"Not the Sharpest Knife in Drawer" killed by sharpest knife
Apr 26, 2017 11:47:13 GMT -5
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Post by Optimus on Apr 26, 2017 11:47:13 GMT -5
Darwin Awards, here's your next candidate:
The fact that he was a self-proclaimed "psychic" makes this a bit more comedically tragic. Shouldn't he have (fore)seen this coming?
Joking aside, the article said he'd done this before and the blade had broken in past performances. If this was part of a ritual performance, where the sword was a prop that was supposed to break because it was designed to do so, then this is a tragic accident. However, if this was a real blade and he actually believed in the ritual and the prior times that it broke were just dumb luck, then this is proof that many beliefs are really stupid.
Article here: metro.co.uk/2017/04/25/psychic-trying-to-prove-his-immortality-stabs-himself-to-death-6596554/#ixzz4fNIbjVkS
A psychic medium has died after accidentally stabbing himself in the heart while trying to prove his immortality, it has been reported.
Theprit Palee, 25, had been performing the traditional spirit dance in front of spectators in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, yesterday afternoon when the accident occurred.
The folk ritual is believed to honour the ghosts of ancestors and in previous shows the blade of the sword broke when it was pressed against his chest.
But on this occasion the act went wrong and the weapon failed to snap causing the 25-year-old to stab himself in the chest.
Theprit Palee, 25, had been performing the traditional spirit dance in front of spectators in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, yesterday afternoon when the accident occurred.
The folk ritual is believed to honour the ghosts of ancestors and in previous shows the blade of the sword broke when it was pressed against his chest.
But on this occasion the act went wrong and the weapon failed to snap causing the 25-year-old to stab himself in the chest.
The fact that he was a self-proclaimed "psychic" makes this a bit more comedically tragic. Shouldn't he have (fore)seen this coming?
Joking aside, the article said he'd done this before and the blade had broken in past performances. If this was part of a ritual performance, where the sword was a prop that was supposed to break because it was designed to do so, then this is a tragic accident. However, if this was a real blade and he actually believed in the ritual and the prior times that it broke were just dumb luck, then this is proof that many beliefs are really stupid.
Article here: metro.co.uk/2017/04/25/psychic-trying-to-prove-his-immortality-stabs-himself-to-death-6596554/#ixzz4fNIbjVkS
