# Dude blows up his urethra (it's as bad as it sounds) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 4, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523 "2003-09-04T14:18:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523/1 "2003-09-04T14:18:16Z")
I think we need a new acronym. YAJI - Yet Another Jackass Imitator. [This poor sap](http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/03/1062548893255.html) stuck a firecracker between his ass cheeks, stumbled, and sat down on it. The upward force of the firecracker… > [@](#): > > …went up into his pelvis, blasted a great hole in the pelvis, ruptured the urethra, injured muscles in the floor of the pelvis which rendered him incontinent. Lesson of the day: Naughty bits = fun to play with. firecrackers = fun to play with. Firecrackers and naughty bits = bad freaking idea. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523/2 "2003-09-04T14:35:07Z")
So now he’s got two assholes? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523/3 "2003-09-04T14:41:02Z")
Given this article, I propose a voluntary moratorium on using the phrase “rip him a new asshole” for at least a month. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523/4 "2003-09-04T15:22:55Z")
Wow. I would shoot myself so freakin fast. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523/5 "2003-09-04T15:29:31Z")
I just don’t understand the stupidity of some people. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523/6 "2003-09-04T15:31:45Z")
> [@](#): > > A firecracker accident which left a 26-year-old man incontinent and _unable to have sex_. Who says there’s no such thing as Karma? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523/7 "2003-09-04T16:22:34Z")
Hey, we should go easy on this guy. I imagine that if something this traumatizing happened to me, and it became fodder for lame jokes on the internet, I’d have a pretty short fuse about it. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523/8 "2003-09-04T16:55:16Z")
I guess he tragically misunderstood the phrase “blow it out your ass”. ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Simple\_Dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Dreamer)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523/9 "2003-09-04T17:49:00Z")
What in the world would make _anyone_ think putting a firecracker _there_ is a good idea? ---
**Author:** ![lethean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@lethean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lethean)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523/10 "2003-09-04T18:07:48Z")
Jesus Christ! He’s 26!?! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523/11 "2003-09-04T18:09:28Z")
> [@](#): > > A firecracker accident which left a 26-year-old man incontinent and unable to have sex. Another victory for evolution! ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523/12 "2003-09-04T18:22:54Z")
As uncomfortable as they are, using a condom is _so_ much easier. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523/13 "2003-09-04T18:26:14Z")
I wonder if it would have been possible to construct the headline without using “backfires.” Seems kinda cruel… I can’t believe this guy is 26. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523/14 "2003-09-04T18:58:23Z")
Maybe he was trying to light a fart? ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523/15 "2003-09-04T19:41:49Z")
As tough as life sometimes gets, I find it a bit easier to cope knowing that there are folks like this who are here to entertain us. At least life came complete with some truly amazing fools to liven up a rough day. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523/16 "2003-09-04T19:57:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*Larry Mudd \*\*\* > I imagine that if something this traumatizing happened to me, and it became fodder for lame jokes on the internet, I’d have a pretty short fuse about it. No kidding. If this happened to me and people were making light about my situation, I’d probably blow up at them. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523/17 "2003-09-04T20:07:44Z")
Idiot fall down, go boom. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523/18 "2003-09-04T20:33:33Z")
With those injuries, that ain’t no run-of-the-mill firecracker. ---
**Author:** ![sultana\_of\_slash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@sultana\_of\_slash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sultana_of_slash)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523/19 "2003-09-04T20:34:27Z")
Idiot sit down, go boom. That’s what’s wrong with this great nation of America, turning into a land of lard as we speak: we’re so lazy we can’t get up off our ass. Unless, or course, a rocket blows us there. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523/20 "2003-09-04T20:50:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > \*\*Hey, we should go easy on this guy. > > I imagine that if something this traumatizing happened to me, and it became fodder for lame jokes on the internet, I’d have a pretty short fuse about it. \*\* Looks like his fuse is pretty useless, long or short. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-blows-up-his-urethra-its-as-bad-as-it-sounds/199523.md?page=2)