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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BBQ'd meThe mrs wanted a barbeque. The charcoal was damp, as ever, so I liberally doused it in meths. Threw on a match and watched it burn merrily away. Then fizzle out. It needed more meths. Having watched 999 and seen the headless wonders who peer over their fire while pouring on petrol, I was wise and careful. Crouching down I poured on more meths at arms length.
There was a great wooshing sound, a blast of warm wind and a giant fireball filled the sky.
The meths bottle I was holding was shooting flame, I dropped it, only to cause a sea of fire to spread across the patio. Which was less of a concern to me than the fact that my clothes were on fire. I managed to pat out my burning trousers, but the t-shirt was too far gone and had to be pulled off. To this day I only have chest hair on one half of my body.
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