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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pesky tentsafter a month hitchiking around the highlands i was on my way down to civilisation. I figured I'd have a drink or two in a bar nexty to loch lomond and then start out in the morning. Unfortunatly i forgot to put my tent up. I managed to make it back to the closest peice of grass that i could find (next to a telephone box) and tried to put the tent up. I failed.
Thus I decided that I'd sleep in the phone box. Considering that this was the end of january this wasn't very warm. Coupled with the fact that it was now raining and howling a gale I needed to stay warm. A coke bottle cut in half with a candle in it seemed the ideal answer (to my half-cut mind) and with this I then tried to stay awake all night. I failed again.
With a start I woke up to fire not 3 inches from my nose where my slumbering hands had tipped the candle holder and set itself alight. Not only this but also the sleeping bag. Had to blow it out which then filled the telephone box with noxious black smoke. Thats when the police arrived.
May you live in interesting times...
(, Wed 3 Mar 2004, 10:20, Reply)
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