DILYSI Dave
DILYSI Dave SuperDork
1/21/11 9:24 a.m.

http://www.kirotv.com/news/26560272/detail.html?cxntlid=cmg_cntnt_rss

MrJoshua
MrJoshua SuperDork
1/21/11 9:26 a.m.

Um-stop drop and roll!

Donebrokeit
Donebrokeit New Reader
1/21/11 9:27 a.m.

Honorable mention for the Darwin awards (Dumb a$$)

Paul B

Javelin
Javelin SuperDork
1/21/11 9:37 a.m.

Oh. My.

DoctorBlade
DoctorBlade HalfDork
1/21/11 9:42 a.m.

I want to know why they thought that would work.

914Driver
914Driver SuperDork
1/21/11 9:45 a.m.

Nothing is idiot proof - only idiot resistant.

pinchvalve
pinchvalve SuperDork
1/21/11 10:10 a.m.

I have run a van on starter fluid across a parking lot, but even I am not THAT stupid!

Cone_Junky
Cone_Junky Reader
1/21/11 10:24 a.m.

Survival of the fittest...

4cylndrfury
4cylndrfury SuperDork
1/21/11 10:24 a.m.

Appleseed
Appleseed SuperDork
1/21/11 10:48 a.m.

Awesome!

Slyp_Dawg
Slyp_Dawg Reader
1/21/11 11:14 a.m.
914Driver wrote: Nothing is idiot proof - only idiot resistant.

the more we try the stupider they get. by that logic, make nothing idiot proof and the number of idiots will reduce, right?

Giant Purple Snorklewacker
Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork
1/21/11 11:17 a.m.

LOL. Pouring gas from a 2g pail into a running engine's carb while driving - in a van.

Man, you gotta be pretty high to even think of that.

Chebbie_SB
Chebbie_SB HalfDork
1/21/11 11:25 a.m.

What's the difference between Genius and Stupidity ?

There is a limit to Genius !

Jay_W
Jay_W HalfDork
1/21/11 11:30 a.m.

Yep, this happened in my neck of the woods and when the story first came out I was all "golly how that poor van catch fire like that" and then I read the rest of the story and I could feel IQ points draining outta my head..

slantvaliant
slantvaliant Dork
1/21/11 1:37 p.m.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: LOL. Pouring gas from a 2g pail into a running engine's carb while driving - in a van. Man, you gotta be pretty high to even think of that.

They were using a water bottle to transfer the gas. Pouring from the bucket would have been dangerous.

Safety first!

mndsm
mndsm SuperDork
1/21/11 2:37 p.m.

I heard it on the radio this morning and nearly wrecked my car, I was so lost in the cloud of stupidity surrounding that mess.

wbjones
wbjones Dork
1/21/11 8:12 p.m.

oh well ... looks like they'll live... which means they can still reproduce

Marty!
Marty! Dork
1/21/11 8:35 p.m.

^^^ My thoughts exactly.

porksboy
porksboy SuperDork
1/21/11 10:30 p.m.
wbjones wrote: oh well ... looks like they'll live... which means they can still reproduce

Not if it burned off their wieners.

Chebbie_SB
Chebbie_SB HalfDork
1/21/11 10:42 p.m.
porksboy wrote:
wbjones wrote: oh well ... looks like they'll live... which means they can still reproduce
Not if it burned off their wieners.

We could only hope...

some will do anything to get a "donation" to the "I need another welfare baby" campaign!

gamby
gamby SuperDork
1/21/11 11:56 p.m.

Nothing good can follow the words "open bucket of gasoline"

Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon SuperDork
1/22/11 8:32 a.m.

Wow. Just wow.

jrw1621
jrw1621 SuperDork
1/22/11 8:55 a.m.
gamby wrote: Nothing good can follow the words "open bucket of gasoline"

lol and almost spilled coffee.

hotrodlarry
hotrodlarry Reader
1/22/11 7:25 p.m.

natural selection at its finest

Toyman01
Toyman01 SuperDork
1/22/11 8:01 p.m.

Part of me wouldn't wish burning on my worst enemy. Part of me says they got what they deserved.

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