STUPID STUPID STUPID !

[Anonymous]

I never cease to be amazed at the really stupid things people will do. This was just another example.

[eolafan]

The person we should truly feel sorry for is the poor engineer of the train when he realized what had happened with his train!

[dharmon]

I'm not a big fan of the movie, but just like the line from "Top Gun"....the Dept of Defense regrest to inform you that your son died from being stupid"

[locomutt]

I feel very sorry for the man's family. Let's hope Jr. is NOT like "dear ole Dad" in the
future.

Kevin, I sort of agree with you: I know that I would not want to be the minister delivering this man's eulogy. Cause I sure the heck would not know what to say, and I seriously doubt that I could keep a straight face[:I]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

I supposed after he lasso'd it he's was going to pin it down and brand it.....

Yeah...........sounds like he couldn't quite get a hold of the horns to pin it down.

[tree68]

Found on the Web:
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'People should use trees to commit suicide instead of trains'

People with suicidal tendencies in Botswana have been asked to throw themselves out of trees instead of in front of trains.

The country's Minister for Works and Transport, Tebelelo Seretse, has advised people to use trees instead.

She made the plea in a newspaper based in the capital Gaborone.

"I am appealing to the people not to use the trains to kill themselves. If people want to commit suicide they should use trees not our trains," she said.

"I am sick of these people who throw themselves in front of the trains. The drivers are people - why turn them into murderers?"

She has offered counselling to drivers who have to dealt with suicides, says the South African Broadcasting Corporation.

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I must point out that I am tall, but not tall enough to serve as a platform for jumping to one's death.

[Anonymous]

WHAT WHAT HE'S THINKING THATS SO ELSTUPIDO[#ditto][#ditto][#ditto]

[kenneo]

vsmith ------- You asked "What was this guy thinking?" That's just the problem. He wasn't. He needed a brain first. I can see the headline on one of those papers we wee at the market --- " Mand dies in Shopping Cart Pulled by Train -- He had no Brain."
[banghead]

[csxengineer98]

well all...
im pleased to annouce another opening in the human race.....
and the 2004 darwin award winner ....no one can posably do anything as stupid as this....but then agin...the year is till young...
csx engineer

[Anonymous]

Well I hate to say it,

But,, uhh.... Kevins sympathy is less then or Equivalent to zero

Matter of fact, i would go to his funeral, and burst out laughing.

Thats how Rude I would be, because, stupid actions will obtain stupid reactions from the crowd
How could anyone keep a straight face at that funeral?

I couldn't

Good thing I'm not going!

[espeefoamer]

As soon as I saw this on Trains Newswire, I immediatly signed him up for the Darwin Award!

[eolafan]

Somebody better do society a big favor and put Junior out of his misery right now...as tehy say...like father like son!

[Anonymous]

Joekoh is right. Just add it to the Darwin list and move on. I'm sure no one will learn from this[sigh].

[Anonymous]

What a horrible way to die. Keep the family in prayer.

[vsmith]

What did Will Rogers say?

"Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.."

[JoeKoh]

Just add it to the darwin list.
stay safe
Joe

[Anonymous]

Sounds like he outsmarted himself.

Didn't take much effort...

LC

[AntonioFP45]

It does sound funny in one way, but as a result of this stupid act, a family has been devastated and a young man lost his dad.

There are many guys out there that like to do "Dukes of Hazzard" slap-stick stunts. This poor *** was proabably a good hearted guy, but he had to know that playing with full sized trains was stepping way over the line as well as being dangerous and illegal.

If anything, his son after a lot of grieving, will learn from this and hopefully use better judgement when he has his own children someday.

[Willy2]

QUOTE: Originally posted by rixflix

it's called "thinning the herd".

Rixflix

Thinning of the "gene pool" is another good way to describe it.

Willy

[coalminer3]

As my old foreman once said, "Just when you think you've seen it all..."

work safe

[dharmon]

I supposed after he lasso'd it he's was going to pin it down and brand it.....

[rixflix]

it's called "thinning the herd".

Rixflix

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by rrnut282

Sign him up for the Darwin Awards, although he can only get an honorable mention since he has already passed on his genes.

I already did, right after posting this, sheesh, what was this guy thinking? [V]

[rrnut282]

Sign him up for the Darwin Awards, although he can only get an honorable mention since he has already passed on his genes.

[Mookie]

Boy! Mookie about broke her neck getting into this - from the title!!!!

I bet they are really laughing a lot at this funny guy at his funeral....

[vsmith]

This just happened today, I know I should feel sorry for this guys family , but Jezzzziss Jiminy Crickets what was this guy trying to prove? [V]

Man Dies After Tossing Rope At Train

SIMI VALLEY — A 43-year-old man tossed a rope into the path of a freight train, apparently on a lark, and was killed after becoming entangled in the rope and dragged by the train, authorities said.
Alan Pichel Sr. was hanging out with his 17-year-old son near the train tracks Monday evening when he threw a bottle tied to a shopping cart into the train's path, said John Bromley, a spokesman for Union Pacific Railroad.

"Apparently, they wanted to watch the shopping cart be dragged along by the train," Bromley said.

Authorities say it remains unclear exactly how Pichel became entangled, though police Sgt. Joe May said the man's death was the result of "a strange chain of events."

"I've heard about people getting hit by the train, or people committing suicide by stepping in front of the train, but nothing like this," May said.

Police stopped the train, which was moving about 15 mph, after about a mile. Coroner's officials said an autopsy showed Pichel died from multiple blunt-force injuries.

Pichel's son, Alan Jr., said Tuesday that he and his father "weren't even that close to the tracks." "He just didn't see it coming and it caught him. It happened so fast," he said, adding that his father liked to joke around. "He was just the funniest guy," the teen said. "He was a character."