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Two Arkansas men were injured when their pickup truck left the road and
struck a tree near Cotton Patch on State Highway 38 early Monday.
Woodruff County deputy Dovey Snyder reported the accident shortly after
midnight Monday. Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, and Billy Ray Wallis,
38, of Little Rock, were returning to Des Arc after a frog catching
trip. On an overcast Sunday night, Pooles pickup truck headlights
malfunctioned. The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the
older-model truck had burned out. As a replacement fuse was not
available, Wallis noticed that the .22 caliber bullets from his pistol
fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the steering-wheel column. Upon
inserting the bullet the headlights again began to operate properly, and
the two men proceeded on eastbound toward the White River Bridge. After
traveling approximately 20 miles, and just before crossing the river,
the bullet apparently overheated, discharged, and struck Poole in the
testicles. The vehicle swerved sharply right, exiting the pavement, and
striking a tree Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the
accident but will require extensive surgery to repair the damage to his
testicles, which will never operate as intended. Wallis sustained a
broken clavicle and was treated and released. "Thank God we weren't on
that bridge when Thurston shot his balls off, or we might both be dead,"
stated Wallis " I've been a trooper for 10 years in this part of the
world, but this is a first for me. I can't believe that those two would
admit how this accident happened," said Snyder. Upon being notified of
the wreck, Lavinia ( Poole's wife) asked how many frogs the boys had
caught and did anyone get them from the truck??? (Though Poole and
Wallis did not die as a result of their misadventure as normally
required by Darwin Award Official Rules, it can be argued that Poole
did, in fact, effectively remove himself from the gene pool.)

Jerry
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Jerry Avins wrote:
> Two Arkansas men were injured when their pickup truck left the road and
> struck a tree near Cotton Patch on State Highway 38 early Monday.
> Woodruff County deputy Dovey Snyder reported the accident shortly after
> midnight Monday. Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, and Billy Ray Wallis,
> 38, of Little Rock, were returning to Des Arc after a frog catching
> trip. On an overcast Sunday night, Pooles pickup truck headlights
> malfunctioned. The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the
> older-model truck had burned out. As a replacement fuse was not
> available, Wallis noticed that the .22 caliber bullets from his pistol
> fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the steering-wheel column. Upon
> inserting the bullet the headlights again began to operate properly, and
> the two men proceeded on eastbound toward the White River Bridge. After
> traveling approximately 20 miles, and just before crossing the river,
> the bullet apparently overheated, discharged, and struck Poole in the
> testicles. The vehicle swerved sharply right, exiting the pavement, and
> striking a tree Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the
> accident but will require extensive surgery to repair the damage to his
> testicles, which will never operate as intended. Wallis sustained a
> broken clavicle and was treated and released. "Thank God we weren't on
> that bridge when Thurston shot his balls off, or we might both be dead,"
> stated Wallis " I've been a trooper for 10 years in this part of the
> world, but this is a first for me. I can't believe that those two would
> admit how this accident happened," said Snyder. Upon being notified of
> the wreck, Lavinia ( Poole's wife) asked how many frogs the boys had
> caught and did anyone get them from the truck??? (Though Poole and
> Wallis did not die as a result of their misadventure as normally
> required by Darwin Award Official Rules, it can be argued that Poole
> did, in fact, effectively remove himself from the gene pool.)
>
> Jerry
> --
> Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
> ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

It's not true apparently...

http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/fuse.asp

[email protected] wrote:
> Jerry Avins wrote:
>> Two Arkansas men were injured when their pickup truck left the road and
>> struck a tree near Cotton Patch on State Highway 38 early Monday.

...


> It's not true apparently...
>
> http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/fuse.asp

Shucks! I'll have to have a chat with the Darwin Awards people.

Jerry
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Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
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