New Hampshire teen zapped own nipples, now sues School

[PhiLandShiR 18]

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DOVER, N.H. - A New Hampshire teen who zapped his own nipples during shop class is now suing the his shop teacher, Dover city, and the school district it took place in. The teen who zapped his own nipples with the help of two friends contends that along with other students, he was not properly warned of the severe dangers of the cords he had used to electrocute himself with.

According to Chron.com, the incident occurred on March 11. The New Hampshire teen, Kyle Dubois, 18, attached electrical clamps to his nipples during his high school shop class. Another student helped the teen with his clamp and then yet another plugged the cord in. The teen was zapped so severely that he now states he is suffering from permanent brain damage.

The Post Chronicle states that the teen's heart stopped as a result of him getting zapped. The reason the teen was playing with the electrical clamps was because he'd been dared and in return he was going to have a Mountain Dew bought for him.

The teens parents say in their lawsuit that had the shop teacher, Thomas Kelly properly warned his student of the severe dangers of playing with the electrical clamps then their son would not have zapped his own nipples. Once Kelly discovered the teen was unconscious, he immediately performed CPR. The other students involved in the incident actually filmed the teen as he was zapped. They later posted the footage online. Following the incident, Kelly resigned a month later. The outlets at the school shop class are the traditional 120 volts found everywhere.

Although this incident was unfortunate, the blame should be placed on the teen who zapped himself and not on the teacher nor the school and certainly not on the entire Dover city of New Hampshire. At the age of 18, several people would even contend that Kyle Dubois is no longer a teen but a man. Dubois should have known better then to zap himself for Mountain Dew.

Kyle Dubois parents seem to be desperate in their search to place blame on someone or something else when the blame falls on their teen and his friends. They acted irresponsibly and thus their teen was zapped severely. Their actions also cost a man a job. This story is enough to make one wonder if Dubois ever got that Mountain Dew he was promised.

[thongd4me 69]

Darwin Award honorable mention only.

Damn shame the shop teacher resigned.

[Ban Hammer 13,491]

The teen was zapped so severely that he now states he is suffering from permanent brain damage.

i think he musta been suffering from it before this stunt.

[PhiLandShiR 18]

Darwin Award honorable mention only.

Damn shame the shop teacher resigned.

Oh come on!!! Honorable mention only?!?!

The teen was zapped so severely that he now states he is suffering from permanent brain damage.

He is not going to reproduce. The simple fact he did it to start with showed he has not the brains to reproduce to begin with!

That make for a full fledge award!

It is a real shame the shop teacher quit.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

i think he musta been suffering from it before this stunt.

Oh come on!!! Honorable mention only?!?!

The teen was zapped so severely that he now states he is suffering from permanent brain damage.

He is not going to reproduce. The simple fact he did it to start with showed he has not the brains to reproduce to begin with!

That make for a full fledge award!

It is a real shame the shop teacher quit.

I think thongd4me figured the same thing Charles did--there was pre-existing damage when the stunt was done, which was compounded by the stunt.

[Canadiandggal 49]

what a Dork to do such a thing and his parents are only blaming the school to get money. The fault is all on the son, he was a legal adult not to mention, it wouldn't have mattered whether a teacher had warned him or not. I mean common think about it... Hmmm Lets put them things on my nipples and then plug the cord in, because running electricity through my nipples is just gonna tingle! haha what a idiot! poor teacher

[BobandXiaomei 14]

This is one kinky kid!

[thongd4me 69]

Oh come on!!! Honorable mention only?!?!

The teen was zapped so severely that he now states he is suffering from permanent brain damage.

He is not going to reproduce. The simple fact he did it to start with showed he has not the brains to reproduce to begin with!

That make for a full fledge award!

It is a real shame the shop teacher quit.

Nope. You have to read the rules.

Darwin Award Rules

At-Risk Survivors (honorable mention)

The fact that he can talk about his brain damage

is proof that he is still in the gene pool.

The following are not considered Darwins

because they are all too mundane; our

hero did the equivalent of wizzing on an

electric wire.

"Not a Darwin (but not safe either)

* Whizzing on an electric wire

* Smoking in an oxygen tent

* Being hit by a train or automobile

* Aerosol cans, etc., in the oven

* Climbing into zoo cages

* Falling off precipice while posing or pissing

* Carbon monoxide poisoning

* Most autoerotic deaths

* all too common!"

A real Darwin should be a supreme act of idiocy on the part of the deceased.

The Darwin Awards commemorate individuals who protect our gene pool by

making the ultimate sacrifice of their own lives: by eliminating themselves

in an extraordinarily idiotic manner, thereby improving our species' chance

of long-term survival. In other words, they are cautionary tales about people

who kill themselves in really stupid ways, and in doing so, significantly improve

the gene pool by eliminating themselves from the human race.

[JohnSmith2007 353]

Someone should have offered to buy him a Dew if he did that to his testicles. Then he would be out of the gene pool.

[thongd4me 69]

Someone should have offered to buy him a Dew if he did that to his testicles. Then he would be out of the gene pool.

The last I've heard Steve-O is still in the gene pool.

But Steve Irwin isn't. Go figure.

Edited September 1, 2010 by thongd4me

[spookyturtle 9,466]

He should have zapped himself in the balls instead.

[trillium13 84]

He should have zapped himself in the balls instead.

When are courts going to stop entertaining this bullshiat?

[thongd4me 69]

When are courts going to stop entertaining this bullshiat?

Soon after lawyers become occupationally disqualified from holding public office.

Often the only ones who get paid when litigation takes place are the lawyers.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Lives up to the state motto...

Live Free or Die

(but do not take responsibility for anything)

Edited September 2, 2010 by Gary and Alla

[IncorrectPolitics 26]

The idiot was probably trying to copy something he seen on Jack@ss. I hate to see the children this generation of high school kids will create when they reproduce in a few years