She weighs the same as a duck?

/Knows the dangers of bonfires

I guess you could say she's hot.

I've never heard that expression used before. Is it a regional thing?

Lemme tell ya something!

as someone who's been doused with gasoline and set on fire, I'm getting a kick...


/ya really.
//3rd degree burns are fun.

AzErNy: Lemme tell show ya something!

FTFY

I had this happen to me when I was nine. My older brother gave me a gas can so I could toss some gas on a bonfire to make it go woosh! What neither of us knew was that the can had a leak in it and as I was going up to the bonfire it was soaking my pant leg. So when I tossed the gas onto the fire it just followed the trail along the ground and Whoosh! whet my leg. I was in a cast for six months while burns healed. Fortunately, I did not need skin grafts. But I still remember rolling around in the dirt screaming my heads off while my brothers stood around laughing their fool heads off. They didn't realize how serious it was right away, Eventually (well, like am minute) they snapped out of it.

Trust me, burns are very painful. But the worst part was that damn cast. I had to have it one for so long because otherwise I would have scratched my leg off.

Dont know how to link sites but this was on the side http://www.orlandosentinel2.com/data/arrests/

Just awesome

Everybody knows that you light a gas covered fire with a bottle rocket.

2nd degree burns are worse...the nerves are still intact.

I saw this on Judge Judy. Or maybe it was Judge Alex or Judge Joe.

thenateman: I saw this on Judge Judy. Or maybe it was Judge Alex or Judge Joe.

I think it was Judge Mathis.

This guy screams FARK

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My best advice is to not take advice from an Aggie.

© I'll take a coach ticket please. Aisle.

LegacyDL: thenateman: I saw this on Judge Judy. Or maybe it was Judge Alex or Judge Joe.

I think it was Judge Mathis.

I think it was Christina's court.

Once you're married, you won't make this mistake. We've had several recent stories about wives who poured it on the wood and lit it.

To correctly light a fire with gasoline is all about timing.

1) make sure there are no existing embers in the fire, that it's cold and out.

2) advise bystanders of your intentions, and tell them to stay back you do not need any help

3) load wood onto fire. Select a stick you can throw and keep it in one hand. Have a lighter handy.

4) pour gas on fire, and on the end of starter stick. Work fast now. Just use a little gas on the stick.

5) move well back, setting gasoline container far away from you.

6) light starter stick with lighter, when it catches, throw into main fire.

If you do it right, a minor low-order "poomf" explosion will result in a lit fire, and nobody gets hurt.

I've seen this done wrong more times as right. Do not allow the fumes to collect in any kind of enclosed space, and do not let the gasoline sit while you search for a lighter etc.

Do NOT allow anyone to "help" you by lighting the pile directly! That's break.com material if they do.

It's a pour gas, wet stick, get back, light stick, toss stick sequence that shouldn't take more than about 20 seconds if done right.

/The problem with gasoline is the confined vapors have a hell of a lot of power. The more time you dope around with this procedure, the more vapors get generated. Speed is the key.

Anytime some fool gets out gasoline to start a campfire, I conveniently go take a piss or a short hike.

studebaker hoch: To correctly light a fire with gasoline is all about timing.

1) make sure there are no existing embers in the fire, that it's cold and out.

2) advise bystanders of your intentions, and tell them to stay back you do not need any help

3) load wood onto fire. Select a stick you can throw and keep it in one hand. Have a lighter handy.

4) pour gas on fire, and on the end of starter stick. Work fast now. Just use a little gas on the stick.

5) move well back, setting gasoline container far away from you.

6) light starter stick with lighter, when it catches, throw into main fire.

If you do it right, a minor low-order "poomf" explosion will result in a lit fire, and nobody gets hurt.

I've seen this done wrong more times as right. Do not allow the fumes to collect in any kind of enclosed space, and do not let the gasoline sit while you search for a lighter etc.

Do NOT allow anyone to "help" you by lighting the pile directly! That's break.com material if they do.

It's a pour gas, wet stick, get back, light stick, toss stick sequence that shouldn't take more than about 20 seconds if done right.

/The problem with gasoline is the confined vapors have a hell of a lot of power. The more time you dope around with this procedure, the more vapors get generated. Speed is the key.

Do what? I usually pour the gas on the wood, light it with a grill lighter and step back. Then, fill an empty beer bottle with gas while my girl holds the bottle between her legs (so it doesn't spill!) then put gas filled beer bottle on it's side in the fire so the fumes are constantly igniting.

/I am from Florida

I'm heading outside for a winter campfire in the snow, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies...

And, I have a neighbor's old Christmas tree! Let the fun begin!

/Not to worry...acres and acres of nothing but a foot of snow...

pounddawg: This guy screams FARK

Just to get it into the thread:



This guy looks like quite a character too:



Sheesh, I've been clicking through these for about ten minutes now and I still haven't made it back past Jan 8.

This is how not to use gasoline on a fire, unless of course you are a dumb ass. http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f390/kennfd/?action=view&current=Gasoline fire. flv (pops)

Look I SAID I was sorry. Haven't I suffered enough?

My dad claims he used to toss propane tanks on campfires. I'm not sure how he's still alive.

studebaker hoch: To correctly light a fire with gasoline is all about timing...

Or you could actually learn to start a fire instead of being a dumbass and needing gas in the first place.

Rat: My best advice is to not take advice from an Aggie.

© I'll take a coach ticket please. Aisle.

SpeckledJim: pounddawg: This guy screams FARK

Just to get it into the thread:

This guy looks like quite a character too:

Sheesh, I've been clicking through these for about ten minutes now and I still haven't made it back past Jan 8.

KILL IT WITH FIRE!

/what has been seen cannot be un-seen

Protip: Daves burn good.

I was stationed over in Ft. Lewis Washington in 1990 and we used to get the heck off base on Friday nights to go party with the local... ahem.. hoochies.. (I am so sorry for saying that)

SO anyway, we were at a bon fire and someone threw an empty aerosol can in the fire thinking, "heck, its empty" the resulting fireball blasted this poor hottie blonde gal and gave her minor burns on her face and legs and singed a ton of her hair..

Well the next weekend we were back at the same spot and that girl was there! She had a moistened towel thing she kept wiping on the blisters on her lips and forehead and knees.

Talk about someone who does not want to miss a party.

Needless to say, I shagged her later, and was nice enough to let her be on bottom.

/Ha just kiddin, been drinking tequila already today and that tends to make me exaggerate. GO ARMY!

Tried to do a ring of fire with some poorly mixed gas one summer. Suffice to say, my friend lit it too soon, while I was still standing in it.

My skin was fine, but I didnt have any hair on my legs for about 6 months.

Dubai Vol

Or you could actually learn to start a fire instead of being a dumbass and needing gas in the first place.

THIS!

The right dry fuels, well arranged and properly set up for good draft, good kindling, the right size and species of fuelwoods.

Setting up a fire the right way is a very zen-like activity, and a good fire will light with a single flick of a lighter, a single match, every time.

Now say you're out with your redneck friends and all you have is pallets and gasoline?

There is as much zen in setting a gasoline fire correctly as in setting one without.

/but yeah I hear you... :)

And yes, you can stomp up a pallet make kindling. I *am* with you on that one...

The girl involved wasn't standing around, she's in a wheel chair. Before your empathy wells up, keep reading.

She is well known in that little town for her thug behavior. That's how she ended up in the chair. Being in the chair did not improve her attitude. One of her hobbies is sitting on a dark country road, thumping a passing car(with a stick or whatever) and then faking that the car hit her. profit.

The cops and firefighters involved have little pity for her, are more glad her family will be rid of her for a while.

/knows one of the rescue crew

Hooked_on_Fark

This is how not to use gasoline on a fire, unless of course you are a dumb ass.

That there is some weapons-grade dumb.

studebaker hoch: To correctly light a fire with gasoline is all about timing.

1) make sure there are no existing embers in the fire, that it's cold and out.

2) advise bystanders of your intentions, and tell them to stay back you do not need any help

3) load wood onto fire. Select a stick you can throw and keep it in one hand. Have a lighter handy.

4) pour gas on fire, and on the end of starter stick. Work fast now. Just use a little gas on the stick.

5) move well back, setting gasoline container far away from you.

6) light starter stick with lighter, when it catches, throw into main fire.

If you do it right, a minor low-order "poomf" explosion will result in a lit fire, and nobody gets hurt.

I've seen this done wrong more times as right. Do not allow the fumes to collect in any kind of enclosed space, and do not let the gasoline sit while you search for a lighter etc.

Do NOT allow anyone to "help" you by lighting the pile directly! That's break.com material if they do.

It's a pour gas, wet stick, get back, light stick, toss stick sequence that shouldn't take more than about 20 seconds if done right.

/The problem with gasoline is the confined vapors have a hell of a lot of power. The more time you dope around with this procedure, the more vapors get generated. Speed is the key.

What kind of advice is this? It's GASOLINE!

If you and your friends don't know how it behaves from the words "It's gasoline.", you shouldn't be lighting fires with it.

Besides, If you need enough gas that you can't stand next to the fire when it ignites, you're doing it wrong. Even a bonfire can start pretty easily from a tiny little flame when you stack it right.

Nearly burned my eyes out a week or so ago. This was with our cranky old gas heater at home though, not with gasoline. Luckily, my overly long (not any more) eyelashes provided a handy shield...



/Direct reminder that natural gas is denser than air. Do NOT lean underneath a gas fire when trying to light it
//I think some of it ignited up my nose as well, judging by the nosebleeds

There are at least two videos (one is a house, one is a boat) where trained firemen use gasoline to start the fire.

- they use gasoline in a confined space.
- they dope around too long and let the fumes build.

Both fires start as massive explosions.

/Fuel vapors are not your friend. We have an uneasy truce at best. There's a reason your car engine is a big heavy block of metal.

//Like a computer, fuel and oxidizer will do exactly what they're told to do, every time. They win all disagreements.

doglover

Even a bonfire can start pretty easily from a tiny little flame when you stack it right.

I agree with you.

I remember when we used to light bonfires to burn trash when on our missions trips. One time, we were setting the trash in the pit and dousing it with lighter fluid. Then there was a miscommunication, I was supposed to stop squirting the fluid after a signal from my friend and then he'd light it.
I misread one of his movements, and as he lit the thing, I let out another burst of liquid.

How he kept his eyebrows remains a mystery.

Or you could actually learn to start a fire instead of being a dumbass and needing gas in the first place.

All this is true, but it just doesnt look or sound as neat as all the gasoline going whoosh!

Hey, isn't that from the "Bonfire Witch Project?"

/"I'm so scared... of the way that guy is lighting the fire"

Goddammit..try again..

Mmm.. bonfire..



/props Imageshack

Ok...speaking as a fireman...if you MUST use fuel to start a fire, please use something NON EXPLOSIVE. Like lamp oil, or diesel fuel. Don't use gasoline. The fumes asplode!!

studebaker hoch: Now say you're out with your redneck friends and all you have is pallets and gasoline?

Save the gas for the Hummer, break off a few boards from the pallets, and stack/break them accordingly in a pile so as to light the fire.

vicejay

Save the gas for the Hummer, break off a few boards from the pallets, and stack/break them accordingly in a pile so as to light the fire.

Say you don't want your friends to know you're gay.

studebaker hoch: Say you don't want your friends to know you're gay.

Well, then, quit driving the Hummer. :)

Because it cannot be said enough: Anyone with gas anywhere near a bonfire is a foolish idiot and should be earnestly eschewed. farkin retard.

I'm so out of here.

aiiee: Because it cannot be said enough: Anyone with gas anywhere near a bonfire is a foolish idiot and should be earnestly eschewed. farkin retard.

The poindextrose is strong with this one. The use of gasoline is a perfectly cromulent way to embiggen a bonfire.