Really, Really, Really, Stupid

jinx

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I once was burning some trash and threw a bag of old flour on it. The thing exploded in mid air and nearly knocked me senseless.<br /><br />That dust is explosive as the devil.<br /><br />Jinx
 

kenimpzoom

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My dad did the same thing. Gas on the burn pile, leaned over to light it, WHOOM. Everything looked OK the first day, then two days later his face started to peel away. It looked horrible. He got a free face peel.<br /><br />Oh year, now I remember, the day after he did this, I was married! Luckily his face didnt peel till after we were gone!<br /><br />Ken
 

neumanns

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AAHWOOMPP!!! Ya ever get the feeling that there are more here who have heard that than are admitting it. I have heard it :rolleyes:
 

Parrott_head

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Hey Carpy,<br /><br />We do gophers or moles the same way down here.<br /><br />Dig up each little mound and find the tunnels leading to it.<br /><br />Pour about 16 oz of gas down each tunnel at each mound you dig.<br /><br />Go to the mound that is the last in line and light it off.<br /><br />Burns real well for a bit, then you hear a WHOOSH! and the next mound blow up like it was hit with a mortor round. After a bit the next mound goes as well. Lots of fun.
 

roscoe

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How long did it take you to shovel the snow off the leaves before you could rake them up? :D
 

Carphunter

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You guys are too funny! :D <br /><br />.......in fact, I can't quit laughing now. Wish I coulda gotten it on video though, I could be rich now. <br /><br />Luckily, I shave my head, so there was no hair to burn. :p (sorry Ladyfish, I am a brunette, I just had a blonde moment). ;) <br /><br />I live in a very secluded area, and I can't even see any of my neighbors................which is a good thing when your tryin to blow stuff up. :eek: <br /><br />Parrot head, I sure wish we had gophers here. ;)
 

Fly Rod

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Where I live they use to take the shale from the granite quarries and use it as fill around the foundations of houses which left many air pockets beneath the ground.<br />Well 10-12' from the house was this ground wasp nest. Took a gallon jug of gasoline poured down the hole, the wife and I went out to eat. when we came home the house had a heavey smell of gasoline fumes which was making us neauseated. We ended up staying in a motel for two nites till the house aired out.
 

lund17

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I have a steel burnin' barrel with holes cut out around the bottom for draft. Loaded her up with damp brush and added a little unleaded for inspiration. My wife wanted to light it and got down to stick a match in one of those draft holes. Nothin for about two seconds and then a mighty POOOOF!! and the whole load shot out the top of the barrel. :eek: Never, ever saw my girl move so fast. No one hurt and after she changed her drawers and cleaned up we laughed like a couple of morons. :rolleyes: We won't do that again though :cool:
 

Carphunter

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lol at Soulwinner. :D <br /><br />Not the first time that i've been "poofed", and it probably won't be the last. ;) <br /><br />........Heck, I still got a yard full of leaves,........... if ya know what I mean. :p
 

oddjob

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Parrot head, I sure wish we had gophers here. <br />
LOL @ both of ya :D <br /><br />Glad your ok and still able to laugh at yourself.. :)
 

KM2

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That's a mistake you only make once. Started a large brush pile with some diesel fuel once. Let's just say we over did it. I have never before or after seen my friend run so fast. I now use some newspaper and used motor oil. Takes a little to get going but won't knock you to the ground. Thanks for reminding me of that, it's funny now. Almost torched a tractor a week later when the wind kicked up and made the brush really burn. Young and stupid....
 

Carphunter

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Unfortunately KM2, i'm old enough to know better.<br />I can't use young and stupid as an excuse. (Well, I could use stupid). :p
 

PDS

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Boy, you guys are too funny. Too bad I've joined your ranks. A few years ago I had a burn barrel full of stuff and an extra gallon of old 2stroke gas. So I dumped the old gas onto the old papers and stuff. I thought the gas would evaporate out of the burn barrel and 10 months later I started another fire in the burn barrel.Must of been a pocket of gas that didn't evaporate. 40 gallon barrel kind of blew up like a cannon, with me very close to it. Next thing I knew I was on the ground and there was burning debris all around. I went into the cabin to look at a mirror and saw that I got a close shave on one side of my face and had no hair on my right arm. No burns, Just lucky. Threw the stuff that was burning back into the burn barrel, and went to a near by bar. Called myselve lucky. P.D.S.
 

Link

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Man you guys could give Macgyver idea's! :D <br />Seen the Flour thing done with a box of saw dust once. And like most have BTDT. Once when about 9 or 10 me and my friend were camping next to lake where we wanted to fish the next morning. Well the next morning while we were cooking bacon on a open fire the grease in the pan caught on fire, he paniced and as he was starting to slam his water glass upside down into the pan I was yelling DONT! Too late.. 360 degree of hot grease on fire shot out of the pan (with out precious bacon) I might add. The next few seconds were spent with us ripping our burning T-Shirts off and throwing them into the lake..then after a few moments of checking each other out for no burns we started to laugh, about that time we heard another noise.. yup 5 foot flames as our tent and sleeping bags burned to the a crisp! :eek: <br />Glad all of us lived to tell about it<br /><br />Link
 
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