Posted on 08/29/2009 8:27:29 AM PDT by lex33
Both the car and the gas can had the company name emblazoned on them: ACME. And the salesperson who sold them to her was probably THE ROADRUNNER. Beep, beep.
I learned how to make hydrogen balloons from my 6th grade teacher. We went out to the playground and made hydrogen gas filled balloons and lit them. They made a beautiful fireball and loud boom when they exploded.
True, but you weren't igniting an ultra-dense tank filled with hydrogen under high-preasure...You're losing me; wanna 'splain to me zactly the dynamics/details of this hypothetical situation?
(You've got OTHER things to worry about if your Hydrogen storage device has an open 'port' releasing gas, probably at high velocity, accompanied by a loud, suitable sound. Then, to top it off, this very light gas Hydrogen is going to require an oxidizer to actually 'burn'. My circumstances presented a suitable air/fuel mixture which burned 'explosively', i.e., the flame front moved rapidly through the mixture.)
“A Joliet woman suffered second-degree burns Tuesday night after she used a cigarette lighter to help her see how much gas was in a can she was been filling. “
“was been”? Is that like past pluperfect present tense?
Tried the same thng with propane eons ago ... no joy, heavier than air turned out ...
After seeing how to make hydrogen balloons, I worked out a technique to tie a string to the balloon, with only the end dipped in alcohol, then lit the end and released it. At night, they made a beautiful, perfectly spherical fireball in one boom.
I stopped to pump gas today and the idiot across the way was leaning against his car filling his tank with a lit cigarette in hand.
Same thing happened to me. I said “Dude—you’re going to blow yourself up. Lit cigarette. Gas. Not a good combination.” The guy looked at me like I was nuts then it dawned on him. He moved away and put the cigarette out. My son still remembers the altercation.
Stupidity should be painful....
Later that night the guy came home (a little drunk) with his own can of gasoline. He decided the pile of brush wasn't burning fast enough and just poured more gas onto the fire, then when the flames started back up the stream of gas, he threw the whole can onto the fire. The explosion was so loud that it woke up our whole house. I just sat right up in bed.
As Neal Boortz would say, it’s a Darwinian thing!
There’s more! This is the kind of fool that always goes to the polls and votes Democrat.
That one could also be regarded as exceptional bravery.
Like Forrest Gump would say “Stupid is as stupid does”, right?
No wonder so many libtards are dumber than dirt and refuse to educate themselves, broaden their horizons and actually think long and hard about things and their consequences.
"Or, maybe she did, and determined them to be worth emulating immolating."
There, fixed it for ya...:-)
Can’t fix stupid.
My Bonnie looked into the gas tank,
The height of its contents to see,
She lit a small match to assist her,
Oh bring back my Bonnie to me....
I had a similar experience years ago. I was pumping gas into my car and the guy on the other side of the pump island took out a cigarette and then pulled out a kitchen style match to light it. I thought “OMG”. Then a old guy behind me who also was pumping gas saw the same thing and spoke up. He said,paraphrasing , “You light that GD thing and I will F’n kill you” It shocked the would be Darwin awardee into putting away his cig. LOL
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.