Being a Geek Doesn’t Necessarily Mean You’re Smart

This piece comes from the Online Sun (which, by the way, will continue to be the liberal thought leader even after the New York Times starts charging for access to their editorialists):

TWO Star Wars fans suffered horrific burns in a mock battle with home-made lightsabers filled with PETROL.

Shelley Mandiville, 17, and Mark Webb, 20, made the weapons with fluorescent light tubes.

They filled them with fuel and washing-up liquid to act out a Jedi Knight fight scene from new movie Revenge Of The Sith.

They lit the liquid to illuminate the makeshift toys.

But it exploded — covering them both in the burning mixture.
Firefighters discovered Shelly and Mark with serious burns after being
called to woodland near Hemel Hempstead, Herts, on Sunday

Police were studying a video camera found at the scene. It was
thought that a third person was taping the “duel” — who fled in terror
when the disaster happened.

Update: I also found this story on the BBC site which I’m glad I didn’t cite first, since I find the BBC to be a sensationalist news organization that uses images of scantily clad women to attract eyeballs.

 


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