Burned armpit hair led to Idaho car crash, sheriff says

Associate Press at Fox News ^ | September 18, 2014 | Assoicated Press staff

[Fenhalls555]

BOISE, Idaho – A SUV full of teenagers crashed in Idaho after one of the passengers lit the driver's armpit hair on fire with a lighter, authorities said Wednesday.

All five young people in the Ford Bronco were hurt in the crash Sunday and received medical treatment, the Ada County Sheriff's Office said.

Two of the passengers, ages 15 and 16, were thrown from the vehicle, but none of the five suffered life-threatening injuries.

[Iron Munro]

This is probably a much bigger problem in Europe.

[cripplecreek]

Our local cop ran me out of town for pushing a 55 gallon drum down the street with a friend in it in the middle of the night.

[Second Amendment First]

You want to burn off that hair use a NoNo.
Would it have helped the Florida woman who crashed while shaving her kitty?

[TexasGator]

“Well, guess what professor... it happens every day and has been happening for centuries.”

It’s not everyday that someone sets fire to the driver.

[rarestia]

WE used to do that with old tires. Loads of fun, lots of cuts and bruises, but always good times.

[cripplecreek]

Bumper dragging on icy streets during the winter was another one that irritated the hell out of the adults.

[Fresh Wind]

I can say with absolute certainty that wooden cable spools roll down steep hills very nicely, and even hit cop cars on occasion.

[defconw]

You made my coffee go down the wrong pipe!

[Clay Moore]

Light my armpits and watch this ping!

[defconw]

We did that! We also did things with shopping carts that were not very smart either. Glad to see kids can still find ways to be stupid without any parents hovering!

[HandyDandy]

The name for that locally was “skitching” (I never knew why). The risk, of course, was that you might hit a bare manhole-cover and do a face-plant into the chrome bumper.

[cripplecreek]

Around my hometown bumper dragging generally meant hanging on to a pickup truck tailgate and sliding around town looking like we were leaning against the truck.

[nevergore]

Geez...sounds like something I would do about 40 years ago....

[HandyDandy]

Sure. Whatever was moving on the hard packed icy roads. Just don’t hit a bare patch (like a manhole cover......)

[Chickensoup]

teenagers are a special kind of stupid.

[rjsimmon]

Heard just prior to the lighter flick: “Hold my beer.”

[HandyDandy]

Just texting myself here. Googled “skitching”. Well I’ll be a son of a gun! Ski/hitching. I love the internet.

[Fenhalls555]

Like most of my friends, I was far too busy studying to even think about any of that stuff. I guess it must be a class and/or ethnicity thing.

[rarestia]

I was bookworm as well, but I still got into trouble in my teens.

[Teotwawki]

“Flaming armpits” sounds like a good name for a band.