Exploding Toilets????

[BobbyBoring]

I spoke with a friend in Colorado last night. As usual, we got into our what's wrong with everything and got on the subject of fracking.

He told me a guy there threw a cigarette butt in the toilet and blew the fucking house up killing him.

Anyone heard about that?

[panader0]

1. I've seen the clips on TV

where a guy lit his tap water on fire. Wow.

[FSogol]

2. No. Hasn't been reported in any of the major mechanical engineering or plumbing trade journals.

There was a case where a man claimed that his drunk/drugged wife drowned in a toilet but the court determined that she was dead before he stuffed her head in the bowl.

Here's Snopes on the subject of exploding toilets:
http://www.snopes.com/embarrass/accident/toilet.asp

[DJ13]

3. This is why Taco Bell needs to use real beef

[rucky]

4. If that weren't so disturbing...

it would be hilarious.

[tridim]

5. Sounds like typical human embellishment

What he's describing is simply not possible.

[BobbyBoring]

6. I don't know!

Until I saw Gasland, i had no idea you could set water from your tap on fire with a lighter!

[LeftinOH]

7. That truly has an aura of urban legend about it. Next up: Spiders in the hairdo. n/t

[DavidDvorkin]

8. In some places in Colorado, people can set the water coming from faucets alight

That was covered extensively on local news for a while, although the reporters' interest in this seems to have faded away.

Never heard about the toilet blowing up, though.

[Dulcinea]

9. Is that a band?

If not, it should be.

[guitar man]

10. Every spring

The toilets explode...