I read the following on Yahoo! news the other day:

The Force--let alone common sense--was definitely not with them.

Two British Star Wars fans sustained critical injuries after constructing their own lightsabers from fluorescent light tubes filled with liquid fuel.
According to British media reports, a 20-year-old man and his 17-year-old female friend were filming a mock duel in homage to Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith, the latest chapter of George Lucas' record-breaking franchise.
The duo were reportedly emulating one of Sith's key battles, a lightsaber clash between Ewan McGregor's Obi-Wan Kenobi and Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker.
The two Brits suffered severe burns when their homemade sabers exploded. The two had been videotaping their clash. They have been hospitalized at Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire since the accident Sunday.

It's official: British Star Wars Fans are by far the most witless. I'm not one to revel in the pain of others, but on the other hand I'm a firm believer in Natural Selection. I mean, it doesn't take a genius to realize that waving around glass tubes filled with accelerants (possibly lit) is not really a great idea. Sounds cool, sure, but not exactly the kind of thing that intelligent people do.

Faux Jedi 1: Man, I'm bored.
Faux Jedi 2: Me too. And I've worn out the heads on my VCR so now we can't even watch Star Wars.
Faux Jedi 1: Star Wars totally rules!
Faux Jedi 2: You know it does!
Faux Jedi 1: "You do not know the powah of tha dahk side!"
Faux Jedi 2: Hee hee. "Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope!"
Faux Jedi 1: Geeze, the buzzing of that florescent light is really getting on my nerves.
Faux Jedi 2: Tell me about it. And the smell of kerosene from that porch lamp over there is making me nauseous.
Faux Jedi 1: If we were Jedi we wouldn't have to sit here and do nothing. We'd be out hunting Sith and, like, cutting up stuff, and stuff.
Faux Jedi 2: Yea! I would totally be like "wreooow" and you would be like "klshh" and the Sith would be like, "Oh no, it's a bad ass Jedi!"
Faux Jedi 1: And you'd definitely look hot in a gold bikini.
Faux Jedi 2: As if, nerf herder.
Faux Jedi 1: Hey, wait a minute. Florescent tube. Kerosene. I've got an idea that's going to send you straight to Planet Awesome located at the edge of the Rockin' system!
Faux Jedi 2: I know where you are going with this and all I have to say is: "Impressive".
Faux Jedi 1: I'm gonna go get my totally Jedi-looking hoodie. I used to wear it and pretend I was Elliot from E.T., but I'm so over that--I'm way more mature now. Ooh, I'll grab a few towels from the linen closet, too, we can use those as capes. Collect the stuff and meet me in the woods, at our special place where we hide from those jerks in the Star Trek club.
Faux Jedi 2: I've never loved you more than I do right this moment.
Faux Jedi 1: "I know."

Well, at least they burned 40% of their bodies as a couple.

And they say romance is dead.

Tags: Humor, Idiocy, Star Wars