Have you ever started a fire?I went to sleep with candles burning - woke up to a circle of flame on the rug. Thought, "Tits. Better put the rug in the bath and turn the taps on." TIP: Don't put a burning rug into a fibre glass bath. I caused about £5000 of damage to the house and was coughing up smoky black phlegm for a few weeks. Can you beat that?
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rob, Tue 2 Mar 2004, 17:48)
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Not my fault but.... Daft nextdoor neighbour had spent all weekend cladding his house with some shiny uPVC panels, he'd even bought a brand new ladder to reach the high parts. Having finished the job he decides to run the offcut plastic through his standard waste disposal routine and burn it in the garden. My family sat indoors watching the GREEN flames and black smoke engulf the entire neighbourhood whilst my Mum fretted about out new garden fence that had cost oh-so-much just three weeks previously.
You know what's coming don't ya? The green flames caught his shed, which caught our fence which caused my parents to almost combust themselves! I rushed outside to play fireman with the garden hose whilst my dad played firechief by making sure I doused the fence and swearing when I foolishly tried to stop the flames which were creeping up my nieghbours house.
By the time the fire brigade arrived tins of paint had begun to explode inside the burning shed and the neighbour's roof was well ablaze. It took a while to get under control and the guy nextdoor received a massive bollocking from the local 'Guv'.
"You left a fire unattended!?!?"
"No, I went to make a cuppa tea"
"Whilst leaving the fire unattended?"
"No, really, just a cup of tea"
etc.
etc.
PS. His new ladder melted in the shed, the firmen pulled out a solidified puddle of aluminium with two rungs sticking out the top.
(, Tue 2 Mar 2004, 19:01, Reply)
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