Posted on 04/19/2002 12:27:52 PM PDT by blau993
Bartenders at a college hangout light bartop ablaze in Iowa, six patrons injured
Fri Apr 19, 2:12 PM ET
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Six people were burned at a college hangout after bartenders set the bartop ablaze with rum in a stunt learned in Acapulco.
The bartenders at Et Cetera sent a stream of rum down the bartop and ignited it early Thursday, scattering some customers.
The flames raced up the arm of a young woman, setting her hands and face on fire, said Whitney Grabinski, a University of Iowa student. She said the fire burned another woman's arm and spread to a man's shirt.
Another student, Sarah Christeson, said the fire flared when a young woman tried to "breathe fire" by spitting alcohol into the flames. Flames blew into the young woman's face, Christeson said.
The young woman was listed in good condition at a hospital Friday. The condition of the others was not immediately released.
The bartenders apparently intended the flames to burn out quickly, authorities said.
Charges may be filed against the bar, police said.
Darwin Award contenders?
Please tell me that these were college drop outs hanging at the hangout. Surely their average IQ was about 90.
I would say so. Weeding them out is necessary.
I was worried sick this happened in Ames. I will check my youngest stud muffin when he arrives with his laundry tonight, just in case there was a road trip.
Giving money and power to politicians is like giving car keys and bourbon to your teenaged son.
Homer Simpson
Thursday night has always been meat market night, but this barbecueing of the patrons is taking it too far!
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