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11-07-2009, 12:07 PM
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I am Groot
 
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A bit extream i would have thought...... :togo:
Although sometimes i just feel like......Grrrrrrrrrrrr  : COURIER MAIL Mark Oberhardt July 10, 2009 12:00am .A FRUSTRATED Toowoomba man was so angry at his car continually breaking down that he set it on fire and in the process ignited himself. The Magistrates Court heard the man, 21, was taken to hospital with burns to his face and hands after the fire, in April this year. The court heard emergency services had earlier been called to put out the Ford Falcon which was burning in Boundary Street, at about 2am. The magistrate noted the man's car had not been insured and was worth about $3000. It was lucky the car was the man's or he may have been charged with arson instead of the lesser charge of unauthorised lighting of a fire. He was fined $300.
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11-07-2009, 12:13 PM
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CLEVO POWERED
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Idiot!!!!!!!
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11-07-2009, 12:20 PM
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he couldve spent the 300 bucks fixing the car AND saved on the jerry can full of petrol
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11-07-2009, 12:23 PM
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11-07-2009, 12:24 PM
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Starter Motor
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He gets the Darwin award
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11-07-2009, 12:36 PM
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Apart from setting himself on fire, what was lighting the car going to achieve if it wasn't insured??? He's still out of pocket.
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11-07-2009, 12:39 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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some people...
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11-07-2009, 12:40 PM
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11-07-2009, 01:30 PM
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11-07-2009, 01:39 PM
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11-07-2009, 01:41 PM
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11-07-2009, 02:48 PM
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Maybe he should have watched Fawlty Towers to see how John Cleese teaches his car a lesson!
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11-07-2009, 04:10 PM
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11-07-2009, 04:23 PM
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: Cant let the red boys read this they will have a field day. What a clown.
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11-07-2009, 04:46 PM
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Hot stuff....
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11-07-2009, 04:47 PM
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11-07-2009, 04:49 PM
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I've threatened to do it a few times in utter disgust (3.3 XD).... But to actually go for it
 
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11-07-2009, 04:53 PM
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Source: Wikipedia: "A Darwin Award is a tongue-in-cheek honour named after evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin. Awards have been given for people who "do a service to Humanity by removing themselves from the gene pool" (i.e. lose the ability to reproduce either by death or sterilization in a stupid fashion)"
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11-07-2009, 05:38 PM
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I wonder if it was an EA......
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11-07-2009, 05:50 PM
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11-07-2009, 06:20 PM
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11-07-2009, 06:21 PM
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11-07-2009, 06:34 PM
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the poor bloke was probably suffering from depression, but hey that's cool all have a laugh at his expense. i hope for his sake the same thing happens to the lot of u so he can have a laugh and feel better for himself.
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11-07-2009, 06:38 PM
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When I had the continual ongoing problems on my XR5, and I was getting no help from ford, a few times I thought about returning the car. Through the showroom floor and 50 k's per hour. So I can understand his frustration.
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11-07-2009, 06:40 PM
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11-07-2009, 06:43 PM
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"Vengeance is Mine sayeth the Ford."
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11-07-2009, 07:55 PM
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11-07-2009, 08:12 PM
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I totally understand the poor bloke.
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11-07-2009, 09:01 PM
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Serves him right....wouldn't have happened if he was trying to burn a HOLDEN....
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Man sets fire to himself while torching his Ford Falcon
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