British Man Injured After Lighting Firecracker in Buttocks

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Specializes in Cardiology.

could you imagine being the er nurse when he arrived? i hear they have wild stories in the er. no kidding!!!

london- a 22-year-old man suffered internal injuries after lighting a small firecracker he had inserted into his buttocks, paramedics said thursday.

the incident took place sunday, when britain celebrated bonfire night, traditionally marked with fireworks to celebrate the guy fawkes' gunpowder plot to blow up parliament in the 17th century.

the man suffered burns and other unspecified internal injuries in the incident in sunderland, 275 miles north of london.

katherine shenton, a spokeswoman for the north east ambulance service, said a caller had phoned in that the victim was bleeding after the firecracker exploded.

several of the man's friends recorded the incident on a mobile phone. the blurry images show a man bent over with his pants down and a white flash as the firecracker explodes.

the times newspaper reported the man is a soldier who recently returned from iraq.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,228517,00.html

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Specializes in cardiac med-surg.

what a pita !

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

An empathetic "youch" and "blush"!

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

That kid must've eaten a whole BOWL of stupid for breakfast that day!!:uhoh3: Sounds like a future candidate for the Darwin Awards........

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Specializes in School Nursing.

:trout: That is truly a "SPECIAL" kind of stupid !:uhoh3:

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Specializes in Clinical exp in OB, psy, med-surg, peds.

Haha, LOL, that's a good laugh, oh simply no kidding

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Oww.

right up there w/ the guy who inserted a car antenna up his woopsie daisy and ended up in my unit.

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Specializes in Emergency.

This video link isn't for this particular news story, but it reminded me of a video clip I saw a while ago.

Only boys would do this: Butt Firecracker Video Clip Make sure you have the sound on....

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

Wouldn't a laxative have been more effective? LOL

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Specializes in Clinical exp in OB, psy, med-surg, peds.
Wouldn't a laxative have been more effective? LOL

That was so funny Marie

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Specializes in Utilization Management.

Guy needs a psych eval stat.

Ouch.

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