stupid human tricks

[Alan Pritchard]

he he. I remember as a kid, one of my friends decided to burn a frog (i
did'nt or still don't condone it sos don't flame me). so he set about with
petrol, it went out so he doused it somemore, next thing i know is that the
petrol can in his hand has a flame at the spout, so he throws the can.......
flaming petrol spews forth.... (this is on his dads well kept lawn). rather
than get some water, obviously the best thing to do is kick the can... so
more flaming turf!!!!! at this point i am laughing so hard, and my friend is
going nuts.  I believe he got what was coming to him when his parents got
home, and i dont think i ever saw anymore cruelty to animals.....

-----Original Message-----
From: Huw Powell [mailto:audi at humanspeakers.com]
Sent: 07 July 2003 06:27
To: ben swann
Cc: bradym at sympatico.ca; urq at audifans.com; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: stupid human tricks



> BE CAREFUL! Working with gas.

sorry about the NAC...

I finally obtained the rest of the empirical data I needed on the
flammability of gasoline (favorite quote: "You can put out a cigarette
in a bucket of gas").

Ripped out some bittersweet (a vicious, invasive vine) and decided to
burn it per my nurseryman's instructions.  Darn, no charcoal lighter to
get things going... what the heck, why not use some of my lawnmower's gas?

Doused the cubic yard or so pile of brush with a gallon or two of
gasoline, and proceeded to *try* to light it on fire.  I was having
trouble, since most of it just washed off.

The seconds were ticking by... by the time I hit on lighting a clump of
fine roots, where the plant would be more flammable (and might have
absorbed more gasoline), the liquid in the sand below and the pile in
front of me had had a chance to spread out as vapors close to the ground.

Then I snapped the lighter at the chunk of root I saw near the bottom...

Fwooosh!

All I remember is outrunning the expanding circle of flame at my feet,
diving over a pile of sand and hitting the ground rolling, just in case.

All that burnt were a few eyebrows (I had too many anyway) and some arm
hairs.  There were singed patches of scrubby weeds in a twenty foot
circle around the now-burning (success!) pile of bittersweet.

That run from the center is something I can only recommend in the
highest way and with the greatest enthusiasm to anyone looking for a
cheap thrill.

--
Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi

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