Posted on 04/23/2010 7:48:37 AM PDT by JoeProBono
MULLION, England, - A British 15-year-old is being credited with saving his father's life by using a bottle of Coke to extinguish flames that engulfed him.
Andrew Wythe, 52, of Mullion, England, said he was pouring gasoline on a garden bonfire Sunday when the flames grew to engulf the front of his body, The Sun reported Thursday.
He said he ran toward his son, Nicholas, 15, for help and the teenager grabbed a two liter bottle of Coca-Cola, shook it up and sprayed the contents on his father.
"The fire went out straight away," Wythe said. "He's a very level-headed boy. Without Nicholas it would have been a lot worse, without a doubt. I was lucky really."
Wythe said he suffered burns to his neck, chest and ears and will require skin grafts.
“Have a Coke and a smile.”
Ha... like minds think alike... that commercial tag line still holds true today :-)
Turns out the coffee was actually Jack Daniels and the employee drinking it got in a bit of trouble.
This raised an important question. What would have happened if the kid had dissolved a Mentos in the coke before attempting to extinguish the fire?
“Teen extinguishes dad with Coke”
My first impression was to read the headline assuming “extinguish” meant “put an end to” and believing I would be reading about the first-ever Coke homicide.
side note today is the day “new coke” was introduced back in 85.
And I thought that the "hold my beer and watch this" moments were confined to the United States.....
LOL
Clearly I live a sheltered life.
Note to self: Always keep a 2-liter bottle of Coke handy at humblegunner’s place.
Sounds like it was one of the hey watch this moments.
Will this work for a typical H.A.T. Gathering?
We normally only put explosives on bonfires, rarely something as tame as highly flammable liquids.
I recommend practice with the coke bottles to ensure sufficient fire extinguishing skills.
“When that fire hit your ass, it will sober your ass up quick!”
We blow those up too.
Eaker is still mad from when I dumped out his Sprite to use the bottle as an H2O bomb.
After Michael Jackson suffered his burns during the Pepsi commercial a few years after Pryor’s freebasing accident, they teamed together to do a commercial for the “Ignited Negro College Fund”.
I think the biggest danger is Eaker having to keep humblegunner from blowing up his Sprite bottles.
Ok, THIS is funny!
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