# Naked man running on highway, his prosthenic leg on fire. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 11, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272 "2010-07-11T03:33:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ajdebosco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@ajdebosco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajdebosco)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/61 "2010-07-15T12:49:56Z")
One patella, two patella…🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/62 "2010-07-15T14:18:35Z")
> [@alindallas](#): > > Oh, this is good. More sick puns, please! But they came so fast, it’s like they flu by… ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/63 "2010-07-16T13:37:27Z")
Update from this morning’s paper: The police do intend to press charges. [http://www.lcsun-news.com/las\_cruces-news/ci\_15529028](http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_15529028) So, “A bet is a bet” does not get you off the hook. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/64 "2010-07-16T13:45:52Z")
> [@kapntoad](#): > > I’m curious if the man was speaking in the third person, or if VT or the newspaper misquoted somehow. I think the paper was quoting the police as to what the man told them, rather than quoting the man directly. ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/65 "2010-07-16T14:13:35Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > There’s a parody of _Born to be Wild_ waiting to be written. > \* > Get your buddy wasted, > Set his ass on fiiii-yer…\* With apologies to Foreigner: Well, I’m hot footed, check it and see, My blood alcohol is at point two three… ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/66 "2010-07-16T19:51:50Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Update from this morning’s paper: The police do intend to press charges. > > [http://www.lcsun-news.com/las\_cruces-news/ci\_15529028](http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_15529028) > > So, “A bet is a bet” does not get you off the hook. Wait, his prosthesis has a hook on the end? Awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/67 "2010-07-16T23:31:52Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > cough/_tar_sals/cough Sorry, would you have gotten the pun if I had written it: “metaCARPals”? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/68 "2010-07-16T23:34:58Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Wait, his prosthesis has a hook on the end? Awesome! He was poor, so his leg was a hand me down. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/69 "2010-07-17T02:04:23Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Sorry, would you have gotten the pun if I had written it: “metaCARPals”? :smack::smack::smack:😛 ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/70 "2010-07-20T14:30:16Z")
Oh dear. It seems that our friend may have fibbed a bit when he told his story to the police. [http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci\_15542725](http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_15542725) [http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci\_15550669](http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_15550669) A new witness has come forward, with a somewhat different account of the events. According to this new witness, the substance being abused was not alcohol, but cocaine. And our friend apparently started the fire himself, by placing a hot crack-pipe into his trouser pocket. I know that I should not be laughing at a burn victim, but come on! The guy is doing a Richard Pryor impression! I’m only human! Kids, don’t do drugs. You run the risk of doing something which is agonizingly painful to you, but side-splittingly funny to everybody else. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272/71 "2010-07-20T18:17:20Z")
Cue Patsy and Eddie: Legs on fire, runnin’ down the road. Best notify the next kin, crack pipe will explode. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-man-running-on-highway-his-prosthenic-leg-on-fire/546272.md?page=3)