I Wonder If the Bug is Dead?

 I saw this and had a good laugh over at SEB:

Here’s another would be Darwin Award winner, but he only managed to blow off part of his hand:

VENTURA, Calif.  — A teacher who kept a 40 mm shell on his desk as a paperweight blew off part of his hand when he apparently used the object to try to squash a bug, authorities say.

The 5-inch-long shell exploded Monday while Robert Colla was teaching 20 to 25 students at an adult education class.

Part of Colla’s right hand was severed and he suffered severe burns and minor shrapnel wounds to his forearms and torso, fire Capt. Tom Weinell said. No one else was injured. He was reported in stable condition at a hospital.

Remember kids: 40MM shells don’t make good fly swatters, though they are handy if you need to amputate part of your hand in a hurry.