Deep13
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Thu Jul-09-09 01:35 PM
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I managed to burn off the hair on my forearm lighting the grill. |
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It is a gas grill and I had the top open and the gas running. I was pushing the spark button over and over without it lighting. Finally, this mass of gas surrounding the grill area instantly turned into a hot, blue flame and was gone just as quick. The hair on my forearm had become little curls of ash. I said, "That wasn't supposed to happen."
When I was a stupid kid, I decided to make a propane balloon out of a kitchen trash bag. I lit it with the torch and the same exact thing happened. The top layer of hair on the front half of my head, as well as forearm and even a few eyebrow hair curled into ash.
Anyway, after the grill situation, I went in the house to show my wife. She almost passed out when I told her.
....She had trouble getting air because she was laughing so hard. :eyes:
She said she heard the click-click-click of the sparker for the grill and then heard me saying, "That wasn't supposed to happen." She had no idea what the clicking noise was or what I was talking about until I told her.
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Thu Jul-09-09 01:49 PM
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1. Some people pay good money for that kind of look. |
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Never tell them your secret.
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Thu Jul-09-09 01:50 PM
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I like it smooth! :P ;) :)
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Thu Jul-09-09 01:59 PM
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3. I find those stupid spark lighters work for about a year |
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I usually use those long lighters to light mine.
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Thu Jul-09-09 02:31 PM
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Edited on Thu Jul-09-09 02:32 PM by gizmonic
You Owe Me A New Keyboard!!!!
:rofl: :rofl: :spray:
Can't believe you posted this...I'm still laughing :evilgrin:
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Deep13
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Thu Jul-09-09 02:54 PM
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8. That wasn't supposed to happen. |
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Thu Jul-09-09 02:38 PM
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5. Be glad you still have eyebrows. |
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Thu Jul-09-09 02:42 PM
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6. Next time you light it,set up a camcorder first. |
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This would make a youtube viral video.
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Deep13
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Thu Jul-09-09 02:53 PM
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7. If I only suspected, I would have. nt |
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Thu Jul-09-09 03:13 PM
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11. A buddy of mine did something similar with his RV. |
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Edited on Thu Jul-09-09 03:14 PM by Swede
It used both gas and propane. He was under the hood,heard a hiss and poof. He wore a ballcap for a month,his face was pink also. Sorry for poking fun at you.
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Thu Jul-09-09 03:26 PM
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12. I'm poking fun at myself. |
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It's harmless enough. I wasn't hurt. Just a little surprised.
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Thu Jul-09-09 03:02 PM
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9. Now you will have to use the other hand to click the spark button |
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so you'll have matching arm hair lack of arm hair.
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Thu Jul-09-09 03:04 PM
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10. Lost my eybrows burning leaves. They never really grew back. |
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Thu Jul-09-09 08:24 PM
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13. I lost my eyebrows in Vietnam. |
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Thu Jul-09-09 08:42 PM
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In a sickish sort of way.
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Thu Jul-09-09 08:29 PM
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14. You need to do the other arm, now |
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or you'll look ridiculous for weeks.
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Thu Jul-09-09 08:38 PM
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15. been there, done that. Twice in the past two years |
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Thu Jul-09-09 08:41 PM
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17. A member of my household (not me) did something *sort of* like that once. |
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Our (slightly addled) cat briefly stuck her head in a jack-o-lantern that had a lighted candle in it. She was unharmed -- though surprised -- but her whiskers were singed into tight little curls. A cat looks really strange with curly whiskers.
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