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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 10:20 PM
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Darwin Award Nominee

Looks like we have another nominee for the 2008 Darwin Award.



Man gets burned while using lighter to siphon gas :: WRAL.com
 
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 11:02 PM
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Heh man oh man, what do some people think?
 
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 01:48 AM
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Well is still living and has the potential to contribute to the gene pool... More like stupid criminal.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 07:32 AM
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Man I remember looking at a motorcycle that I was getting for parts at night and the gas tank is what I was really after and without even thinking I removed the fuel cap to look inside and tryed to use a lighter to see,as the flame blew by my head I slambed the fuel cap back on said to myself you friggen idiot
 
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 08:26 AM
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as the flame blew by my head I slambed the fuel cap back on said to myself you friggen idiot
I haven't actually done that one, but boy do I know that feeling...
 
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 08:39 AM
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My wife, who is an RN, used to be a home health nurse and she told me a story of a patient who was on oxygen and lit a cigarette on his gas stove and singed his eyebrows, beard etc...
 
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