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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Flaming kittensMy aunt had acquired two cute fluffy kittens. Cute, but a bit stupid.
Their house was a bit ramshackle, and one kitten decided to take advantage of this by creeping through a little hole in the plasterboard of the bathroom wall and climbing up to the ceiling inside the wall. It promptly got stuck and mewed piteously until my aunt got some friends round to take the wall apart and liberate the kitten.
After such a trying day, she was looking forward to a relaxing evening - candlelit dinner and a few glasses of wine. They were enjoying their meal, when the other kitten jumped onto the table, and, being the affectionate soul that he was, rubbed up against his new friend, the lit candle. His long fur immediately caught fire, but he didn't seem to notice. He just stood there, blinking stupidly, while my aunt put the fire out. With her bare hands.
The kittens were both fine, but got run over not long after.
(, Sat 5 Nov 2005, 12:25, Reply)
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