Last year Jeff Taylor and I were at a loss to describe the enormity of foolishness required for state lawmakers to conceive of regulating gasoline, home heating oil, and other petroleum products.
The Wilmington Star-News today carries the story of two guys who’ve inadvertently proposed another analogy:
Attempts to do a movie stunt landed one man in the hospital with burned genitals and another facing criminal charges. The men were trying to do a stunt from one of the “Jackass” movies, in which a character lights his genitals on fire. … Witnesses told police that Anderson, who was drunk, volunteered to do the stunt Sunday after watching the movie, the complaint said.
According to the complaint:
Anderson pulled down his pants and let Peterson spray him with lighter fluid. When the fire didn’t catch, Peterson sprayed more lighter fluid on Anderson, splashing some on his clothing. He tried again to light the fire, catching Anderson’s genitals, hands and clothes.
Anderson ran into the bathroom, jumped into the tub and put the flames out. …
While their drunken idiocy rivals that of the rectal bottle-rocket launcher, they’re still not near stupid enough to rival the lawmakers’ idea.
