Tuesday, November 30, 2004

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Cause Of Death: Stupidity

Kent Man Killed By Exploding Lava Lamp

November 29, 2004

By KOMO Staff & News Services


KENT - A 24-year-old man who placed a lava lamp on a hot stovetop was killed when it exploded and sent a shard of glass into his heart, police said.

"Why on earth he was heating a lava lamp on the stove, we don't know," Kent Police spokesman Paul Petersen said Monday.

Phillip Quinn's parents found his body in his Kent trailer home at about 8 p.m. Sunday. They went to check on him after his girlfriend reported that she couldn't get in touch with him.

The King County Medical Examiner's office estimated the time of his death at 2 p.m. Sunday.

After the lamp exploded, Quinn apparently stumbled into his bedroom, where he died, Petersen said.

Police found no evidence of drug or alcohol use. LINK

Hm.

Too bad Phillip didn't google Lava Lamp and Danger:


LINK



Lava Lamp rheostat
Could it fix unhappy lava lamps?





Lava Lamps can be "moody" sometimes not flowing much at all. sometimes they are "aggravated" and show it by being all broken up in little beads. Could turning the heat up a bit bring it together? Turning it down? There must be a temperature plateau beyond which the danger of broken glass and hot released oil becomes too great.

jscottpete, Jan 14 2004


Science.


Like the ocean.

Fun to play with.

But never turn your back on it.

Sad.


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