File this under "Headlines that left you speechless"

[Tonyblack]

[Bouncy Castle]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17561078

Astonishing.

[pip]

Didn't you post the same story already but from a different source in the How do you feel thread . I'm all confused

[Bouncy Castle]

Possibly. I just can't believe the moronisity (!) of some people.

[pip]

Pretty much. You can't smoke in a petrol station but you can pore petrol beside a gas oven thats on
Time for a darwin intervention

[Tonyblack]

The woman concerned was probably a good Daily Mail reader following her government's advice about storing petrol in case of a shortage.

[Penfold]

Pretty much. You can't smoke in a petrol station but you can pore petrol beside a gas oven thats on
Time for a darwin intervention

When in South Africa, the petrol pump attendant who was filling the car often had a lit cigarette hanging from his mouth. I neatly messed myself the first time I experienced it.

[Tonyblack]

It's like when I bought a Calor Gas cooker in a camping shop back in the 70s and the guy there tried to put it in while smoking a cigarette. Silly bugger didn't have a clue. You were supposed to unscrew the burner, drop the canister in and then, slowly screw the burner back in. He had gas pouring out everywhere and I still don't understand why he didn't go up in flames.

[chris.ph]

fags burn at about 800 and gas ignites at about 1200, ive gone thru a few gas mains in my time

[MongoGutman]

[Tonyblack]

[meerkat]

[Who's Wee Dug]

I wonder why

[Quatermass]

I remember reading about that on TV Tropes. Yeesh.

Bouncy, you know how you said about moronisity? Well, I believe the term that you're looking for is actually what doctors call 'faecal encephalopathy'.

[ChristianBecker]

You might find this funny. It is, too.
http://www.methodshop.com/gadgets/revie ... ndex.shtml