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Human Follies
Humans do foolhardy things — need we say more? Tales that titillate, horrify, and tickle the funny bone
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sometimes all three at once.
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Fellow intent upon killing a raccoon
launches
himself out of a drainage pipe.
Man dies in his sleep, killed by his own
farts
.
Golfer who sticks his scrotum into a
ball washer
is horribly injured.
Chainsaw-wielding
"madman" turns out to be partygoer who went to the wrong house.
Insect-infested house is destroyed when too many "
bug bombs
" set by owner are ignited.
Fellow who uses a
taser
on himself describes experience.
Homeowner wrecks house and expensive new car in an attempt to kill
moles
.
Attempt to rid home of
bedbugs
results in fire that razes apartment building.
Diary of a
snow
shoveler.
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