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Smoker Ignites Portable Toilet Explosion
Yahoo News ^ | July 14, 2004 | Associated Press

Posted on 07/14/2004 2:17:12 PM PDT by EsclavoDeCristo

BLACKSVILLE, W.Va. - Warning: smoking in the toilet can be dangerous.

A portable toilet exploded Tuesday after a man who was inside it lit a cigarette.

Emergency workers said the man was not severely injured and drove himself to Clay-Battelle Community Health Center. He was later transferred to Ruby Memorial Hospital. His name and condition were not available Wednesday.

The explosion, which occurred in Blacksville, resulted from a buildup of methane gas inside the portable toilet. The methane did not "take too kindly" to the lit cigarette, said a spokeswoman for Monongalia Emergency Medical Services.

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Only in West Virginia........
1 posted on 07/14/2004 2:17:12 PM PDT by EsclavoDeCristo
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To: martin_fierro

ISHP


2 posted on 07/14/2004 2:19:05 PM PDT by annyokie (Now with 20% More Infidel!)
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To: annyokie

Hold muh beer alert!


3 posted on 07/14/2004 2:20:27 PM PDT by VA_Gentleman
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To: EsclavoDeCristo

Bet the outhouse was named after Robert C. Byrd, too.


4 posted on 07/14/2004 2:20:31 PM PDT by samanella ((Proud member of the vast right wing conspiracy-all my bumper stickers say so))
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To: annyokie

"Blowing it out your @$$" takes on a whole new meaning.


5 posted on 07/14/2004 2:20:49 PM PDT by alloysteel
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To: EsclavoDeCristo

Wow! Second one today!


6 posted on 07/14/2004 2:21:04 PM PDT by RightWhale (Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and establish property rights)
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To: EsclavoDeCristo

Also being discussed at:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1171102/posts


7 posted on 07/14/2004 2:21:35 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: EsclavoDeCristo

Oh this thread ought to be a good one.


8 posted on 07/14/2004 2:21:55 PM PDT by TXBubba (aka TXBubbette)
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To: EsclavoDeCristo

Heck...I wouldnt even light up in the parking lot of our local Mexican fast food joint on Taco Tuesdays or Burrito Thursdays ...


9 posted on 07/14/2004 2:22:00 PM PDT by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: EsclavoDeCristo

WARNING : Smoking could cause an explosion resulting in your......NAAAAAAAAH!



10 posted on 07/14/2004 2:23:41 PM PDT by afnamvet
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To: 2Trievers; 75thOVI; albee; annyokie; Augustus McCrae; Bloody Sam Roberts; Born Conservative; ...

No amateurs, please.
Send FReepmail if you want on/off ISHP list

Paging the MythBusters.

11 posted on 07/14/2004 2:25:26 PM PDT by martin_fierro (P a t r v v s M a x i m v s)
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To: EsclavoDeCristo

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHA


12 posted on 07/14/2004 2:27:10 PM PDT by AmericanCheeseFood (Zing!)
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To: afnamvet
I suppose the safety brought by the invention of the toilet has resulted in the loss of once commonplace old-fashioned wisdom: "Never Smoke in the Outhouse."

Gum

13 posted on 07/14/2004 2:27:14 PM PDT by ChewedGum (aka King of Fools)
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To: EsclavoDeCristo

See? Cigarettes are a gateway drug! He started out with tobacco, and ended up with smoking crack!


14 posted on 07/14/2004 2:27:24 PM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (Become a Monthly Donor, and the Harp Seal gets it.)
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To: EsclavoDeCristo
This really disrupts the Dimocrat ticket, doesn't it? No more TWO JOHNS--NO WAITING talking point....


15 posted on 07/14/2004 2:41:46 PM PDT by Watery Tart (Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit FReeping.)
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To: EsclavoDeCristo

That's really the shits.


16 posted on 07/14/2004 4:15:33 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: Chad Fairbanks

OMG. You are too funny. I am turning that into a joke to tell at work tomorrow.


17 posted on 07/14/2004 7:42:02 PM PDT by I_saw_the_light (Faster and higher....build the wall.)
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