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Man Dies Opening Grenade With Sledgehammer Tue Aug 8, 9:30 PM ET

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) – A Brazilian man died on Tuesday when he tried to open what police believe was a rocket-propelled grenade with a sledgehammer in a mechanical workshop on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.

Look, if RPGs are going off every time someone takes to them with a sledgehammer, then surely its time to start putting warning notices on them.

Another man who was in the workshop at the time of the explosion was rushed to a hospital with severe burns, a police officer told Reuters. The workshop was destroyed and several cars parked outside caught fire.

Police found several unexploded army issue rocket-propelled grenades in the workshop. They believe the ammunition had been brought there by scavengers wanting to sell them as scrap metal, but they also are investigating a possible link to Rio’s heavily armed drug gangs who often raid military bases.

What we need is some way to perform a posthumous I.Q. test on the deceased (nicknamed ‘lucky’). Is a ZERO I.Q. possible?

Don’t you love it when public servants are there to give us helpful advice?

Police Urge Women Drinkers to ‘Wear Nice Pants’ 

When I saw this headline I thought that’s nice. War in the Middle East, rising oil prices and interest rates, drive by shootings and knifings on any day you care to look, and the boys in blue are concerned that Joanne Public might not look her best. Me, I’d be more worried about being arrested by the fashion police.

Women going on boozy nights out have been warned by police to “wear nice pants” in case they fall down drunk in the street.

Memo to the U.K. police force: ‘misogynist’ makes for a handy score on a triple word tile.

A Suffolk police safety campaign magazine shows pictures of young women slumped on the ground next to messages urging them: “If you’ve got it, don’t flaunt it”.

“If you fall over or pass out, remember your skirt or dress may ride up,” the magazine says.

Hey he has a point, it CAN happen. The last time I passed out whilst wearing a skirt …. oh, sorry, bad anecdote.

“You could show off more than you intended – for all our sakes, please make sure you’re wearing nice pants and that you’ve recently had a wax.”

Absolutely! How right he is. I always ask if my drinking buddies have waxed recently. ALWAYS.

Readers are also told to stick with friends, book a taxi home and watch the amount they drink.

I know I know. THIS piece of advice actually makes sense. How it got in this press release is anyone’s guess.

Police said the Safe magazine’s gossipy, tongue-in-cheek style was designed to alert young women to the dangers they could face if they get drunk during a night out.

“We need to raise their awareness of potential problems,” Chief Superintendent David McDonnell said.

“They become more vulnerable whilst under the influence of alcohol.”

Then what accounts for Police behaviour whilst under the influence of idiocy?

- Reuters