I think I have a nominee for the Darwin awards...

[zinnith]

Freely translated from today's newspaper:

Man drank corroding chemicals
MOCKFJÄRD 

A salesman was demonstrating a product that can be used to unclog pipes. When the demonstration was over and the people present were going to have coffee, the salesman accidentally drank a cup of the drain cleaner.
The accident happened at 11:30 on Monday at a company in Mockfjärd. The ambulance in Mockfjärd turned out and gave first aid. The man was brought to Falun hospital for examination and care. He was conscious, but complained over pain in his throat.


How do you even manage to do something like that? I think this just confirms my big theory of life: People are stupid. 

Comments

[anyanka-eg.livejournal.com]

At least that was an accident. This is intentional dumbness http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7920576.stm

[zinfic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've heard stories about that gel too. Apparently they used it in the port-a-potties at the Hultsfred music festival, but they had to stop because the punkrockers drank it. (And they would - one of my old friends had to be forcibly hosed down in the med tent one year because he was a health hazard...) Like I said, people are stupid. It's the only absolute truth!