# Kitch can be fatal: a cautionary tale

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitch-can-be-fatal-a-cautionary-tale/277270>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 30, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitch-can-be-fatal-a-cautionary-tale/277270 "2004-11-30T03:05:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitch-can-be-fatal-a-cautionary-tale/277270/1 "2004-11-30T03:05:07Z")

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Man oh man, what a bad old world. This [poor guy was killed by his own exploding lava lamp.](http://komotv.com/stories/34174.htm)

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**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitch-can-be-fatal-a-cautionary-tale/277270/2 "2004-11-30T03:12:57Z")

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Crap! I missed [your thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289176), **JonScribe**. :smack:

Mods, please close this.

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitch-can-be-fatal-a-cautionary-tale/277270/3 "2004-11-30T03:13:49Z")

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Shouldn’t we be more worried about [Kitsch](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsch) being fatal?

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitch-can-be-fatal-a-cautionary-tale/277270/4 "2004-11-30T04:25:08Z")

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[**Lava lamps and the Darwin Awards**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289176)

**Cajun Man**  
for the SDMB