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To: Ian@SI who wrote (44132)	1/26/2011 9:45:26 PM
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and the last 2010 Darwin award contender... Carbidschieten 2010 Darwin Award Nominee Confirmed True by Darwin (1 January 2010, Netherlands) Every now and then a completely new window into the world opens before our eyes. Here we have rural Dutch families enjoying their traditional winter sport, carbidschieten, or Carbide Shooting. It's a ridiculously dangerous machine akin to a potato gun, designed to hurl projectiless from the mouth of a metal milk can. Carbide shooting, that wacky Dutch New Year's tradition, begins with moistening calcium carbide and placing it in a large milk container. The damp CaCb emits acetylene (ethyne) gas which builds up inside the container. Then a spark is supplied, causing the pressurised gas bomb to blow the lid (or packing) off the milk jug. Our nominee, a 54-year-old male, was having the time of his life--right up until the moment he poured a container filled with liquid oxygen over a fire to "flare it up" -- and the container obligingly exploded. hmmm. More than you ever wanted to know about carbide shooting. carbidbus.nl