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Middlesex man knocks himself
unconscious with a hammer
NJ.com, by Anthony G. Attrino
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Posted By:Ribicon, 12/27/2012 4:31:07 PM
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| Middlesex Borough – A 39-year-old man was hospitalized today after striking himself in the head with a hammer, according to a report and the man’s landlord. The victim, whose name could not be learned, knocked himself out this morning inside a home on Grandview Street. Rescue workers arrived on the scene at 8:20 a.m. to find the victim unconscious. Collins identified the man only as a roommate who rents from him. “He was upset,” said Lucien Collins, 61, owner of the home. He declined to speculate on whether the incident was an accident or suicide attempt.
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Comments:
Another report of injury and mayhem caused by unlicensed, unregulated assault hammers in the hands of the mentally unstable.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Spidey, 12/27/2012 4:44:05 PM (No. 9086384)
Maybe this is a new way of eviction avoidance.
The emergency hammer act of 2013 will require all hammer makers to post a warning about the detrimental effects of hitting ones self in the head without the hammer´s safety shield on.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Pearson365, 12/27/2012 4:47:24 PM (No. 9086390)
Just another Hillary Clinton copy cat.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
shamus, 12/27/2012 4:53:17 PM (No. 9086395)
He´s the kind of guy who always winds up getting hammered.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Topic Thunder, 12/27/2012 5:47:21 PM (No. 9086445)
If I was a Middlesexian I would have beaten myself to death with a hammer long ago.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Okie 52, 12/27/2012 5:52:53 PM (No. 9086451)
This is posted because...? Next up: traffic tickets.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
GraniteBayTom, 12/27/2012 5:58:31 PM (No. 9086456)
Oops! My bad.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Lucky4, 12/27/2012 5:59:51 PM (No. 9086459)
Watching to much Three Stooges syndrome.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
zzzghy, 12/27/2012 6:10:50 PM (No. 9086474)
The victim, whose name could not be learned...
I like that, for some reason. It has a sort of dreary Angela´s Ashes feel to it.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
woofwoofwoof, 12/27/2012 6:40:11 PM (No. 9086516)
Proper training is essential.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
fishbone, 12/27/2012 7:14:49 PM (No. 9086568)
Actually, he was just very impatient and wanted to go straight to the hang-over bypassing all that boring time boozing it up, first. ;-)
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Japanorama, 12/27/2012 7:45:40 PM (No. 9086619)
Should have applied for a research grant beforehand.
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