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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Out of the mouths of babes and infants,,,A couple of years ago I was at my mate Steve's place for a barbecue. It was the typical friends, family and lots of beer sort of thing.
Anyway, Steve was doing the usual male thing of standing over the barbecue (a very nice solid brick and metal affair) with tongs, turning burgers and sausages, when his 10-year old nephew Patrick walked up to him:
"Uncle Steve..."
"Yes, Patrick?"
"The barbecue's on fire."
"Yes, it's meant to be."
"No, it's really on fire."
At this point, we turned to see what was happening, just in time to see a smouldering plastic beer crate directly under the barbecue burst into flames, having been ignited by charcoal falling through a hole in the bottom of the barbecue.
We put it out with lager.
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finnbar has officially retired, Sun 6 Nov 2005, 10:38,
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