Posted on 05/21/2025 5:01:05 PM PDT by artichokegrower
My niece set her dog Banjo on fire. She was like 13 years old, doing her finger nails, candle burning in bedroom. She knocks the candle over and when she tried to catch the candle she knocked over the nail polish remover, flames ensued and the acetone ran off the table onto the dog laying below. Banjo runs thru house aflame but luckily Mom and Dad both are able to corral him into the bath and throw him in shower. Minor burns to dog, a burned bath towel and a burned bedspread that were used to smother fire in BR. Crazy stuff. It happens sometimes. As my Dad used to tell me, “shit happens”.
Did they ban candles in their house?
My folks neighbor across the street lost their entire house from a candle fire.
I’ve never trusted those things except on birthday cakes. Oh, and on our Christmas Tree — it’s a nice classic touch.
Don’t know if they banned them 😆 but I don’t like them burning in our house either, except when power is out, That’s what they were made for, not smelly decorative fire bowls.
I bought some very bright LED emergency lanterns powered by old fashioned “C” or “D” cells. No smell, no hiss, just bright steady light. They don’t cost much. Highly recommended.
The dog did not get an Invite to the some times annual, Richard Pryor Invitational 0.05K Fun Run.
Not that I would consider removing a tic that way, but here in the Northeast, I doubt my dog would catch on fire.
I burn all the time - inside and out - thousands of fires in my 73 years - and I never came close to a fire getting out of control. Well, maybe once in the drought of the 1960s, when my brother and I were burning a ridiculous amount of leaves on a windy day - things got a little scary for a few minutes.
Even then, it was fairly easy to contain without having to call the fire department. We have always been able to count on fire staying put and even when sparks get carried away - they burn out before causing any trouble.
Around here, starting a fire deliberately requires a certain amount of preparation and know-how - and the bad fires usually involve some sort of freak conditions or occurrence - chemicals or accelerant stored nearby or perhaps it wasn’t an accident at all.
I imagine the southwest must be a completely different story - if you can accidentally light your pet on fire.
Sounds like meth heads.
My guess is that they already tried Vaseline on the tick and it wasn't moving so they skipped the Hot Match head method and moved on to a Cigarette lighter. The petroleum caught fire along with its hair. The result was somewhat biblical.
Judges 15:4-5 Samson then went out and caught three hundred jackals. He lashed the jackals’ tails together in pairs and tied a torch between each pair of tails. He then set fire to the torches and let them loose in And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go in the standing corn and vinyards of the Philistines."
(Here endth the lession...)
Jackels....Oddly asymmetrical guerilla warefare.
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