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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ah , they're coming thick and fast today!My father-in-law, Bill, when he was at boarding school, was quite the scientific type. He told me this story ~
Bill made a fantastic firework, but was caught by some master or other (let's call him Mr Jones, 'cause I can't remember) just as he was about to set it off.
As Mr Jones confiscated the firework, young Bill tried to warn him that it was pretty unstable, and he should set it off before it went off by itself. Mr Jones thought Bill was just trying to get to see his firework go off, and ignored him, putting the firework in his study.
Needless to say, the thing exploded, and Mr Jones' study was destroyed. However, when Bill was dragged by Mr Jones to the headmaster, accused of arson, he explained that he had tried to explain to Mr Jones what would happen if the thing was left alone. The headmaster turned to Mr Jones and told hi it was his own bloody stupid fault, and Bill didn't get into any trouble at all.
Bill went on to be a nuclear physicist, in charge of a power station at Hinkley point, but thankfully he didn't cause any explosions there.
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