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Man Bursts Into Flames After Accidentally Drinking Gasoline, Lighting Cigarette
AP via CBS ^ | 2/29/12 | CBS

Posted on 02/29/2012 5:46:12 AM PST by mmanager

Edited on 02/29/2012 6:03:37 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

HAVELOCK, N.C. (AP)

(Excerpt) Read more at charlotte.cbslocal.com ...


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To: mmanager

“Build a man a fire and he’s warm for a day; set a man on fire and he’s warm for the rest of his life” - Terry Pratchett


41 posted on 02/29/2012 7:00:54 AM PST by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: aruanan
In my youthful stupidity I have been way way past three sheets to the wind.....and never was so drunk that my state of mind was so off I could drink gasoline.....of course I'm not from north Carolina either !!!

Either way it's a horrible way to go....

42 posted on 02/29/2012 7:06:00 AM PST by Popman (America is squandering its wealth on riotous living, war, and welfare.)
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To: varyouga

He wouldn’t have to lie to get medical attention. He’s going to get medical attention.

If he couldn’t talk at all and someone else gave the account, I’d consider murder as a possibility.

Small splashes of gasoline igniting probably wouldn’t kill him unless he inhaled the flames (quite possible.) Soaked clothes igniting - that would kill him.


43 posted on 02/29/2012 7:10:24 AM PST by heartwood
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To: Delta 21
"Yeah, but do you drink the soup after the soak?"

Oh lordy, that's a thought! :-) At least you can pore it back in the truck though.

44 posted on 02/29/2012 7:15:36 AM PST by Average Al (Forbidden fruit leads to many jams.)
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To: darth

Your post makes a lot of sense to me.

I, too, see no reason in trying to rehabilitate idiots like that.


45 posted on 02/29/2012 7:33:32 AM PST by OldPossum (ou)
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To: dfwgator

Hold my jar and watch this!


46 posted on 02/29/2012 8:54:40 AM PST by wetgundog (" Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice")
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To: mmanager
City spokeswoman Diane Miller said investigators believe Banning was at a friend’s apartment when he apparently mistook a jar of gasoline sitting by the kitchen sink for a beverage. After taking a gulp, he spit the gas out and got some on his clothes.

There are so many aspects to this story that just doesn't make sense. How many people have a jar of gasoline sitting next to the kitchen sink? If all he took was a gulp, and immediately spit it out, I don't see how you could get enough on your clothes to engulf you in flames. At least some of the gasoline he spit out had to end up in the sink or on the floor. I don't think all of the facts are in on this story yet.

47 posted on 02/29/2012 9:07:20 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: KoRn; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Burning Man


48 posted on 02/29/2012 9:10:46 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: mmanager

How does one *accidentally* drink gasoline?

I call BS on this one.


49 posted on 02/29/2012 9:15:16 AM PST by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: darth

I was going to ask you how the Army kept letting him back in, but I suspect that the answer would depress me.


50 posted on 02/29/2012 9:16:42 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: baddog 219

Crossword clue:

You may sometimes have one in your throat, but seldom in your mouth.


51 posted on 02/29/2012 9:22:22 AM PST by Erasmus (BHO: New supreme leader of the rollin' homey empire.)
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To: varyouga

Or he was already so drunk he didn’t notice.


52 posted on 02/29/2012 9:22:43 AM PST by albionin
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To: Pollster1

Clinton: “I breathed fire at the circus, but I never inhaled.”


53 posted on 02/29/2012 9:26:11 AM PST by Erasmus (BHO: New supreme leader of the rollin' homey empire.)
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To: mmanager

Did anybody actually read the article? He tasted it and spat it out immediately. The gas on his shirt ignited.


54 posted on 02/29/2012 9:32:57 AM PST by stellaluna
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To: Slings and Arrows
Ummmm.....How do you accidentally drink gasoline?
55 posted on 02/29/2012 9:38:31 AM PST by Outlaw Woman (When does the shooting start?)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Life in this country has become an old “B” movie.

"Gee, I'm real sorry your mom blew up, Ricky.”

56 posted on 02/29/2012 9:40:20 AM PST by FreedomOfExpression
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To: Outlaw Woman

There seems to be a degree of skepticism on that point.


57 posted on 02/29/2012 9:58:25 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: mmanager

How does anyone afford to drink gasoline anymore?


58 posted on 02/29/2012 10:14:44 AM PST by Larry Lucido (My doctor told me to curtail my Walpoling activities.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

lol I saw that after I posted. But who knows...in this day and age; I mean people are willing to ingest battery acids, drain cleaners and whatever else is in crack or meth or WHATEVER.... *sigh* sorry...almost got carried away.


59 posted on 02/29/2012 11:14:08 AM PST by Outlaw Woman (When does the shooting start?)
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To: Delta 21
"Dis shine a sure cure for dislocated shoulder."


60 posted on 02/29/2012 2:09:26 PM PST by TexasCajun
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