At a weapons show, I once saw a guy mixing gasoline and poly styrene as a fuel for a flame thrower. The poly styrene causes fuel to stick to the target.

He was standing there, lit cigarette hanging out of his mouth with his face over a 5 gallon bucket of gasoline while he stirred it with a wooden paint stir. I wished I had a camera in hand.

You do realize, submitter, that you had a chance to create a headline with the town name Woolloongabba in it, and you squandered it?

That depends on the type of fuel. If its diesel, I wouldn't be too worried.
*wanders off to RTFA*
Apparently it was NOT diesel. LOL!

Unfortunately the flames did not destroy their reproductive organs.

At least he can find gasoline.

Freakin' idiots around here drained every gas station for miles, and I'm sitting below "E".

There is a right time and a right place to do a Snake Plissken impression.

Working with a fuel container is not the right time.

Woolloongabba is not the right place.

Gimme a D
Gimme a I
Gimme a A
Gimme a F

TheCureMobile: Gimme a D
Gimme a I
Gimme a A
Gimme a F

....and wutz dat spell?

Earguy: You do realize, submitter, that you had a chance to create a headline with the town name Woolloongabba in it, and you squandered it?

Tell me it's near Toowoomba.

Jamie and Adam question this.

Honestly, if your weekend ends in a big ball of fire, then you've done everything right. 'Tis a shame if alcohol is not involved.

I can has Darwin tag?


\Cuz when darwin, we all win

At least he can find gasoline.

Freakin' idiots around here drained every gas station for miles, and I'm sitting below "E".

I work at a gas station, as soon as my boss came in to change the gas prices (She did so the night before everyone else) I called my husband and my mama to make sure their tanks were full then asked my mama to pass the word along to all my family.

Ah, smokers are racing headlong toward death anyway. This guy just tried to speed up the process.

The world is full of dip shiates.

Well, it's not like gasoline is flammable or anything.

Surprise buttsecks?

You can fill a bowl with gasoline and tap your cigarette out in it without it igniting. It is the fumes that cause the fire.

Earguy: You do realize, submitter, that you had a chance to create a headline with the town name Woolloongabba in it, and you squandered it?

Woolloongabba is a Suburb of Brisbane City, about 2 hours drive to Toowoomba Fireclown.

I know a few guys working on the tunnel, none were there at tne time though.

"Kaboom?"

"Yes, Rico. Kaboom."

(Huge Explosion)

A feller I went to high school with drove a gas pig old early 70's car. He was a bit of a theif and had no compunctions about siphoning his neighbors gas tanks in the middle of the night. At some point he was siphoning someone in the neighborhood and I guess he flicked his bic to see how full the can he was using was getting to be.

Nobody saw him around much after that.

When I was 13 yrs old,I pumped gas for my mother, well the gas splashed back out at me and got all over my legs and body. It was winter time so I took snow and wiped myself all in it. well my mother instead of taking me straight home about 7 or 8 miles, takes me to the grocery store, well I'm smelling like fuel through the whole store and finally we get groceries and head home. Are you ready for this??? My mother (stupid smoker) lights up in the car, with fumes everywhere!!!!! I screamed at her! I said are you stupid? We could die right now or be severely burned. She rolls down the window while still smoking and just says I know I know... I even begged her to throw it out and she never did. My legs was tingling and I got the burning sensation. I was so scared!!! Needless to say she still smokes she smokes alot! Whatever....

ApocalypseWoolloongabba Now!

/there, fixed it!

In the early nineties I was at a barbeque in my girlfriend's back yard. The kid that lived behind them thought it would be funny to toss a lit match into a 5 gal. gasoline can. The resulting fire was swift and brutal. I can still remember the whole scene vividly, right up to where they loaded the poor kid onto a medivac chopper in the street in front of my gf's house. The kid was moaning and gurgling. Jeebus, thanks for bringing that memory back, subby.

/nobody wants barbeque after seeing that
//please don't fark with gasoline

Cynical Idealist: That depends on the type of fuel. If its diesel, I wouldn't be too worried.
*wanders off to RTFA*
Apparently it was NOT diesel. LOL!

Sounds like it's "cut back asphalt" Asphalt cut with either naptha or something similar. Makes it easier to spread and cures quicker.

anyone notice the ad when you first click the link? heh heh heh

He could've done with a warning. (popup)

And it's not a good idea to dangle a cigarette from you mouth while shoveling chum from the back of the Orca.

I used to drive past exactly where this happened to go home every day after work.

I give 5 points to any non-Aussie who can correctly pronounce Woolloongabba.

Why does it always have to be in Queensland. I'm starting to feel like it's the Florida of Australia...it's even named the Sunshine state.

its tougher than you think.

most of the time if you chuck a lit cigarette into a pan of gasoline it will just go out.

its still an amazingly stupid thing to do, of course.

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freakdiablo: I can has Darwin tag?


\Cuz when darwin, we all win

I wish we could have the tag. He missed this time, though. Again. He's had bad aim recently.

Mythbusters did a whole episode on whether a cell phone could start a fire at a gas station. They had a hard time even getting FLAMES to light fuel vapors. The mixture has to be very precise for an explosion to occur. Most the time, the gasoline will just burn and not "explode".

Asphalt (the "bitumen" from tfa) is FLAMMABLE. I suspect this had much more to do with the asphalt than the gas.

I was getting gas at a Sheetz store when a woman at the other island started screaming. Some red neck idiot was pumping gas next to this woman and he lit a ciggy. She was begging him to move away from the pumps and he shoots her the finger and starts pretending to pull the hose out of the gas tank, calling her really rude names, taunting her and scaring the shiat out of me. This attracted the attention of the clerk in the store who cut the power to the pumps. This guy thought everyone was over reacting, as he explained to the police who showed up a few minutes later. Farking stupid clown! Typical inbred filth: skinny as a match stick, no shirt, concave chest, dirty mullet, rotten teeth, no shoes - you know the type. He was arrested on drug charges (meth?), charged with risking a catastrophe and child endangerment - three kids in the car, no back seats, kids sitting on the floor boards. I don't have to gas up a car very often, but when I do, I always look out for stupid people. How dumb/stoned do you have to be to light a smoke while pumping gas?

Jamieboy: I was getting gas at a Sheetz store when a woman at the other island started screaming. Some red neck idiot was pumping gas next to this woman and he lit a ciggy. She was begging him to move away from the pumps and he shoots her the finger and starts pretending to pull the hose out of the gas tank, calling her really rude names, taunting her and scaring the shiat out of me. This attracted the attention of the clerk in the store who cut the power to the pumps. This guy thought everyone was over reacting, as he explained to the police who showed up a few minutes later. Farking stupid clown! Typical inbred filth: skinny as a match stick, no shirt, concave chest, dirty mullet, rotten teeth, no shoes - you know the type. He was arrested on drug charges (meth?), charged with risking a catastrophe and child endangerment - three kids in the car, no back seats, kids sitting on the floor boards. I don't have to gas up a car very often, but when I do, I always look out for stupid people. How dumb/stoned do you have to be to light a smoke while pumping gas?

It's dumb, but I bet you're more likely to be hit by lightning while pumping gas than have a lit cigarette blow up the gas station.

dj42: Jamieboy: I was getting gas at a Sheetz store when a woman at the other island started screaming. Some red neck idiot was pumping gas next to this woman and he lit a ciggy. She was begging him to move away from the pumps and he shoots her the finger and starts pretending to pull the hose out of the gas tank, calling her really rude names, taunting her and scaring the shiat out of me. This attracted the attention of the clerk in the store who cut the power to the pumps. This guy thought everyone was over reacting, as he explained to the police who showed up a few minutes later. Farking stupid clown! Typical inbred filth: skinny as a match stick, no shirt, concave chest, dirty mullet, rotten teeth, no shoes - you know the type. He was arrested on drug charges (meth?), charged with risking a catastrophe and child endangerment - three kids in the car, no back seats, kids sitting on the floor boards. I don't have to gas up a car very often, but when I do, I always look out for stupid people. How dumb/stoned do you have to be to light a smoke while pumping gas?

It's dumb, but I bet you're more likely to be hit by lightning while pumping gas than have a lit cigarette blow up the gas station.

I once watched a man pumping his own gas (in Oregon, we're not supposed to) into his pick-up, while it was running, while smoking and talking on a CB radio or something. I presume he was putting the gas on his tab, because he just yelled to the attendant but never went inside. I was indifferent at the time, and nobody around seemed to care. Nowadays he would probably get a SWAT team on his ass.

Freebyrdjason:

My legs was tingling and I got the burning sensation.

Are you Jerry Lee Lewis?