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Lava Lamp Left on Stove Explodes, Kills Man
Dec 1, 9:12 AM (ET)
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Washington state man who placed a lava lamp on a hot stove died when the lamp exploded and a glass shard pierced his heart, police said on Tuesday.
Phillip Quinn, 24, was found dead in his trailer home on Sunday night in Kent, about 15 miles south of Seattle.
"There appeared to have been an explosion that was centered on the stove top. There were glass fragments all over, embedded in the walls," said Paul Petersen, a Kent police spokesman.
A lava lamp features blobs of wax in liquid that rise and fall in a container when heated by a bulb at the base of the lamp.
Quinn was probably standing in front of the lamp when it exploded, then stumbled into his bedroom and died, Petersen said, citing a medical examiner's report.
http://reuters.excite.com//article/20041201/2004-12-01T141250Z_01_N30497 483_RTRIDST_0_ODD-ODD-LAVALAMP-DC.html
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Was he listening to "Dark Side Of The Moon," or "Abraxus" at the time?
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Re: It could be worse...
« Reply #2 on: Dec 1st, 2004, 2:18pm » |
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 I just bought my son a lava lamp for the holidays, may be I should bring it back.... 
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on Dec 1st, 2004, 2:18pm, broomhilda wrote:| I just bought my son a lava lamp for the holidays, may be I should bring it back.... |
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If your son is stupid enough to boil it on a hot stove, then yes... rush it back at once Broomie. Be sure to hide all the deadly spoons and butter knifes before you leave.
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on Dec 1st, 2004, 2:18pm, broomhilda wrote:| I just bought my son a lava lamp for the holidays, may be I should bring it back.... |
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Yeah, I agree with Rock. I think if you were in America, you might have something to worry about. But seeing as you are not, I am sure that your son, knows that the only things that belong on the stove are pots and pans.
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« Reply #5 on: Dec 1st, 2004, 2:30pm » |
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 Rock and Thomas, I think he knows better, thanks the lamp stays 
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on Dec 1st, 2004, 2:27pm, thomas wrote:
that the only things that belong on the stove are pots and pans. |
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yeah, plus dishtowels, cutting boards and tupperware
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« Reply #7 on: Dec 1st, 2004, 2:43pm » |
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I wouldn't worry about it, Broomie. When used properly, they are fairly safe assuming they work at all. My son's lava lamp quit working even with a new bulb. The wax just quit flowing up and down the inside the lamp.
I imagine this moron's lamp quit working so he put it on the stove to try to "restart it." He probably didn't know or didn't remember that heating a sealed container full of liquid would cause it to explode. No doubt a product of our public school systems.
I'm checking the Darwin Awards website as I type.
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Man, applied physics can be a real bi-yotch!
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« Reply #9 on: Dec 1st, 2004, 2:48pm » |
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on Dec 1st, 2004, 2:27pm, thomas wrote:
I am sure that your son, knows that the only things that belong on the stove are pots and pans. |
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Yep. I would like to add to the list my wife's good intentions but sadly they are usually too far from the stove to do much of any good. Lucky that I can operate those dangerous kitchen tools myself or I might starve...
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on Dec 1st, 2004, 2:47pm, Jeepgun wrote:| Man, applied physics can be a real bi-yotch! |
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Physics were definitely "applied" to him. 
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LOL! See "Charles' Law."
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« Reply #12 on: Dec 1st, 2004, 2:58pm » |
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« Reply #13 on: Dec 1st, 2004, 3:24pm » |
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Quote:Sunday night in Kent, about 15 miles south of Seattle.
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hmmmmm. Guess who lives near there? Yep it's our own Michelle, aka, Mastiff. Makes me wonder if she "auctioned" the lava lamp off to him.
I'm dead now...Linda (moving to another state like alaska)
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ROFLMAO!! She probably told him, "This doesn't work right now, but if you just heat it up on your stove a little..."
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« Reply #16 on: Dec 1st, 2004, 5:41pm » |
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Killed by a lava light. That just sucks!
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No. He was rewinding his "Dukes of Hazzard" tapes and putting new batteries in his singing fish plaques. What a moron.
I had a Lava Lamp. I think we left it at dad's old office though. Looked good next to the bobbing head bird. 
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« Reply #18 on: Dec 1st, 2004, 6:19pm » |
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on Dec 1st, 2004, 5:58pm, Charlie wrote:
I had a Lava Lamp. I think we left it at dad's old office though. Looked good next to the bobbing head bird.
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I had one of those when I was a kid! I loved it.. wonder where it went??
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« Reply #19 on: Dec 2nd, 2004, 11:22am » |
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ROFL! I remember the bobbing head birds. Those things were cool! Billy Bass is NOT cool! LMAO!! You crack me up, Charlie.
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« Reply #20 on: Dec 2nd, 2004, 1:09pm » |
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Sounds like a C.S.I way to go...
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on Dec 1st, 2004, 1:51pm, Melissa wrote:| Lava Lamp Left on Stove Explodes, Kills Man |
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Lets see.... CH's or exploding laval lamp ? I'll take the headaches.
If anything Physics 121 taught me, it is DO NOT put my Yellow Sub lava lamp on the stove.
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« Reply #22 on: Dec 2nd, 2004, 11:14pm » |
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Them dam lava lamps DO get hot.....they use a special applicance bulb and has to be a certain wattage (HOT) or it won't work rite. I got mine settin on one of those metal trivets. I did have one stop workin not long ago too......shoulda sent it so Sadam and told him to turn up the heat Pam
Is that what's in them things.....WAX ? That's all it is ? I love lava lamps. Had a sparkle one but the liquid kept evaporateing. Ended up half full....or empty so I tossed it.
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on Dec 2nd, 2004, 11:14pm, cootie wrote:| Is that what's in them things.....WAX ? That's all it is ? I love lava lamps. Had a sparkle one but the liquid kept evaporateing. Ended up half full....or empty so I tossed it at my neighbor's head, as hard as I could. |
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Re: It could be worse...
« Reply #24 on: Dec 6th, 2004, 4:39pm » |
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Hey, Melissa .... thanks for the article. My nephew is doing his science fair on 'how to build a lava lamp'. This article came in quite handy ! He added a category .... 'what NOT to do with a lava lamp'. LOL
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