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RPM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:25 PM
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Does anyone believe in spontaneous human combustion?
or is that another myth like ball lighning?
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:26 PM
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1. Umm, I don't have to answer that question.
:tinfoilhat: :crazy:
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:28 PM
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2. It happens more like a candle.
Human fat as the fuel and clothing as the wick. This was on Discovery or something.
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:31 PM
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6. so we should all walk around naked?
:hi:
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 03:06 PM
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21. Well I live in Canada,so that's out.
Maybe down in the tropics where you 'Murkins live it would be just fine.
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:29 PM
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3. Peter "James" Bond.
Need I say more?
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RPM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:30 PM
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5. yes
i don't get the reference...
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:33 PM
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9. An early drummer
for Spinal Tap. I believe there were actually two that spontaneously combusted leaving behind their drum sticks.
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RPM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:34 PM
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12. that was SHC?
i thought it was something elses - a green flash or some shit...
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:36 PM
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16. I forgot, he also left behind
a green glob of something on his drum throne. Yes, it was SHC.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:35 PM
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14. Don't forget Jo Mamma
Although I think he just had a heart attack and fell over dead during a performance.
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AmandaRuth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:41 PM
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18. Jo Mamma....
Was he the one aka Stumpy Joe? I believe that was indeed SHC
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aden_nak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:30 PM
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4. Personally, I think it's a load of cr - FFFWWOOOOOMMMMM!!!!
Edited on Fri Jul-08-05 02:30 PM by aden_nak
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Kraklen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:31 PM
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7. Human combustion, yes.
Spontaneous human combustion, no.
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hippiechick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:32 PM
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8. I do
I've known several people with unusually high basal body temps, and I can imagine them 'combusting' at some point in time given the right chemical interactions.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:34 PM
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11. Yikes!
:o
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:33 PM
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10. It must be true
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:35 PM
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15. I love that poster! n/t
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:35 PM
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13. Yup
I've burned from the inside out dozens of times.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:38 PM
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17. Ask Tom Cruise,
sounds like one of his theories!
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:46 PM
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19. I believe in spontaneous human flatulation....
That stuff is pretty combustible....
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Zuni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 02:48 PM
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20. A few people who spontaneously combusted survived
I believe in it. It has been witnessed. No scientific explanation can account for what happens to these people
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RPM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-09-05 06:57 PM
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22. kick
:kick:
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-09-05 07:00 PM
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23. I used to believe in it until I noticed the victims were all...
Edited on Sat Jul-09-05 07:07 PM by JVS
obese and elderly alcoholics near open flames.
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bluetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-09-05 07:41 PM
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24. I hope to die by spontaneous human combustion...
while talking to a large group of people. I would be right in the middle of a sentence, something profound sounding and then BOOM!
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Nikia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-09-05 08:11 PM
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25. It is one of my secret fears
It is usually activated when I smell something close that smells hot or like its burning, but that I have no idea where the smell is coming from. I also get nervous about it when portions of my body seem hot for no reason.
I know that even if it does sometimes happen that it is relatively rare. I am much more likely to suddenly die of a sudden heart attack or aneurysm.
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