Have you ever started a fire?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?
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rob, Tue 2 Mar 2004, 17:48)
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Bar anticsWell, i like to think of myself as a bit of a pyro, although actual damamge caused is minimal.
Anyhow, compared to most of the stories here, this is pretty tame, but it was funny at the time all the same.
Down in the bar in my hall, a load of us were sat round having a pint or two, like us students do. Anyhow, one of us, Tom, was fiddling with a bic lighter, cranking it up like everyone does. He lights it once, and nearly sets his eybrows on fire. Not put off, he continued cranking.
A few minutes later, he sparks it again. Flames literally burst from the lighter, enveloping it and half of his hand. we look round and see these huge flames (he'd pretty much cranked the little thing off). Being quite disturbed by this, tom decides to fling the lighter away.
At me.
Said fireball bounces off my shoulder, which is pretty startling, and lands on the bench next to me, scorcing the fabric. cue lots of shouting and beating to put out this little maniac lighter. Apparently with this trick he burnt up half the fuel in a brand new lighter in maybe 5 seconds.
I dont think tom plays with lighters anymore.
Long time lurker, first time poster
sorry about length for such a boring story
(, Wed 3 Mar 2004, 20:50, Reply)
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