Jesus.... I think Darwin awards only work when it's by your own devices. The wife is trying to kill him!
Didn’t mythbusters do a piece on exploding toilets filled with various explosives... I think they proved it to not be real. So what does it say about that story... can it also not be legit?
ok, so some friend of this columinst told her that story. this is more credible than being the man himself.
I never said it was a funny TRUE story.... just a funny story... kinda like that one about Ray's car being driven....
Might have been busted but still, you would get a hell of a burn ..... can cigarettes even ignite gas anyway?
I think they busted that myth to.... in a movie a guy poored a line of gas from they gas tank to the curb and then dropped his cigar on it creating an explosion... i think they concluded that the cherry on a cigarette/cigar is not hot enough to ignite the fumes of gasoline..
The cherry itself isn't hot enough, but if it landed short and embers flew to the vapor, it would ignite. The sparks flying off are burning much hotter than the cherry itself
THE GASOLINE ITSELF IS NOT FLAMMABLE ITS THE FUMES... so the toilet thing could happen if there was fumes still... trust me I have played with plenty of fir ad gas back in Australia as a kid... they may have busted the MYTH, but I believe it is still likely to happen...
There's a lot of factors to consider with this sort of thing but cigarettes CAN ignite gasoline vapor. In the specific example of the toilet, however, it isn't quite so likely since the cigarette would probably be extinguished by the gas/water mix. Also, gas would likely settle to the bottom of the bowl and produce little or no vapor in that event, since gas and water don't mix. This is a STORY that a woman thought funny. The guy probably just drove his bike through a window so I applaud him for that, but I doubt he blew himself up with gasoline.... now, methane is a different story.... What did the man have to eat that day? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
