Posted on 08/28/2009 7:26:30 AM PDT by KeyLargo
Woman burned filling gas can
August 28, 2009
SUN-TIMES NEWS GROUP
A 27-year-old Joliet woman suffered second-degree burns after using a cigarette lighter to see how much gas was in the can she was filling.
Police reports say it was about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday when the woman drove to the 7-Eleven at 1609 E. Cass St. in Joliet in a yellow 1970 Chevrolet.
"(The woman) was filling up a gas can, which was sitting on the passenger seat of the car. (She) then used a lighter to use as a light to observe how full the can was," police said.
The can ignited from the lighter's flame and the resulting explosion also set the vehicle's interior ablaze.
Apparently fearful the fire could spread to the fuel pump she was using, the victim began to push the burning car.
Firefighters reported the Chevrolet was "approximately five feet from the pumps and fully involved" when they arrived.
The woman was taken to Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet and treated for serious, but non-life-threatening second-degree burns to her right wrist and right thigh.
Thought you were just speaking in a southern accent. ;-)
Wow, Jerry Cologna and Bob Hope. Cool.
Stupid but lucky to be alive. Gas can on the front seat, not using the back pressure to check the can’s fullness, using a lighter to check the can’s fullness, what could go wrong?
I agree! It’s a horrible graphic!
I just love seeing it on these fire threads. ♥ ravingnutter.
This happened less than a mile from where I live. Somehow I seem to miss all the action.
Ironically, her clinker was too old to qualify as a “clunker”...yet came from one of the worst guzzler eras.
Looks like you missed the part that states: “The Darwin Awards commemorate individuals who protect our gene pool by making the ultimate sacrifice of their own lives . . . .”
I posted the rules and they are clear. An offhand statement doesn’t override the rules.
Being able to admit you are wrong when you clearly are is part of growing up. I recommend you do so.
This issue is settled so please don’t waste time pursuing it further.
Look stupid idiot, my point was that one doesn’t have to die to receive the award and had nothing to do with this woman.
You ain’t teaching a damn thing but are making it clear that you are just a boy and clearly are rude.
You simply exude stupid. It is clear that doing so is painful. I hope it continues to hurt you for a long time.
Think of it as the difference between a contestant winning the final Showcase, and another winning a few of the mini-games during "The Price is Right," if daytime TV is the only way you exercise your mind.
Here is what started it all on THIS thread:
Outlaw Woman (post 37): Not all Darwinians die.
1rudeturd (post 38): Yes, but in order to qualify for the Darwin Awards, you must.
Look Barack, you said to qualify for the award one must die. I proved you wrong that not only can one qualify, they can win. Words have meaning.
You are welcome for the education. Watching you make a fool of yourself is payment enough.
Hello? Comment #4 started the exchange: it reads, “And the ‘winner’ of this year’s Darwin Award is.” Perhaps you should read the rules you posted again, because under the rules, this woman cannot win. It was a simple and erroneous statement that I corrected. That is, until you showed-up to play Internet Hero.
This started your exchange with Outlaw Woman, OUR exchange started with your erroneous post in comment# 38. This is so simple even a boy should be able to understand.
This would be so much simpler if you were not a narcissist and could simply admit you made a mistake. Surely you must at some level understand that you have not led an error-less existence. Everyone on FR certainly knows this!
Look, I have beaten you senseless and stomped on what was left of you so I am done. Feel free to have the last word.
Ah, yes . . . the old “the converstion didn’t start until I arrived” trick. You are a genius of rhetoric. Ping me in a year or so when this woman wins her Darwin Award.
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