That Damned Gas Leak 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
I fully expect to someday win a darwin award myself as i have a tendency toward stupidity. I have a ton of stories to tell (from picking a fight with a tile wall to being dragged by a minivan) but in the interest of space i'll just tell one.
A couple weeks ago, my friend bob and i were driving down route 140 in west boylston, MA, when we were held up by the train that crosses the road. I was smoking a cigarette. When i was finished with it, I threw it out the window... Now, my car had a gas leak; it was spewing copious amounts of gasoline onto the street. Throwing a butt out the window had not been a problem while we were moving, but we were stationary, waiting for the train to go by.
I realized my folly quickly enough to witness the cigarette lying in the road, only inches from the ever-expanding puddle of gasoline. After much girlish screaming, cursing, and most importantly stomping, the cigarette was out and the danger was gone. I turned to bob and realized he had turned a pale colour. Submitted on 07/31/2002
Submitted by:
atthew Hopewell
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