Man Bursts Into Flames After Accidentally Drinking Gasoline, Lighting Cigarette

AP via CBS ^ | 2/29/12 | CBS

[mmanager]

HAVELOCK, N.C. (AP)

[mmanager]

It's early in the year but this guy just might have the Darwin award nailed down already.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Life in this country has become an old “B” movie.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

You beat me to it!!!

[Wings-n-Wind]

RIP...
(sad waste of life)

DARWIN AWARD VOTE = +1

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You can't make this stuff up...

[WayneS]

I guess his mother never told him that he should not smoke within an hour of drinking gasoline...

[Joe the Pimpernel]

The mouthwash is for drinking, the gas is for huffing, dummy.

[Delta 21]

Hillbilly - gas in a glass by the sink - bump

[old3030]

At 43 it is possible that he has already had offspring and passed on his genetic material. Otherwise, yes, he’s a solid Darwin Award contender.

[nuconvert]

I don’t know,...he was 43, I’m guessing he may already have had kids.

[Sudetenland]

Yep. Definitely has a jump on his competition.

[varyouga]

Moonshine? I wouldn’t be surprised if this fella took a messy shot of shine, spilled some on his clothes and then lit one up.

I can’t imagine drinking gasoline from a jar. The smell would hit your nose and eyes before you even tipped it.

We usually don’t hear about it because moonshine is illegal. This guy probably lied to get medical attention.

[Jack of all Trades]

Reminds me of another news story from a few years back about a couple of juvenile delinquents who were huffing gasoline and smoking at the same time. The depths of stupidity are infinite.

[sodpoodle]

Who leaves a jar of gasoline sitting around. Probably moonshine in a jar is more believable. And if it was gasoline he would not have lit a cigarette.

The ‘friend’ made up the gasoline story.

[TPOOH]

It’s North Carolina.

[Joe 6-pack]

"The smell would hit your nose and eyes before you even tipped it."

Unless you were already plastered...

[KoRn]

Human torch ping!

[muir_redwoods]

Having been a shade tree mechanic since I was about 14 years-old and, more than once, syphoned gasoline, I can state unequivocally, that it is impossible to “accidentally” swallow gasoline. Swallowing even a drop of gasoline is an experience one will not forget nor willingly repeat.

[DainBramage]

“Help Im Banning!”

[TPOOH]

It’s North Carolina.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

43? He probably has great-grandchildren by now.