Teacher Uses Live 40mm Artillery Shell as Paperweight, severs hand.
A teacher who kept a 40 mm shell on his desk as a paperweight blew off part of his hand when he apparently used the object to try to squash a bug, authorities say.
Paperweight Severs California Teacher’s Hand probably should be titled Teacher Uses Live 40mm Artillery Shell as a Paperweight. My favorite quote is:
“obviously he didn’t think the round was live,” said Dennis Huston
I know when I find 40mm shells while I’m out hunting my first thought is “It’s not a live… someone just left a fake shell out here in the woods on accident.”
Yes, and then you of course bring it into a CLASSROOM with a bunch of students. What an idiot.
He’s just lucky that it was HIM who caused it to explode and that he was the only one hurt. If it were a student, he would be fucked.