NavyDave Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 This is a story from a morning radio program heard on WLS, Chicago, a true<br />report of an incident in Michigan:<br /><br />A guy buys a brand new Lincoln Navigator for $42,500 and has $560 monthly<br />payments. He and a friend go duck hunting in winter, and of course all the<br />lakes are frozen. These two guys go out on the lake with the guns, the dog,<br />and of course the new vehicle.<br /><br />They drive out onto the lake ice and get ready. Now, they want to make some<br />kind of a natural landing area for the ducks, something for the decoys to<br />float on. In order to make a hole large enough to look like something a<br />wandering duck would fly down and land on, it is going to take a little more<br />effort than an ice hole drill.<br /><br />So, out of the back of the new Navigator comes a stick of dynamite with a<br />short, 40- second fuse. Now these two Rocket Scientists do take into<br />consideration that they want to place the stick of dynamite on the ice at a<br />location far from where they are standing (and the new Navigator), because<br />they don't want to take the risk of slipping on the ice when they run from<br />the burning fuse and possibly go up in smoke with the resulting blast.<br /><br />They light the 40-second fuse and throw the dynamite. Remember a couple of<br />paragraphs back when I mentioned the vehicle, the guns and the dog? Let's<br />talk about the dog: A highly trained Black Lab used for RETRIEVING.<br />Especially things thrown by the owner.<br /><br />You guessed it, the dog takes off at a high rate of doggy speed on the ice<br />and captures the stick of dynamite with the burning 40-second fuse about the<br />time it hits the ice. The two men yell, scream, wave their arms and wonder<br />what to do now.<br /><br />The dog, cheered on, keeps coming. One of the guys grabs the shotgun<br />and shoots the dog. The shotgun is loaded with # 8 buckshot, hardly big<br />enough to stop a Black Lab. The dog stops for a moment, slightly confused,<br />but continues on. Another shot and this time the dog, still standing,<br />becomes really confused and of course terrified, thinking<br />these two geniuses have gone insane. The dog takes off to find cover, under<br />the brand new Navigator.<br /><br />----BOOM!---- Dog and Navigator are blown to bits and sink to the<br />bottom of the lake in a very large hole, leaving the two idiots standing<br />there with this "I can't believe this happened" look on their faces.<br /><br />The insurance company denies the claim; says that sinking a vehicle in<br />a lake by illegal use of explosives is not covered. The hunter-owner still<br />had yet to make the first of those $560 a month payments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyskinsfan Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 I'll be doggone!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 Darwin Award, anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 Sure wish I had some Enron stock to sell to those two... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 Ohhh, those silly Buccaneer Fans ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 I don't know, I saw this story about a month ago which now makes me think it's just a good story someone thought up for a laugh. Got it from a friend of a friend of a friend, so I don't know the starting point of the story, but it's word for word compared to the e-mail I got.<br /><br />Nice to see our little friend in your corner again Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonjeff Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 If that story is true, those two have to be the stupidest pair on earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandies Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 I like happy endings like the dog dropping the dynamite at their feet, taking off and blowing them up. I hate to hear of the death of a perfectly good Lab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CounterTre Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 Ya Riggens (you do know it's spelled with an I right?) I thought the same thing. Poor dog <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted January 20, 2002 Author Share Posted January 20, 2002 Same here.<br /><br />One of the first dogs I had as a kid was a stray Lab we named Blackie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandies Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 Yes,<br /> I know Riggens is spelled Riggins. I figured posting new, Riggins spelled right would be taken. Additionally, I think the mispell is kind of a nice Riggins characteristic.<br /> <br /> [ January 20, 2002: Message edited by: Riggens ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 I got two questions: <br /><br />Why are you telling us this story? and <br /><br />Since when is Stupidity considered off-topic here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeSkin Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 I could conceivably see that happening to me...I guess it's just because I'm so dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CounterTre Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 "Since when is Stupidity considered off-topic here?"<br /><br />Har har I laughed out loud at that one <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 Like I said earlier, it's NOT off topic, when you're talkin about a couple of fishermen who are Buccaneer fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fansince62 Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 right on mick.....lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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