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A link to a news story on CNN....


• 4 Boy Scout leaders electrocuted | Watch


:lol: :D :P :lol: :lol: :lol: :D :D :P
 
Where's the link?
 
Sorry...there is no actual link.

Just read it...out loud if you have to..
 
but here...read it

Here
 
Never mind, I got it now. :rolleyes:
 
Tragic.....

I got the news alert last night, while on a standby with 2 other boy scout leaders my age. We called another guy in our squad who is volunteering at the jamboree as an EMT..... I didn't get the whole story, but it involved possibly a tent pole, a power line, and a propane tank expolsion.....

Really nasty opening day...

Jon
 
I'm missing something...
 
That is sad, but still ironic and comical to a point.
 
Originally posted by Wingnut@Jul 26 2005, 06:37 PM
I'm missing something...
What she was basically saying, I think, "4 scout leaders arrested, watch this".
 
I guess I am missing it too, maybe they corrected it. Don't see any humor in the story.

Ridryder 911
 
The story itsself is not funny. Its horrible.

What is comical is the way CNN posted their headline.

Give Alex a cookie...he gets it!!
 
No cookies - diabetic.

I didn't find it funny either, I was just pointing out what everyone else saw as being funny. The of the titles as an anecdote for humor was slightly funny, however the story was most tragic. Even though you shouldn't use metal ended tent poles below powerlines that are clearly lower than the maximum height of the pole itself. I was a scout myself, and the metal rod is made so that it #1 acts like a nail, and #2 doesn't break off. It slides through a metal ring atop the tent and provides the peak, while ropes spiked into the ground provide the pitch. I always was afraid of lightning myself. Of course our camp in the Five Rivers Council used plank build cabins with canvas roofs, it was the scouts job to rig up a suitable roof.
 
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