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gasoline safety tips!
Jan. 15th, 2008 02:59 pmoccasionally the persecuted crack smoker can provide helpful advice for your everyday life. today is one of those days.
if you are going to drink alcohol, that's fine. certain alcoholic drinks are really tasty, and being tipsy is a lot of fun. but, when you are drinking alcohol, make sure that all of the bottles around you are potable substances. bottles of beer? check. bottles of vodka? check. bottles of water? check.
bottles of gasoline? not so much.
i'm sorry for not posting this sooner. it's too late to save a fifty-six year old man in Germany from injury, although hopefully he has learned his lesson and will not forget it. he was drinking alcohol, but had a bottle of gasoline within handy reach. he picked up the wrong bottle and took a swig. luckily he wasn't so drunk that he swallowed it. but, he was so shocked [drunk?] that he wasn't paying attention where he spit the gasoline...and he sprayed it right on top of his lit cigarette. this, of course, started a fire that set his apartment ablaze and burned him badly enough that he had to go to the hospital.
this leads to a second bit of advice, which i'm giving you free with the price of admission: don't spit gasoline on top of something that's on fire. in fact, if you want to cover all your bases, avoid smoking near flammable things like gasoline.
if you follow these simple precepts, your life should be a lot happier...or, at least, you'll spend a little less of your time on fire.
if you are going to drink alcohol, that's fine. certain alcoholic drinks are really tasty, and being tipsy is a lot of fun. but, when you are drinking alcohol, make sure that all of the bottles around you are potable substances. bottles of beer? check. bottles of vodka? check. bottles of water? check.
bottles of gasoline? not so much.
i'm sorry for not posting this sooner. it's too late to save a fifty-six year old man in Germany from injury, although hopefully he has learned his lesson and will not forget it. he was drinking alcohol, but had a bottle of gasoline within handy reach. he picked up the wrong bottle and took a swig. luckily he wasn't so drunk that he swallowed it. but, he was so shocked [drunk?] that he wasn't paying attention where he spit the gasoline...and he sprayed it right on top of his lit cigarette. this, of course, started a fire that set his apartment ablaze and burned him badly enough that he had to go to the hospital.
this leads to a second bit of advice, which i'm giving you free with the price of admission: don't spit gasoline on top of something that's on fire. in fact, if you want to cover all your bases, avoid smoking near flammable things like gasoline.
if you follow these simple precepts, your life should be a lot happier...or, at least, you'll spend a little less of your time on fire.
