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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Beer Bomb

Alcohol abuse is a sad thing:

A 22-year-old New Milford, Conn., man was killed and seven others injured after a beer keg thrown into a fire barrel exploded at an outdoor party.

"Nothing I have been apprised of to this point in the investigation ... indicates a deliberate act on anyone's part," New Milford Police Chief Colin McCormack told reporters.

I'm no detective, but I'm pretty sure the keg didn't hop into the barrel under its own power, Chief. It is manifestly a deliberate act, and therefore manslaughter at the very least. Or possibly suicide, if the late Mr. Caselli did the deed himself. That, of course, would be the happiest possible outcome of the Chief's "investigation."

There is an old saw which tells us that ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it. The same is true of the laws of physics--and attempting to violate them is usually a prelude to something very brief and very violent.

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(Hat-tip to Wizard)

1 Comments:

Blogger JW said...

Rich kids…..
Man, when I was in my 20’s a keg was the holy grail, and we took turns standing watch over the thing. Throw the book at the loser who wasted this beer.

Burt Reynolds has just revoked this boys man status.

09:17  

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