Human gets stuck underwater to outboard prop

[Huron Angler]

I'm not quite sure how exactly this could've happened.

Theories are welcome.

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/05/man_arrested_for_drunken_boati.html

 

[IVAZ]

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I have no theories to offer but that sounds like it could have been a messy disaster.

 

[sportsmanphil]

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OH its obvious to me.

He had a cooler full of beer that needed attention. Problem was he knocked his bottle opener over board with his huge beer gut during a failed attempt to moon a boat full of women just moments earlier.

Now whats a drunk to do? A cooler full of beer and no bottle opener. DING DING DING, just ease it up to the spinning prop and poof! BEER OPENER!

Thats what I'd do.

 

[JB]

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Pretty straightforward. Drunk falls overboard, pilotless boat circles around and tries to jullienne him. Dang lucky he was wearing the T shirt or the prop would have sliced him up good.

 

[airframer]

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thats one lucky guy!! sounds like they might be missing some facts though

 

[rjwoodrome]

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the man is a genius. how many times has that occured to someone and they had to go home and find the opener... thank goodness he survived to share the idea LOL..

 

[Tim Frank]

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I guess the "Drunken boating charge" does answer the question of whether alcohol was involved....

 

[Home Cookin']

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I'd like to know how big the motor was and was it idling. He's damn lucky. "The Lord looks out for fools and drunkards."

 

[IVAZ]

Re: Human gets stuck underwater to outboard prop

OH its obvious to me.

He had a cooler full of beer that needed attention. Problem was he knocked his bottle opener over board with his huge beer gut during a failed attempt to moon a boat full of women just moments earlier.

Now whats a drunk to do? A cooler full of beer and no bottle opener. DING DING DING, just ease it up to the spinning prop and poof! BEER OPENER!

Thats what I'd do.

My friend you are a great detective. After hearing your theory, there is no doubt at all in my mind that thats what happened. I like it.

 

[sportsmanphil]

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My friend you are a great detective. After hearing your theory, there is no doubt at all in my mind that thats what happened. I like it.

Thank you sir.

However I must note that this also points out his inexperience as a proper drunk.

All professional drunks keep a bottle opener on their keychain which would have been connected to the boat key safely at the helm.

Also, he was obviously using bottles. Every good drunk knows its impossible to execute a 'woman wooing' and proper 'beer can head crush' with a glass bottle.

Maybe this experience will help him realize that he needs to surround himself with proper drunks or maybe take a class or two so he wont make these amature alcoholic mistakes again. I mean seriously, he could get hurt!

 

[Home Cookin']

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I shall soon have a wall-mount bottle opener on my console. It's like when the gas station chains the key to the bathroom to a broomstick. Gotta lose 21 feet of boat to lose the opener; in that case you don't need anything more opened.

 

[sportsmanphil]

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I shall soon have a wall-mount bottle opener on my console. It's like when the gas station chains the key to the bathroom to a broomstick. Gotta lose 21 feet of boat to lose the opener; in that case you don't need anything more opened.

HEY! This gives me an idea!

FLOATING BEER BOTTLE OPENER!

*note to self* get a patent and call Billy Maze.

 

[kenmyfam]

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I'm sure he thought he had done nothing wrong !!

 

[rolmops]

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He must be one strong SOB to not have been drawn into the spinning prop by the t-shirt that got caught.

 

[dgopetactical]

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"they found his T-shirt wrapped around the boat's outboard motor propeller, which had killed the motor, "

It must have been a small motor 5hp or so and running at idle for it to stall out............If I would get tangled in my 5.7 at idle i'm chum x 2,

He's a lucky dude thats all I have to say.
Denny

 

[gypsysoul]

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come on use your head, I am sure the engine had died and he was just push starting it and got caught on the prop when it started!

 

[wicked]

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come on use your head, I am sure the engine had died and he was just push starting it and got caught on the prop when it started!

now thats funny

 

[Home Cookin']

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well if you can pull-start why can't you push start?