Teen in TX blinded by frog...

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory...olitan/1870788

Teen blinded when frog shot from potato gun
Associated Press

DALLAS - A teenager was blinded after being struck in the face with a frog shot from a so-called "potato gun."

Daniel Benjamin Berry, 17, received the injury after he looked down the barrel of the gun's PVC pipe barrel and was hit in the face by the frog.

"He is going to be blind in both eyes," Daniel's mother, Lisa Berry, said.

Potato guns are made of pipe with one end sealed. A potato is wedged into the open end and a flammable liquid put into a sealed chamber is ignited, launching the object.

Denton County Sheriff's Department spokesman Kevin Patton said the accident occurred about 1 a.m. Sunday when Daniel Berry joined a crowed of teenagers watching the gun be fired.

When it misfired, Daniel Berry looked down the barrel to see what was wrong when the gun went off, Patton said.

"He said it just went off. It was a misfire. It hit him square in the face," Lisa Berry said, adding that her son had broken bones in his face that would require surgery.

Patton said no charges would be filed.

"This is the first incident involving a potato gun that we have had to deal with," he said. "What are you going to do? This was an accident."

Lisa Berry said the accident ruined her son's career dreams.

"All he ever wanted to do was be an Air Force pilot," she said. "That isn't going to happen now."

Natural selection in action.

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"He said it just went off. It was a misfire. It hit him square in the face,"

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If this were said in the right tone of voice I'd pee myself.

do you think they are going to try to put some kind of age limit on potato guns? :lol:

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Originally posted by MVS
Lisa Berry said the accident ruined her son's career dreams.

"All he ever wanted to do was be an Air Force pilot," she said. "That isn't going to happen now."

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Fuck.

Wished the frog would've killed the kid, bounced off of him and killed the parents too.

That really does blow about his dreams being ruined. Who knows what technology can do for him when he is an adult though...

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Originally posted by Atlas
That really does blow about his dreams being ruined. Who knows what technology can do for him when he is an adult though...

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*reposted from my AIM convo*

Kidnem0: Lisa Berry said the accident ruined her son's career dreams.
polytheneboy: It's pretty fucked up when the think about it. Some kid was a stupid prick for one moment, and now he's blind :/
Kidnem0: he just wanted to be a frog killer when he grew up :(
polytheneboy: when YOU think about it.
Kidnem0: O___O
Kidnem0: NO.
polytheneboy: No?
Kidnem0: if he was 5 yes.
polytheneboy: okay.
Kidnem0: but by the time you're 10 you should have enough common sense to not put a live animal in a fucking potato gun
polytheneboy: right
polytheneboy: okay :/
Kidnem0: its the parents fault for rasing a little trogledyte
Kidnem0: haha, its the truth...or atleast how I feel

Fuck that kid's dreams, man.

If he's dumb enough to put a LIVE ANIMAL in a potato gun, then LOOK DOWN THE FUCKING BARREL BEFORE DISARMING said potato gun, then it's probably for the best that he went blind, because he sure as shit isn't competent enough to get behind an Air Force jet.

This is natural selection at its finest. You act like an idiot, you pay the price. I might feel sorry for him if he was like 10, but a 17-year-old should know better.

yeah, putting a frog in a potato gun is dumb. This kid is from TX right? maybe he's related to bush...

Wow man, this kid is fucked.

"Blind huh? I feel ya man...I was hit by a lightning bolt when I was 26. Haven't seen a thing since. How did you lose your sight?"
"...I shot myself in the face with a frog."
"...are you fucking serious?"

This is karma - I bet the kid did all sorts of fucked up shit to animals in his life. The animals are just returning the favor.

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Originally posted by Kidnemo
Fuck.

Wished the frog would've killed the kid, bounced off of him and killed the parents too.

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QUOTE OF TEH CENTURY!!!