Update
My brother gets home Sunday, but he didn't end the trip without one kid setting his face on fire. You know those stupid jackass videos on youtube where they get very hurt and you wonder what kind of morons would do that?
My brothers' friends are those morons. Do not do what you see performers at the beach do. The first three times you'll be fine. But that last one is not worth it. Nevermind your face on fire, the panic makes you swallow the rest of the gas.
Did you know poison control calls you back an hour later to see if you're okay? What a country.
posted by Bry at 8:35 PM
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Holy Batshit, Robin...this story is going to be some big guano! Can't wait to hear WHAT GAS they used. I love 18-year old men!
Yeah, I know. In my case it was butane, not gas, so the flames went away much quicker.
You’re breathing flames, and it’s all nifty and looks amazing when it gets a bit too close and you can’t help it, you gasp. I did the right thing and closed my mouth immediately. Well, you’d think it was the right thing until the burning gas goes up, your, nose. That went from gasp to scream which put out the fire, but I burned my nose-hair. All I could smell (and taste) for weeks was burnt hair.
Actually, I hope your brother’s friend managed to rate as high on the lucky scale in the end.
I looked into a gas grill that wouldn't start and thought I'd push the button to see if it was actually sparking. I had to throw my contact lenses out. Lucky for me that, no eyebrows and a slight burn, more like a bad sunburn was the worse that happened. But damn, it sure was cool watching the fireball open up and around me. It was so three dimensional. I'll never forget it.
Some lessons you need to learn yourself. Hopefully they aren't the last thing you ever learn.
It’s the talk of the town...
Yesterday I was waiting for the light to change out in front of the Pederast Place housing complex when two teenage girls walked by:
“I knew they were on tour, but I didn’t know he’d gotten his face burned off...”
That is so fucking funny. We're waiting for the video to come out. Soon, we hear. I'll post it front and center for y'all.
And it was petroleum used for lighting camp fires, by the way. He finally cut short the tour and went to the hospital. Funny how visiting family in NJ will change your plans and get you to the hospital at one in the morning a week after the fact.
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