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I went to sleep with candles burning - woke up to a circle of flame on the rug. Thought, "Tits. Better put the rug in the bath and turn the taps on." TIP: Don't put a burning rug into a fibre glass bath. I caused about £5000 of damage to the house and was coughing up smoky black phlegm for a few weeks. Can you beat that?

(, Tue 2 Mar 2004, 17:48)
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I could answer this question a dozen times over, here's some of the highlights
there's the time I nearly set my biology teacher on fire, or the firework I accidentally shot into the kitchen, or the time I wave a gas cooker lighter too close to a roll of kitchen paper and that went up in flames almost taking out a cupboard.
I've worked in lots of kitchens, so plenty of fires there, or there's the time I set my hand on fire while cleaning paint off with acetone.
I burnt my fringe off once, and managed to get the entire top surface of our workbench covered in flames in chemistry class.
There was another time I set my hand on fire, but that was just for a giggle (well it seemed funny at the time). an there was one time i was having "intimate relations" in my bedroom (yes it's TRUE, it REALLY HAPPENED!) and I threw the quilt off the bed, after a few minutes I says "what's that funny smell" (a common enquiry during "intimate relations") lo and behold, the quilt was covering a small candle and is slowly smouldering, as soon as I pick it up the oxygen caused the small smouldering patch to burst into flame, panicking like a loon, I look around for some water. TA-DA! the fishtank!
Needless to say, the fish were not amused by this sudden intrusion into their space, but at least they survived (for a couple more weeks anyway.)

Next week: have you ever blown anything up?
(, Wed 3 Mar 2004, 10:47, Reply)

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