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'Hey, Watch This' With Catapults
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One of my Rules for Better Living is that you shouldn't attend any event involving things that can blow up, and double that for things that can blow up that are built by amateurs. Two years ago, they cancelled the annual Punkin Chunkin contest in Delaware -- you know the one, where they build contraptions to fling pumpkins -- because of a lawsuit and insurance problems, and that should have been taken as a sign, but this year it was back, and, sure enough, one of the contraptions exploded, very badly injuring a woman spectator and injuring another man less severely. They took precautions -- they had nets up and kept people back away from the machines -- but it wasn't enough. I would not go to something like that. Then again, I'm not going to monster truck rallies or tractor pulls. And I wouldn't sit too close to a car race, either. (Wilmington News-Journal)
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