South Carolina father killed after lit firework he placed on his head explodes

Fuck around, find out.

Fuck the Farage-loving Mail.

His wife took the video. Oof

MAGA??

r4 His wife described him as a "patriot" which to me is a code word for it

[quote] 'Allen loved this holiday', she added. 'He was a patriot, he was proud of his son and he was excited to have a new daughter-in-law. He was living his best life last night.'

He died doing what he loved.

And with a cigarette in his mouth.

MAGAt Darwin Award 2024

He went out with a bang.

It sounds like there was just a neck left.

Patriot = MAGA.

I wonder if the wife filmed the whole thing? Because that video would be worth a lot of $.

As a kid, my uncles would get really drunk and light off fireworks, throwing strings of firecrackers under people chairs, lighting off roman candles that would fall over all while disregarding surrounding conditions (little kids, my grandma, dry grass, etc). When I think back now, it's amazing no one got hurt.

So given the quality of fireworks people can get these days & all the drunken fools out there, it's not surprising this happened - it's surprising it doesn't happen more.

Lucky he isn't just a neck hole R12!

I dated a guy who got drunk on the 4th and ruined one of my shirts by throwing some kind of fireworks too close to me and it left black burn marks on my shirt. I was much younger then, today I wouldn't put up with that shit. I cannot imagine filming your husband and his head exploding in front of his family. They were also celebrating the son's engagement.

Could this be a weird suicide?

r15 doesn't sound like it. His wife said she thought he was trying to "show off"

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Stupid shit happens when you are drunk.

R8, you took the words right outta my mouth.

Technically, the Darwin Award only applies when you have taken yourself out of the gene pool through stupidity. Which he did not, as a father.

Hmm too bad I guess. He's not as cute as though as the former Disney world guy who blew his head off a few years ago.

Firecracker Beer

It's got a lot of body but no head.

My trashy family lived them some fireworks. My mom was fairly safe about it and while she let us handle them at a very young age she also taught us how to handle them. Still I'm shocked we all still have all of our limbs.

One less vote for his boyfriend trump. However, considering the stupid shit he did to himself, he’s too stupid to vote.

good riddance

R21 - Yes! That Disney guy was HOT!!

We only wrestle alligators here. We're not stupid enough to put lit firecrackers on our heads.

As someone who commented on the article put it, "He who goes forth with a fifth on the fourth might not come forth on the fifth." Sad.

wow, so smart!

I worked at a children's hospital when I was a teenager.

The burn unit was filled to capacity from late June to the middle of July each and every year.

The scariest and saddest aspect of this story is that he passed on his idiot gene to another generation.

British comedian Bob Mortimer was around 6 years old and home alone when he decided to set off some firecrackers in the house, since he was not allowed to go outside until his mum got back. His thinking was the box had the label 'not for indoor use' which led him to believe they would only print that if in fact people set them off indoors all the time.

He burnt the house down but I thought his reasoning was pretty sophisticated for a 6 year old, and he didn't put the fucking things on his head.

where's his fetlife?

Blast effect is inverse cube. If you half the distance to an explosion the blast goes up by a factor of 8, says my boyfriend. So I guess his head got extremely blown off. I can't believe were just there watching this shit.

Years ago, Joe Kennedy II set one of his twin sons on fire with fireworks on the 4th of July.

Not Joe III the former Congressman, it was his brother.

Well that's one less vote for Trump this fall.

r31 there's still time for the children to follow in PawPaw Patriot's footsteps, or uh, headsplatter.

Oh well.

R35 - The red-headed one doesn't look TOO bad for being third-degree burned.

Yeah R36, now that he’s dead he’ll be voting for Biden. Strange how death converts everybody to Democrat voters.

Recreational fireworks seem to get worse every year. I get having a few simple things to thrill kids. But a week of adults, sans kids, setting them off just to get their kicks, is so fucking lame.

R39, It was the dark haired boy, Matthew Kennedy.

Wow.

Also, I’ve discovered spinach leaves make quite the decorative base for stacked, crust-less tuna sandwiches.

Same thing happened in Redmond, Wash. a guy and his family were setting off mortar type fireworks in a parking lot at 2:30 am across the street from a gas station. He put one on his head and that’s when Darwin called.

And I thought South Asians were too cautious and smart to do shit like this.

This is a hazard faced by all on Straight Boys’ Halloween.

He was well provisioned - that awesome fitted outfit with matching shoes and top hat, the booze, and killer boom sticks.

It's very sad but he seemed like a STUPID HILLBILLY

Last words were "hold mah beer".

He was a rather stupid hillbilly but I still would have done him.

Do the warnings specifically say, “Don’t place on head”? I’m sure they thoroughly read the warnings.

I’m going to guess he didn’t have a high stakes job where people relied on him for his logical prowess.

"Do the warnings specifically say, “Don’t place on head”? I’m sure they thoroughly read the warnings."

If not, the family should sue.

[quote]I’m going to guess he didn’t have a high stakes job where people relied on him for his logical prowess.

HVAC serviceman

“He wasn’t drunk when he did something incredibly stupid” isn’t the defense that wifey thinks it is.

Scotland would have conquered England had them been smarter around explosives. So one can hardly expect the Scots-Irish iin America to use their heads for anything but blast protection.

[quote]Devon Staples was making friends laugh with a mortar tube on his head and a lighter in his hand, and he accidentally ignited the firework. Here's why we can all relate to this story.

Can we all relate to his story, though?

How long until the family sues the manufacturer?

R56, They’ll sue the government for making July 4th a holiday.

Closed casket, I presume?

More people should dress in the red, white and blue on the 4th.

"He was an idiot, case closed, however, his head is open."

[Quote] Yeah [R36], now that he’s dead he’ll be voting for Biden

Basically zero evidence of that happening in 2020, but as usual facts don’t deter Defacto, especially on his weekend mentally-ill frenzies.

The only real evidence of fraud in 2020 were some cases of voting … for Trump, of course.

"Closed casket, I presume?"

No, Rico or David will do some excellent work to enable an open casket.

I hope he's buried in that suit...after all, it's what he will be best known for.

"The party came to an abrupt end."

No kidding!

It's stuck to his skin, Bela.

You know you're a redneck when you've had a relative injured or killed by fireworks.

yet another holiday tradition that failed to be passed on to the next generation

[quote]You know you're a redneck when you've had a relative injured or killed by fireworks.

Sad, but true. Also when you've had a relative get drunk and lay on railroad tracks.

In 2023 8 killed and 9.700 sent to the emergency room by fireworks.

Fireworks should be distributed free to repug areas every June.

I have always viewed buying firework like setting your money on fire, I really don't get the point.

I had a friend who's neighbor would buy a shitload of fireworks and set them off every year. One year not too long after the fourth they got evicted from their house for not paying the mortgage and all their stuff was put on the curb by the sheriff while they were not home. People driving by started just taking their stuff so my friend loaded it up on a trailer, rented a storage unit for them, they thanked him but never paid him back and probably didn't pay to keep the storage unit and lost it all anyway. Fireworks more important than a house over your head.

R71, I've always wondered about the people in my neighborhood. They shoot off tons of fireworks and we don't live in a very good area, to put it mildly. Why are they pissing away money when they can't get out of the hood?

The video of him on the DM is just him doing this really weird, awkward little shuffle-dance and looking miserable. I guess he felt he had to liven things up.

I wonder if he’ll be buried in that beloved outfit from OP’s pic.

as long as his pit bull survived.

He had hillbilly face and a fat frau wife. I'm amazed that they didn't have at least ten kids.

at-home fireworks are trashy.

He kind of looks like a straight guy I used to hook up with

How stupid would you have to be to put a large rocket filled with gunpowder on your head and think that it's cool and normal.

Any doubt the wife started a GoFundMe page for the future of their children and burial expenses?

What is there left to bury?