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Butt of the joke: Australian man suffers severe burns to his bottom and genitalia after firework party trick backfires By SARA MALM PUBLISHED: 09:51, 30 July 2012 | UPDATED: 10:04, 30 July 2012 15 View comments e-mail Top +99 Home Firecracker: The man placed the rocket between his cheeks and lit the fuse An Australian man has been hospitalised with severe burns after placing a firework between his buttocks in a party trick gone awry. The 23-year-old man was attending a party in a suburb to Darwin in the Northern Territory on Saturday, when he decided to brighten up the evening. The stunt, quite literally, backfired and the man was taken to local hospital with severe burns to his back, cheeks and genitalia. Police said alcohol was ’a possible factor’. ‘It appears a party was in full progress when a young male decided to place a firework between the cheeks of his bottom and light it,’ Senior Sergeant Garry Smith with Northern Territory Police said. ‘What must of seemed to be a great idea at the time has backfired, resulting in the male receiving quite severe and painful burns to his cheeks, back and private bits.’ When police arrived at the party in the suburb, ironically named Rapid Creek, the man was writhing in pain but was able to get to hospital without the aid of paramedics. AND HES FROM DARWIN!

Well, I would love to be a Numismatist , but alas I'm an Oldmismatist 😧

Darwin Award candidates both! (Look it up if you haven’t heard of it…some very funny examples, reality too.) Jerry

To be fair, looking at the resale pictures (which are much better than the original seller's), he got it for a very decent price. Though his selling price is a tad optimistic for a coin that - despite lustre - is barely VF! ... possibly not even that.

Here's a good one: a man goes on Ebay and buys this for too much money: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196131388195?itmmeta=01HR48BF1FAPQE6AYCFSC8SBG0&hash=item2daa577b23:g:u7cAAOSwHsBleY4M&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwIF9z38GnCcBUt2pYBXWQQzTK6PFL6xu57AbQQUyU4674tOlFvY1UQf2AvfpY9Y2UqLf8q%2FVj8%2Bz7v%2FXhv52r2RvM2tch6x1BR7VceC6SVjO%2FYCO1CMptMzYcB8JaSKGZ3dCA%2Ff6hW%2BmG5I7a0B12UZrrkWan%2BKjcI%2FFdGwIt8QoSShO8Fd8IEo5UE3WxDArm%2FYhIhAF3JTEl70XSN7lUsd78Vqqxh7DvTLS7JDQaOW%2BdiDZ29GEAZqTxlXoc8j6tw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR-bwrYjBYw He then immediately puts it back on Ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266701983441?itmmeta=01HR48N96Y7PY4RTWWANTK28DK&hash=item3e18ad4ed1:g:d6oAAOSwuzplkAH0&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwGf8YelEAh0xZP5qjG0TGRIZGrih3Pf%2BUTUU7pRTuaDaPt0GebIUdPL9vsWmvTVRqUPuiZiZsTC331T8IPm5q4fJA3eEEqyi9gQgl2%2BBWtnRIbv%2BdkhSTfVMCgTFO%2FcYi7M6PdC4mQh7bDuytEqDlNJoi4Lo7P4zTkNnwXKaKqaHLqB5XohFGx6g827x%2B%2FG1jIbOW%2FfG1Qp%2FLeHm9J167V78YSaiq3wmPlUJT41Iv4zjQu0%2BMy%2Bv44CHxBkomVwIOQ%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR9iT1YjBYw

I think that whatever the collecting field - Pokemon, vinyl, coins, cars - the rarest items are highly sought after and go up and up in value. By comparison, the more common items are so much cheaper, if not actually declining in value. This is how it's going to be, year on year.