As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fry.

This is why we can't have nice things. Like napalm.

Ohio House Catches Fire Thanks to Turkey Fryer Idiot Homeowner


/please don't blame the fryer

dammit, not the wood pile AND the pickup!

Did they do it in the damn garage? *checks article*

Might as well...

ultraholland: Ohio House Catches Fire Thanks to Turkey Fryer Idiot Homeowner


/please don't blame the fryer

To be fair, the guy frying the turkey could be considered the Fryer.

Honestly, if you don't have even an intuitive grasp of Archimedes' Principle, or of the fact that boiling oil can burn flammable things, you have no business making toast, much less frying a turkey.

It's basic science, folks.

Darwin Archimedes strikes again. These farktards must have failed kindergarten.

FTFA: The turkey fryer was set up outside near the back door. Capt. Mike Zuber said a propane tank had a worn hose that caused a gas leak, sparking the blaze.
The fire spread to a nearby wood pile and a pickup truck.
Damage was estimated at $15,000.

So repairing half the house (rebuilding and replacing stuff with smoke damage), and replacing the wood pile and the truck totaled 15K? What kind of dump was this?

OK, not the oil overflow. My bad. These people were geniuses after all.

TheRaven7: To be fair, the guy frying the turkey could be considered the Fryer.

I'd prefer to be called Lord of the Fry

NotARocketScientist: FTFA: The turkey fryer was set up outside near the back door. Capt. Mike Zuber said a propane tank had a worn hose that caused a gas leak, sparking the blaze.
The fire spread to a nearby wood pile and a pickup truck.
Damage was estimated at $15,000.


Ah, I see. So the hydrogen sulfide smell that's deliberately introduced into propane, precisely to allow you to detect gas leaks, wasn't enough for this guy?

buckler: Honestly, if you don't have even an intuitive grasp of Archimedes' Principle, or of the fact that boiling oil can burn flammable things of RTFA, you have no business making toast, much less frying a turkey a comment.

It's basic sciencecommon sense, folks.

ftfy

I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body: buckler: Honestly, if you don't have even an intuitive grasp of Archimedes' Principle, or of the fact that boiling oil can burn flammable things of RTFA, you have no business making toast, much less frying a turkey a comment.

It's basic sciencecommon sense, folks.

ftfy

Yeah, I kinda farked up on that. I assumed it was the standard accident. As it turns out, the accident was far more preventable and stupid.

buckler: I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body: buckler: Honestly, if you don't have even an intuitive grasp of Archimedes' Principle, or of the fact that boiling oil can burn flammable things of RTFA, you have no business making toast, much less frying a turkey a comment.

It's basic sciencecommon sense, folks.

ftfy

Yeah, I kinda farked up on that. I assumed it was the standard accident. As it turns out, the accident was far more preventable and stupid.

:)

Hey, it's Ohio; home of the preventable and stupid.

buckler: NotARocketScientist: FTFA: The turkey fryer was set up outside near the back door. Capt. Mike Zuber said a propane tank had a worn hose that caused a gas leak, sparking the blaze.
The fire spread to a nearby wood pile and a pickup truck.
Damage was estimated at $15,000.


Ah, I see. So the hydrogen sulfide smell that's deliberately introduced into propane, precisely to allow you to detect gas leaks, wasn't enough for this guy?

He probably figured it was the pig.

You can get anything you want at Alice's restaurant.
excepting Alice

Ah Ohio...and the first contestant checkes in a day late?

Just wait until more people start playing hydrogen because we're being taxed to the moon on energy.

/playing with hydrogen

FTA: The turkey fryer was set up outside near the back door. Capt. Mike Zuber said a propane tank had a worn hose that caused a gas leak, sparking the blaze.

The fire spread to a nearby wood pile and a pickup truck.

One Thanksgiving, I hope to read an article that says something like this: "The fire spread to a nearby tennis court and engulfed several luxury cars before being contained. Damage was estimated at $175,000."

That would be a welcome change from reading about trailers and pickups being burnt up.

buckler: NotARocketScientist: FTFA: The turkey fryer was set up outside near the back door. Capt. Mike Zuber said a propane tank had a worn hose that caused a gas leak, sparking the blaze.
The fire spread to a nearby wood pile and a pickup truck.
Damage was estimated at $15,000.


Ah, I see. So the hydrogen sulfide smell that's deliberately introduced into propane, precisely to allow you to detect gas leaks, wasn't enough for this guy?

another article says this: The homeowner told NBC 4 oil was heating in the fryer, which was placed at the back of the house, when the fryer fell over from the wind.

so in one article, a cop says it was a gas leak. in another article, the homeowner says the wind blew it over. i wonder who's right...

I once came home from work and found my housemates drunk and frying a turkey ON THE COVERED WOOD PORCH.

"Ah, tell ya what guys... How about *I* just take over from here. You guys have done enough already. Really."

I will not be surprised if one or more of them someday make a Fark headline, or at least a basic Darwin.

Hau Ruck: One Thanksgiving, I hope to read an article that says something like this: "The fire spread to a nearby tennis court and engulfed several luxury cars before being contained. Damage was estimated at $175,000."

Ain't gonna happen. The rich have all of their hazardous cooking done at the servants' quarters.

Hau Ruck: FTA: The turkey fryer was set up outside near the back door. Capt. Mike Zuber said a propane tank had a worn hose that caused a gas leak, sparking the blaze.

The fire spread to a nearby wood pile and a pickup truck.

One Thanksgiving, I hope to read an article that says something like this: "The fire spread to a nearby tennis court and engulfed several luxury cars before being contained. Damage was estimated at $175,000."

That would be a welcome change from reading about trailers and pickups being burnt up.

Heh. "Several Faberge eggs and 100-year-old bottles of Napoleon brandy were destroyed in the blaze, as well as original artwork, including a Monet, a Da Vinci and a Pollack..."

I set my lawnmower on fire in ohio a week ago so I am getting....nevermind.

GaryPDX: Just wait until more people start playing hydrogen because we're being taxed to the moon on energy.

/playing with hydrogen

Most of the world pays through the nose for energy. And still will, no matter what we do.

And they manage to not set themselves on fire.

/btw, hydrogen is a net energy sink -- play with something else if you're looking to save anything.

Megain: so in one article, a cop says it was a gas leak. in another article, the homeowner says the wind blew it over. i wonder who's right...

But they both claim it was the fault of some gas

The weak and pale Vegans laugh at your predicament.

Megain: buckler: NotARocketScientist: FTFA: The turkey fryer was set up outside near the back door. Capt. Mike Zuber said a propane tank had a worn hose that caused a gas leak, sparking the blaze.
The fire spread to a nearby wood pile and a pickup truck.
Damage was estimated at $15,000.


Ah, I see. So the hydrogen sulfide smell that's deliberately introduced into propane, precisely to allow you to detect gas leaks, wasn't enough for this guy?

another article says this: The homeowner told NBC 4 oil was heating in the fryer, which was placed at the back of the house, when the fryer fell over from the wind.

so in one article, a cop says it was a gas leak. in another article, the homeowner says the wind blew it over. i wonder who's right...

Given the weight of the oil, frying rig, and turkey, I seriously doubt the "wind" story.

buckler: Given the weight of the oil, frying rig, and turkey, I seriously doubt the "wind" story.

oh, come on! there were gusts of up to 8mph there today. heh

DarnoKonrad: /btw, hydrogen is a net energy sink -- play with something else if you're looking to save anything.

Not true. There are ways.

O-H!?

Megain:

another article says this: The homeowner told NBC 4 oil was heating in the fryer, which was placed at the back of the house, when the fryer fell over from the wind.

so in one article, a cop says it was a gas leak. in another article, the homeowner says the wind blew it over. i wonder who's right...



One article: Fire crews were able to contain the blaze in about 15 minutes, but the fire had already ripped through most of the home

Another article: Columbus firefighters say no one was injured in the fire Thursday. They contained it to the back of the two-story house.

I'm with buckler; the weight of the oil & cooker (the turkey was not in the cooker at the time) would likely outweigh a wind excuse.

Megain: buckler: Given the weight of the oil, frying rig, and turkey, I seriously doubt the "wind" story.

oh, come on! there were gusts of up to 8mph there today. heh

Considering the guy was frying the thing between his house and his wood pile, no reason to assume it was sitting on a sturdy tripod. Perhaps, by wind they meant 'gravity'?

I've been deep frying turkeys for years. It ain't rocket science.

GaryPDX: DarnoKonrad: /btw, hydrogen is a net energy sink -- play with something else if you're looking to save anything.

Not true. There are ways.

A drinking bird, magnets, and the time cube I'm sure.

DarnoKonrad: Megain: buckler: Given the weight of the oil, frying rig, and turkey, I seriously doubt the "wind" story.

oh, come on! there were gusts of up to 8mph there today. heh

Considering the guy was frying the thing between his house and his wood pile, no reason to assume it was sitting on a sturdy tripod. Perhaps, by wind they meant 'gravity'?

Gravity, elves, gremlins, karma, bad mojo, witches...

Megain: buckler: Given the weight of the oil, frying rig, and turkey, I seriously doubt the "wind" story.

oh, come on! there were gusts of up to 8mph there today. heh

Pfft, they made it up to 15-20mph where I was in Ohio. We had to move our fryer into the garage next to the cars, lawn equipment and gas cans for fear of the wind blowing the fryer over. And ruining our turkey, which would have sucked.

DarnoKonrad: GaryPDX: DarnoKonrad: /btw, hydrogen is a net energy sink -- play with something else if you're looking to save anything.

Not true. There are ways.

A drinking bird, magnets, and the time cube I'm sure.

Dude, you have no idea what you're talking about with hydrogen. It's not difficult to makes serious headway with it. I know someone who heats a 3500 sq foot house with it for about 20 bucks a month in electricity. So g'head, keep believing your handlers.

Fried a 26 pounder last night. Yummers.

/once you go fried you'll never go back

Hau Ruck: Megain: buckler: Given the weight of the oil, frying rig, and turkey, I seriously doubt the "wind" story.

oh, come on! there were gusts of up to 8mph there today. heh

Pfft, they made it up to 15-20mph where I was in Ohio. We had to move our fryer into the garage next to the cars, lawn equipment and gas cans for fear of the wind blowing the fryer over. And ruining our turkey, which would have sucked.

The thing is, you have to prop the fryer up with some tins of naphtha. If there are any bunches of small, dry twigs around, you can stuff them into the spaces between the cans for extra support. The fryer itself gets really hot, so you might want to insulate it by wrapping it with any rags you might have around the garage that may be soaked with oil or paint.

GaryPDX: DarnoKonrad: GaryPDX: DarnoKonrad: /btw, hydrogen is a net energy sink -- play with something else if you're looking to save anything.

Not true. There are ways.

A drinking bird, magnets, and the time cube I'm sure.

Dude, you have no idea what you're talking about with hydrogen. It's not difficult to makes serious headway with it. I know someone who heats a 3500 sq foot house with it for about 20 bucks a month in electricity. So g'head, keep believing your handlers.


What my handler may look like (new window)

Nimitz: Fried a 26 pounder last night. Yummers.

/once you go fried you'll never go back

Wow, how much oil did it take?

/fried my first today, a mere 12 lb'er.

DarnoKonrad: GaryPDX: DarnoKonrad: GaryPDX: DarnoKonrad: /btw, hydrogen is a net energy sink -- play with something else if you're looking to save anything.

Not true. There are ways.

A drinking bird, magnets, and the time cube I'm sure.

Dude, you have no idea what you're talking about with hydrogen. It's not difficult to makes serious headway with it. I know someone who heats a 3500 sq foot house with it for about 20 bucks a month in electricity. So g'head, keep believing your handlers.


What my handler may look like (new window)

That doesn't take into account for electrical conversion and self exciting magnetics, you but munch. It only applies to a one to one comparison.

So the blame went out of the frying pan and into the liar?

Pinhead Patriot: O-H!?

I O!

/sorry had to
//ohio needs its own tag

Did I miss the news article where this happens around 38 times a year on Tday?

GaryPDX: DarnoKonrad: GaryPDX: DarnoKonrad: /btw, hydrogen is a net energy sink -- play with something else if you're looking to save anything.

Not true. There are ways.

A drinking bird, magnets, and the time cube I'm sure.

Dude, you have no idea what you're talking about with hydrogen. It's not difficult to makes serious headway with it. I know someone who heats a 3500 sq foot house with it for about 20 bucks a month in electricity. So g'head, keep believing your handlers.

[CITATION NEEDED]

/Not disregarding what you say, just want to see some substantiation; I'm intrigued

Nimitz: Fried a 26 pounder last night. Yummers.

/once you go fried you'll never go back

They're pretty good fried. I still prefer smoked however.