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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We didn't actually set fire to anything,but back in '91 I canoed down the Yukon River with the Yorkshire Schools Exploring Society. Part of the rules of the expedition were no drinking. Our leaders were total alcoholics, so they allowed us to drink (we were all 17/18 at the time).
One night, we set up camp by the River and after our exploration of the area - bear in mind this is pure Wilderness and to take a shit we had to dig a hole in the ground - we came across a drum of kerosene. Woo, we thought, we can have fun here! So after downing a few beers (every few days we hit a small goldrush town and stocked up), some of the guys went and filled black bin liners with kerosene.
We started out throwing small amounts on the campfire and jumping over it, then went on to bigger and bigger amounts. It was great fun.
The highlight of the night though was getting the blind girl on the expedition to jump over while holding hands with one of the lads! She rocked.
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Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Thu 4 Mar 2004, 6:28,
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