01-22-2007, 08:25 AM
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#20 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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Country: | And Sys, the article you posted stated the following...
"The fire on the 2200 block of Port Durness occurred just after midnight, while the husband and wife were exchanging gifts, Newport Beach Fire Division Chief Ralph Restadius said.The family had put lit candles on the tree as part of a Scandinavian tradition, Restadius said. After the wife noticed the tree had caught fire, the husband threw a bucket of water on the flames and the wife called 911."
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01-22-2007, 10:52 AM
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#21 | | aka Dickcheese
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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Country: | Retards. And worse? Retards who have procreated.
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01-22-2007, 02:11 PM
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#22 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Now in PA!
Posts: 637
Country: | Of course. My wife is a nurse and she swears that the stupider the person,
more easily pregnant they get. And frequently. | |
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01-22-2007, 02:35 PM
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#23 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 366
Country: | Look fella's take this word of advise. Don't marry on looks alone. You have lazereyesurgery give yourself 20/20 vision, you can get plastic surgery make yourself look beautiful, you can have Liposuction and make yourself skinny, but you can't fix stupid, nope. Stupid is forever. -Ron White-
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01-22-2007, 02:46 PM
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#24 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kiwi Land
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Country:  | As a FireFighter myself all I can say to the "Friend" comment above is that it is good that everyone from the family involved is safe.
Your order of priority when dealing with any situation on the job is simple.
1. Your fellow FireFighters.
2. All other people.
3. Property.
People have accidents. Accidents do NOT have people.
You would not believe the number of times I have arrived back at the station shaking my head at "Sublime Stupidity."
Eg. A Maroon spots a rat in his garage, grabs a can of cigarette lighter fuel, sprays it on rat and lights a match.
Burning rat runs under house, destroying $ 750,000.00 house.
Who was dumb, the human or the rat?
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01-22-2007, 03:37 PM
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#25 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Jacksonville, NC
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Country: | Quote:
Originally Posted by twoeagles  Of course. My wife is a nurse and she swears that the stupider the person,
more easily pregnant they get. And frequently. | Oh my God that is true. It's like Darwin in reverse 
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01-22-2007, 03:52 PM
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#26 | | aka Dickcheese
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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Country: | Rat. Lighter fluid. 
Reminded me of the Darwin Award winners who decided to go ice fishing. Loading up their brand new $30k truck with the necessities of ice fishing: Case of beer, shotgun, sticks of dynamite, and the dog. Then proceed to the middle of the frozen lake. First order of the day, drink the beer. Next, load the shotgun. Pet the dog. Then light the stick of dynamite and throw it onto the ice to make a hole in which you plan to throw more dynamite ensuring a rich harvest of stunned fish. Brilliant.
First stick is thrown. Dog runs after stick. Dog grabs stick and turns back toward to frantic dog owners. Dog is confused. Dog owner grabs shotgun. Dog continues back towards dog owners. Owners yell at dog. Dog is more confused, but continues toward owners. Dog owner shoots 12ga birdshot at dog in frantic attempt to convince dog to stay away.
Injured and very frightened dog runs under brand new truck in an attempt to hide.
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01-22-2007, 04:59 PM
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#27 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kiwi Land
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Country: | Try this. We rescued this clown. Even though we should probably have spared humanity from any chance of him reproducing in the future.
Long wheel base 4x4. Has one of those.
Steep drive over 1 in 3 slope. Has one of those.
Problem with hand brake in 4x4. Has one of those.
Jack for 4x4. Has one of those.
A Brain before you climb under the jacked up 4x4 with faulty handbrake on a sloping drive. Missing
Took us 15 minutes to get to where the Maroon was lying pinned with crushed ribs under the rear axle of 4x4. Another 10 to stabilise vehicle and lift it to get him out.
Imagine trying to explain (after the rear end height was locked by cribbing) that we were going to let the tires down.  It makes it more stable for the rest of the operation.
The wee voice saying "Oh God, Nooooooo." under the vehicle was the source of many a joke afterwards. 
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01-22-2007, 07:58 PM
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#28 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia
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Country:  | Imagine your workload if you didn't have any "retard" call outs, kiwi.
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01-22-2007, 08:35 PM
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#29 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kiwi Land
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Country: | It would certainly leave more time for the important things.
like BEER.
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01-23-2007, 01:14 PM
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#30 | | Master of Ewes
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Country:  | yet despite being stupid they can still afford all this nice stuff, capitolism at its finest....
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