Warning: This could be offensive to some people (so I have been told) so 
don't say I didn't tell you.... -Brian

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Japan Times -- April 16, 1997

"The government must crack down on this disgusting craze of 'Pumping',"
a spokesman for the Nakhon Ratchasima hospital told reporters.  "If this
perversion catches on, it will destroy the cream of Thailand's manhood."

He was speaking after the remains of 13 year-old Charnchai Puanmuangpak
had been rushed into the hospital's emergency room.

"Most 'Pumpers' use a standard bicycle pump," he explained, "inserting
the nozzzle far up their rectum, giving themselves a rush of air,
creating a momentary high.  This act is a sin against God."

Charnchai took it further still. He started using a two-cylinder foot
pump, but even that wasn't exciting enough for him, and he boasted to
friends that he was going to try the compressed air hose at a nearby
gasoline station. They dared him to do it so, under cover of darkness,
he snuck in.

Not realizing how powerful the machine was, he inserted the tube deep
into his rectum, and placed a coin in the slot.  As a result, he died
virtually instantly, but passersby are still in shock. One woman though
she was watching a twilight firework display, and started clapping.

"We still haven't located all of him.", say the police authorities.
"When that quantity of air interacted with the gas in his system, he
nearly exploded. It was like an atom bomb went off or something."

"Pumping is the devil's pastime, and we must all say no to satan,"
Ratchasima concluded. "Inflate your tires by all means, but then hide
your bicycle pump where it cannot tempt you."

Let's hear it for Charnchai Puanmuangpak, the NEW 1997 undisputed Darwin
Awards recipient!