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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Good intentionsWhile emptying a wheelbarrow onto a bonfire I noticed that I had accidentally dropped a full bottle of hammerite thinners into the middle of the fire and being concerned that this would be a bad thing as the bonfire was next to a BT switching hut I decided to remove the bottle from the fire quickly, by kicking it. Just as I kicked it the bottle exploded and because I had forgotten I was wearing sandals the sudden burning toe sensation was a shock. As the metal bottle of thinners had exploded the the plastic 'safety cap' had glued itself to my foot and kept on burning, in the end I had to cut the plastic off my toe leaving some very impressive burns and cuts. The burn ointment I used then stained my foot yellow and it took 3 months for it to look normal again.
(, Fri 4 Nov 2005, 9:43, Reply)
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