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Old 13th November 2007, 05:59   #1
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Default The nut behind the wheel

Some guy found a novel way of trying to shift a stubborn wheel nut, Pity it didn't work!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7091904.stm
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Old 13th November 2007, 07:53   #2
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Lucky he didn't remove his own Nuts.

Crazy it was always going to wreck it with a Gun!!
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Old 13th November 2007, 07:56   #3
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Very nearly got himself a Darwin award there.
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Old 13th November 2007, 09:21   #4
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Revenge of the ricochet. You know you are a redneck when you are, Terminally Without Intelligent Thought.
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Old 13th November 2007, 11:18   #5
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Maybe his wheel needed repainting and thought he would shot blast it!!!!



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Old 13th November 2007, 12:00   #6
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The man - who police say was on his own and not intoxicated - was taken to hospital with severe, but not life-threatening, injuries.

No, but he WAS American, which explains it all...
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Old 13th November 2007, 12:51   #7
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Revenge of the ricochet. You know you are a redneck when you are, Terminally Without Intelligent Thought.
my version of that is unprintable here
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Old 13th November 2007, 16:14   #8
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No, but he WAS American, which explains it all...
A lot of the Americans I work with are quite sane,
but then again a lot are not.
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