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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More fire crewThe best fire I ever made was when I tried to rejuvenate a giant candle with a selection of matches. I then went to sleep, I was on the sofa in my friend's bedroom by the way.
A few hours later I awoke to the sound of wax pouring out of the side onto the floor, the candle now a raging inferno. I did manage to put it out, but the carpet was ruined.
Another friend of mine can go better than that by quite a way though. He was left to look after his parents house while they went on holiday and fell asleep with a tealight on top of the TV. When he woke up the TV was on fire. Being still drunk and only just awake he though the best thing to do was to go to the kitchen and get a wet tea towel to throw over the still plugged in TV.
Half an hour later there was a smouldering heap of stone where the house had been. His parents returned two days later.
Not funny at all really.
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Zuowan, Wed 3 Mar 2004, 21:41,
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