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Teacher uses live 40mm shell to smash bug -- loses hand | |
2006-04-05 | |
A teacher who kept a 40 mm shell on his desk as a paperweight blew off part of his hand when he apparently used the object to try to squash a bug, authorities say. The 5-inch-long shell exploded Monday while Robert Colla was teaching 20 to 25 students at an adult education class. Now, class, there's a right way and a wrong way to do anything. For example, to squash this bug... BOOM! ... wrong way. Part of Colla's right hand was severed and he suffered severe burns and minor shrapnel wounds to his forearms and torso, fire Capt. Tom Weinell said. No one else was injured. He was reported in stable condition at a hospital. The teacher slammed the shell down in an attempt to kill something that was buzzing or crawling across the desk, said Fire Marshal Glen Albright. Colla found the 40 mm round while hunting years ago and "obviously he didn't think the round was live," said Dennis Huston, who teaches computer design alongside Colla.
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Posted by:Greremble Thearong9675 |
#16 Oh, I posted this. My cookie must have crumbled. |
Posted by: Jackal 2006-04-05 21:00 |
#15 sounds like it's computer design |
Posted by: Frank G 2006-04-05 19:51 |
#14 7-Finger Rob the shop teacher is reported to have nodded and said "Whoa, that's a bad 'un" |
Posted by: eLarson 2006-04-05 18:17 |
#13 I've got to wonder WHAT THE HECK is a teacher doing with a shell in his classroom ON HIS DESK. Show off? Can't think of any reason that is acceptable. This would be worse if the teacher was teaching kids, but it's just as ridiculous in an adult education class. Guess everyone in that class learned not to play around with firearms, so not a total loss. |
Posted by: ex-lib 2006-04-05 16:06 |
#12 DB, don't know what he teaches, but, he IS in California. |
Posted by: AlanC 2006-04-05 15:54 |
#11 That poor bug. That poor deaf bug. |
Posted by: Dar 2006-04-05 13:34 |
#10 Any idea what this rocket scientist teaches? I think I'll bust a gut if it is something like physics. |
Posted by: Desert Blondie 2006-04-05 10:13 |
#9 Another example of the decline in teacher quality. Anyone care to hazard whether this guy grew up with guns in the house? |
Posted by: Perfesser 2006-04-05 09:57 |
#8 What a wuss. A real man would have squashed that bug with a 155mm shell. |
Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-04-05 09:01 |
#7 When you're stupid you have to be tough. |
Posted by: BrerRabbit 2006-04-05 08:02 |
#6 The class was pretty lucky. Those things have a 5m kill radius. |
Posted by: 11A5S 2006-04-05 08:01 |
#5 The insect, how is the insect? |
Posted by: Besoeker 2006-04-05 05:03 |
#4 ahahaha and this fella a teacher too, fantastic story that. |
Posted by: ShepUK 2006-04-05 04:39 |
#3 Not exactly. It laughed itself to death. |
Posted by: Seafarious 2006-04-05 00:50 |
#2 Well, did he kill it? (you know, the bug)? |
Posted by: Captain America 2006-04-05 00:48 |
#1 I've said it before, and I'm sure the ER personnel said it again: "Too stupid to live should be a valid diagnosis." |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-04-05 00:07 |