How stupid can people be

[darklegion_ca]

Today's lesson
http://media.ebaumsworld.com/index.php?e=firemelon.wmv

Never hit mellons with flaming gas.

 

[Curveball]

Ouch.

 

[halfracedrift]

Ouch?

 

[Chris Hendriks]

Originally posted by darklegion_ca
Never hit mellons with flaming gas.

for most people thats common sence

 

[darklegion_ca]

Well tell that to them then

 

[Acidman]

Man, that was hilarious.

 

[Tuned]

You'd have to have no common sense, funny stuff!

 

[ShobThaBob]

What a moron.

 

[Squid]

that could be sweet if done in different ways

 

[Attila_Da_Hun]

A much needed laugh.

 

[darklegion_ca]

Originally posted by Squid
that could be sweet if done in different ways

And would u care to show us the other ways.

 

[Famine]

As part of Jeremy Clarkson's chat show, he did a "stupid science" segment. During the course of this he:

Microwaved a potato with copper electrodes inserted in it.
Microwaved a light bulb.
Barbequed a water melon (do NOT try this at home)
Attempted to siphon a litre of petrol. With an electric vacuum cleaner...

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by Famine

Attempted to siphon a litre of petrol. With an electric vacuum cleaner...

Actually, back in the day, my father used to own several of those self-service car washes with the big vacuum stations out back. One Sunday afternoon we came to do our regular service rounds. The place was deserted, and one of the vacuum cleaner enclosures (which were made out of 3/16" steel, welded together) looked like someone had tossed a grenade into it - utterly destroyed.

We found out later from a regular customer that on Saturday a guy had towed in an outboard-motorboat on a trailer. Apparently he had gotten water in the gas tank and he was trying to suck it off the bottom of the tank without losing the gasoline floating on top...

We never did find out what happened to the idiot or his boat, but it probably had shrapnel holes in it.

 

[darklegion_ca]

Originally posted by neon_duke
Actually, back in the day, my father used to own several of those self-service car washes with the big vacuum stations out back. One Sunday afternoon we came to do our regular service rounds. The place was deserted, and one of the vacuum cleaner enclosures (which were made out of 3/16" steel, welded together) looked like someone had tossed a grenade into it - utterly destroyed.

We found out later from a regular customer that on Saturday a guy had towed in an outboard-motorboat on a trailer. Apparently he had gotten water in the gas tank and he was trying to suck it off the bottom of the tank without losing the gasoline floating on top...

We never did find out what happened to the idiot or his boat, but it probably had shrapnel holes in it.

What set off the gas.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Originally posted by darklegion_ca
What set off the gas.

Please tell me that's not a serious question.

 

[darklegion_ca]

I'm being my old dum KM self today.

 

[phychosis2]

hahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[GTO_VR4]

Old.

 

[bustwave.]

yes it is. and the FORUM techincal term is

REPOST

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by darklegion_ca
What set off the gas.

Fumes built up in the enclosure - probably 8-10 cubic feet of concentrated vapors, which is a lot. They are heavier than air so it took a few minutes for them to build up high enough to hit the commutator spark in the electric motor on top of the vacuum machine.

 

[emad]

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it's been weeks since i've laughed so hard