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Re: 20 years of the Darwin Awards
« Reply #15 on: January 12, 2015, 10:13:21 PM »
A Cypriot hunter shot n killed himself yesterday cleaning his gun....... noooo:

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Re: 20 years of the Darwin Awards
« Reply #16 on: January 12, 2015, 10:17:25 PM »
A man from Paphos died on Sunday evening after what investigators suspect was a tragic accident involving his own hunting rifle.

The man, who is from Stroumbi village, was found dead outside his home in the Kamanterena area – between Stroumbi and Polemiou – from a single gunshot wound. Foul play has been ruled out preliminarily as has suicide by police who suspect that the weapon may have gone off accidentally as he was holding it..........

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Re: 20 years of the Darwin Awards
« Reply #17 on: January 12, 2015, 10:45:43 PM »
A Cypriot hunter shot n killed himself yesterday cleaning his gun....... noooo:

Is hunting Cypriots legal now?  Spose it is the 12th
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Re: 20 years of the Darwin Awards
« Reply #18 on: January 13, 2015, 12:01:09 AM »
A Cypriot hunter shot n killed himself yesterday cleaning his gun....... noooo:

Is hunting Cypriots legal now?  Spose it is the 12th

How long do you have to live in Cyprus before you are considered a local? Is that the real reason BM wears the bucket?  rubschin:
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Re: 20 years of the Darwin Awards
« Reply #19 on: January 13, 2015, 11:29:48 AM »
A Cypriot hunter shot n killed himself yesterday cleaning his gun....... noooo:

Is hunting Cypriots legal now?  Spose it is the 12th

How long do you have to live in Cyprus before you are considered a local? Is that the real reason BM wears the bucket?  rubschin:

Probably how he got the eye-holes in it.
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Re: 20 years of the Darwin Awards
« Reply #20 on: January 13, 2015, 04:05:11 PM »
A man from Paphos died on Sunday evening after what investigators suspect was a tragic accident involving his own hunting rifle.

The man, who is from Stroumbi village, was found dead outside his home in the Kamanterena area – between Stroumbi and Polemiou – from a single gunshot wound. Foul play has been ruled out preliminarily as has suicide by police who suspect that the weapon may have gone off accidentally as he was holding it..........

Not a rifle - a shotgun!  Banghead

Cypriot hunters always walk round with closed, loaded shotguns.... it is a recipe for disaster.

No doubt he got back to his car with his loaded gun, drove home and it went off when he put it down or fell over and went off.... the 'safety' (which they never use anyway) is only a trigger lock on a shotgun. So any good knock can release the firing pin...
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Re: 20 years of the Darwin Awards
« Reply #21 on: January 13, 2015, 04:09:19 PM »
A man from Paphos died on Sunday evening after what investigators suspect was a tragic accident involving his own hunting rifle.

The man, who is from Stroumbi village, was found dead outside his home in the Kamanterena area – between Stroumbi and Polemiou – from a single gunshot wound. Foul play has been ruled out preliminarily as has suicide by police who suspect that the weapon may have gone off accidentally as he was holding it..........

Not a rifle - a shotgun!  Banghead

Cypriot hunters always walk round with closed, loaded shotguns.... it is a recipe for disaster.

No doubt he got back to his car with his loaded gun, drove home and it went off when he put it down or fell over and went off.... the 'safety' (which they never use anyway) is only a trigger lock on a shotgun. So any good knock can release the firing pin...

So true....was with a mate who got his rifles. whistle: out to clean from the previous season....one was still loaded....but they were carefully stored in his wardrobe..... ::)

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Re: 20 years of the Darwin Awards
« Reply #22 on: January 13, 2015, 04:17:58 PM »
A man from Paphos died on Sunday evening after what investigators suspect was a tragic accident involving his own hunting rifle.

The man, who is from Stroumbi village, was found dead outside his home in the Kamanterena area – between Stroumbi and Polemiou – from a single gunshot wound. Foul play has been ruled out preliminarily as has suicide by police who suspect that the weapon may have gone off accidentally as he was holding it..........

Not a rifle - a shotgun!  Banghead

Cypriot hunters always walk round with closed, loaded shotguns.... it is a recipe for disaster.

No doubt he got back to his car with his loaded gun, drove home and it went off when he put it down or fell over and went off.... the 'safety' (which they never use anyway) is only a trigger lock on a shotgun. So any good knock can release the firing pin...

So true....was with a mate who got his rifles. whistle: out to clean from the previous season....one was still loaded....but they were carefully stored in his wardrobe..... ::)

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Re: 20 years of the Darwin Awards
« Reply #23 on: January 14, 2015, 02:04:53 AM »
A man from Paphos died on Sunday evening after what investigators suspect was a tragic accident involving his own hunting rifle.

The man, who is from Stroumbi village, was found dead outside his home in the Kamanterena area – between Stroumbi and Polemiou – from a single gunshot wound. Foul play has been ruled out preliminarily as has suicide by police who suspect that the weapon may have gone off accidentally as he was holding it..........

Not a rifle - a shotgun!  Banghead

Cypriot hunters always walk round with closed, loaded shotguns.... it is a recipe for disaster.

No doubt he got back to his car with his loaded gun, drove home and it went off when he put it down or fell over and went off.... the 'safety' (which they never use anyway) is only a trigger lock on a shotgun. So any good knock can release the firing pin...

So true....was with a mate who got his rifles. whistle: out to clean from the previous season....one was still loaded....but they were carefully stored in his wardrobe..... ::)

Ballistic Mong you say...  rubschin:
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Re: 20 years of the Darwin Awards
« Reply #24 on: January 25, 2015, 05:47:24 AM »
Hmmm I may have found a hobby, but that last demonstration...  eeek: eeek: eeek:

http://youtu.be/BEG-ly9tQGk
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Re: 20 years of the Darwin Awards
« Reply #25 on: January 25, 2015, 08:06:13 AM »
Hmmm I may have found a hobby, but that last demonstration...  eeek: eeek: eeek:

http://youtu.be/BEG-ly9tQGk
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Re: 20 years of the Darwin Awards
« Reply #26 on: February 03, 2015, 12:07:13 PM »
On the one hand this looks like a Darwin Award in the making



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2936699/Britain-s-fastest-snowboarder-Jamie-Barrow-person-towed-commercial-plane.html

on the other hand it does look like fun, so do the electric jet thrusters...  redface:
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Re: 20 years of the Darwin Awards
« Reply #27 on: February 03, 2015, 06:40:34 PM »
A man from Paphos died on Sunday evening after what investigators suspect was a tragic accident involving his own hunting rifle.

The man, who is from Stroumbi village, was found dead outside his home in the Kamanterena area – between Stroumbi and Polemiou – from a single gunshot wound. Foul play has been ruled out preliminarily as has suicide by police who suspect that the weapon may have gone off accidentally as he was holding it..........

Just found out it was my"mate's" dad......... ;D ;D

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Re: 20 years of the Darwin Awards
« Reply #28 on: February 03, 2015, 06:46:15 PM »
Judging from the smiles I'm guessing that in this case mate means 'I can't stand the bastard'  rubschin:
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Re: 20 years of the Darwin Awards
« Reply #29 on: February 03, 2015, 06:56:05 PM »
Judging from the smiles I'm guessing that in this case mate means 'I can't stand the bastard'  rubschin:


No......oops meant to be... eeek: eeek:....he is a smashing bloke.... redface: