Reply to: BBQ + Petrol = .......

[TheFaQQer]

Fair play to the bloke to comment on the article himself - number 42:

yes i was a plonky and an idiot and thought i knew better, but obviously not. i dont think some of your comments are very nice and i am no show off. The article i thought would be small not front page news but then again if it provokes this reaction then maybe it was worth putting on the front page so anybody thinking of doing this wont. and as for being paid lol not a penny. just feel rather stupid and hope it stops someone else thinking they are cleverer than petrol

[Diver]

[QUOTE=DaveB;1551674]All depends on the person involved.....

[video=youtube;fgJymBRYJkQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgJymBRYJkQ&feature=endscreen&NR=1
[video=youtube;53p4NYjlkaw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53p4NYjlkaw
And finally....

[video=youtube;ZC18toil2Kw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC18toil2Kw&feature=relatedQUOTE]

<------sadistic laugh

That last one's a doozy

[ChrisPackit]

Setting up Holley 4 barrel carbs is good for that "woooooof" sensation.

Unavoidably spilling a pint of petrol over the top of a hot engine is always good for a larf.

I can feel your pain, brother! Had an Impreza on my Rolling Road at previous vocation, and took plugs and colipacks out as injectors were leaking and needing to blow excess fuel out, only for the coils to fall down near the plug holes and ignite all of the fuel coming out.

[DaveB]

He was an idiot but burns are not funny. Laughing at another person being seriously burnt is sadistic.

All depends on the person involved.....

And finally....

[oscarose]

He was an idiot but burns are not funny. Laughing at another person being seriously burnt is sadistic.

[TimberWolf]

[QUOTE=Mupps;1551594]

I never burned myself with petrol, but I did fire a rocket from a fence pole one bonfire night. I put the pole on my shoulder like a bazooka and my brother lit the rocket at the back

Did anyone ever read about the guy in Australia who lit a thunderflash (or whatever they are called) and wedged it between his butt cheeks?

it all went horribly wrong for him...

That's a step up from throwing petrol on a fire. Easy step for some, incomprehensible to others.

[EternalOptimist]

[QUOTE=Mupps;1551594]

I never burned myself with petrol, but I did fire a rocket from a fence pole one bonfire night. I put the pole on my shoulder like a bazooka and my brother lit the rocket at the back

Did anyone ever read about the guy in Australia who lit a thunderflash (or whatever they are called) and wedged it between his butt cheeks?

it all went horribly wrong for him...

wrecked him

blooming near killed him

[Mupps]

[QUOTE=EternalOptimist;1551591]I never burned myself with petrol, but I did fire a rocket from a fence pole one bonfire night. I put the pole on my shoulder like a bazooka and my brother lit the rocket at the back

Did anyone ever read about the guy in Australia who lit a thunderflash (or whatever they are called) and wedged it between his butt cheeks?

it all went horribly wrong for him...

[Mupps]

This isn't unusual stupidity.

I once had an old milk churn which had had some petrol in it. I stood over the top and dropped lit matches in...

Cue a massive whoosh, a night in hospital and no eyebrows for a few weeks.

I was 6 years old, but not yet an engineer.

[EternalOptimist]

I never burned myself with petrol, but I did fire a rocket from a fence pole one bonfire night. I put the pole on my shoulder like a bazooka and my brother lit the rocket at the back

it took months for my eyebrows to grow back

[Lockhouse]

I did something similar once (when I was much younger). I was burning some particularly stubborn rubbish and decided to slosh some petrol on to speed it up a bit. Not wanting to get burned I stood about ten feet away and chucked some petrol from the can onto the fire. Cue a ten foot line of flame coming back from the fire straight towards yours truly.

I just managed to chuck the can away but lost the hair on both of my arms in the process.

[ChrisPackit]

You men should be ashamed of yourselves not being able to properly construct a fire a la 'Ray Mears'. Everyone knows you must start with rubbing two sticks together for an hour...... and only then can you resort to using diesel to get it going.

[Old Hack]

Why were you dumb enough to do it while still wearing them!!!!

I was 15 and was told by someone I trusted that was what I had to do.

Why was I dumb enough to trust him, well, he was an older brother.

Did I trust him after that? No.

[NotAllThere]

Real engineers use LOX.

Note, add LOX to BBQ - don't soak coals in LOX then apply flame...

[bobspud]

I was wandering into the house chuckling to myself on Friday night when the neighbour (bianchiman) asked why I was laughing manically. I showed him my singed arm and pointed at the chiminea. If you pour lighter fluid down the chimney bit, the flames shoot up the chimney in a sort of flamey mushroom cloud this lighting your sleeve and taking all the hair off your arms and hands.

It's been a while since I burned my own fur off! good effort