Fire!We were all in my aunt's kitchen at the back of her huge rambling Victorian house. I was only small and had wandered off to go to the loo, but given up after finding the hall full of smoke. "That was quick," my mum said after a few minutes. "Yes - it's all smoky," I replied.
I've never seen adults move so fast.
So, like my cousin who'd managed to set fire to the roof, tell us your fire stories.
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chthonic, Thu 3 Nov 2005, 9:11)
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DrunkFell asleep pissed after leaving a candle burning on the mantlepiece at one of my own parties once whilst the folks were abroad.
Next morning i was woken by a girl calmly assuring me the house was engulfed in flames downstairs.
Luckily there were loads of us so we all grabbed clothes, soaked them and gradually put the fire out one square foot at a time.
By the time it had gone out, the whole house was covered in soot.
soot is the hardest of all stains to remove so 12 hours later we had all repainted most of the house and rehung new curtains, had professional carpet cleaners in, re plastered the mantle piece and painted it the exact (and I mean exact) shade of green as the wallpaper in that room (as none of us could wallpaper to save our lives)
I have to say, it was quite an effort from us all and it was an amazing job we did. nothing gets past my mum though.
We decided to leave the house for their arrival back from holiday so the guilty look on my face didn't add to their inspection of the house, the only problem was i went out and left the front door wide open so they were greeted by the dogs a quarter mile down the road before getting home which pissed them off immensly, then they were LOOKING for reasons to belt me one.
mum immediately noticed the different green on the mantlepiece and I came clean (sorry) about the whole thing. I never saw daylight for the rest of the year.
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Terry Nutkins, Fri 4 Nov 2005, 10:27,
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