Stupid human tricks

Humans are supposedly intelligent beings – but an awful lot of them do an awful lot of really stupid things. On this thread, we – that means others besides just me – can share all the dozens of dumb deeds done by ditzy dum-dums. For starters, here is an assault in Salt Lake City:

Man sprays smoker in face with fire extinguisher to put out cigarette: 'You can't smoke around here'
'Mr. Extinguisher' Alex Jamison posts rambling Facebook message both apologizing and defending actions.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a9118281.html

"You want me to pour flammable liquid on myself and light it on fire? Sure, I'll do that. It sounds fun. What could go wrong?"

Michigan boy suffers second degree burns in 'fire challenge'

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/07/us/fi...rnd/index.html

At least 263 people have died while trying to take pictures of themselves. (Did they not know what they look like?) Here is the world's first quadruple death-by-selfie:

Four people drown at India dam after slipping into water while trying to take a selfie

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/10/08/asi...ntl/index.html

When people are angry, the likelihood of their saying or doing something stupid increases dramatically. This coach is a good example – or maybe I should say bad example.

Iowa assistant high school football coach arrested after threatening to kill referee during game

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...rm/3919377002/

Gun owners like to say, "The majority of us are peaceful, law-abiding citizens who use our weapons only for hunting." So.....it was open season on 17-year-old boys?

Georgia man charged after fatally shooting teen hunting partner he thought was a deer

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/10/09/us/...ges/index.html

Nix is a pitcher. Can we say he was trying to go low and inside?

Padres prospect Jacob Nix tased, arrested after attempting to enter a house through the doggy door

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...g-via-dog-door

"Lishen, children, I have a very bad hangover today, sho I – *hic* – need you all to be very quiet, okay?"

Australian elementary school teacher banned after collapsing while intoxicated at school

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/10/14/aus...cli/index.html

The three women were fired and have been arrested. I assume Amazon has canceled their order for boxing gloves, brass knuckles and shuriken.

Three employees at an assisted living facility are accused of
encouraging elderly residents to fight one another

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/15/us/el...ing/index.html

This dummy should have known his plan to phone in a false bomb threat would blow up in his face.

Alabama student who called in bomb threat to LSU-Alabama game faces up to 20 years in prison

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nca...son/ar-AAIWIzT

Hey, would you feel comfortable committing a burglary in a home that has a toddler who needs a bath? Priorities, man! Priorities!

Ohio woman breaks into home, tries to give 2-year-old a bath

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...peq-story.html

"Hi, I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs. If.......hey, wait! That's not a hug! What are you doing?!? Stop! Please stop!"

Florida man arrested for sexually assaulting stuffed Olaf doll at Target

https://www.foxnews.com/us/man-sexua...lt-olaf-target

Some people collect coins, some people collect stamps and some people collect baseball cards. Those are nice safe hobbies. Collecting snakes, however, is obviously not a good idea.

Indiana woman found dead with python wrapped around her neck, 140 snakes in 'reptile home,' police say

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/in...DNpm?ocid=AMZN

This Milpitas High School teacher donned blackface in an attempt to look like rap singer Common. In other words, he had Common sense but not common sense.

A teacher wore blackface to school and rapped on Halloween. He's now been suspended.

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/11/04/us/...rnd/index.html

On Twitter, Whitehead called some critics "crackers" and said he wanted to beat them up and/or kill them. First he got kicked off the Browns and then he got kicked off Twitter. Poor baby!

Cleveland Browns cut safety Jermaine Whitehead for tweeting violent threats after loss

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/04/us/cl...rnd/index.html

I enjoy making anagrams. Let's see what I can make from the letters in "chemistry." Hmm. I'd have to add punctuation but I can make "Cry: is meth!" Anagrams are fun.

Two Arkansas chemistry professors arrested for allegedly making methamphetamine

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/11/16/us/...eth/index.html

On M*A*S*H, Hawkeye, Trapper John and Henry Blake could get away with joking about diseases. In real life, however, that isn't always advisable.

​An Instagrammer tried to make a viral video by joking he might have coronavirus on a plane. Instead he forced an emergency landing and got arrested.

https://www.businessinsider.com/wuha...westjet-2020-2

One line in Billy Edd Wheeler's 1963 song Jackson – the song became a hit in 1967 for Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazelwood and Johnny Cash/June Carter – is "Goodbye, that's all she wrote." In this case, that line is totally appropriate.

Jackson State University president resigns after arrest in prostitution sting

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ja...ing/ar-BBZQTZe

Forest Gump said, "Stupid is as stupid does" – and a lot of stupid things are done by people taking selfies. Case in point:

A 10-year-old boy was accidentally shot by his babysitter while she was taking selfies with a gun

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/26/us/bo...rnd/index.html

This man was being treated for respiratory problems – which I'm sure have now been exacerbated by smoke inhalation.

Florida man sets hospital bed on fire to get nurse's attention

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/lo...on-police-say/

I know about the "ice bucket challenge" but until today I was unaware of this idiotic (and illegal and unsanitary) challenge: Go to a market, open containers of Blue Bell ice cream, lick the ice cream and put the containers back on the shelf. Gak! I'm thankful I don't buy Blue Bell ice cream.

A man filmed licking a tub of ice cream will spend 30 days in jail and pay restitution to Blue Bell

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/06/us/bl...rnd/index.html