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As a boy I recall this but to this day it still amazes me my older brothers friends lived through this,My brother and his friends had gotton home from Vietnam and were a bit on the careless side for quite a few years doing things that most people would look at in amazement or horror depending on thier senceability 1 year we had a 4th of july party at my brothers friends house in the country with the usual fireworks BBQ alcohol ect ect all was going well untill the owner of the house said the septic tank was plugged so to fix the problem (and the fact a few people were there to help at the moment) they got a shovel and dug out the cap to the tank,by this time it had gotton dark and all the mothers and kids had the flash lights and the owner of the house said he would be right back,as everyone sat there looking at the cap the others figured out how to get the cap off in the dark not noticing what the intoxicated owner (they were all intoxicated) of the house had decided to use for light untill it was too late,as they peered into the hole out of nowhere came a coleman lantern they tried to scatter but due to the fact that these guys had artificial limbs courtisy of Vietnam it was too late they just werent fast enough KABOOM it was the prettiest blue flame coming out of that hole i had ever seen only untill i saw a jet take off at night did i ever see that blue flame again I recall 1 saying "put jerrys leg out" his wood leg had caught fire.The next day the septic co. came out and pumped the tank and at the bottom of the tank,standing strait up,was the lantern,the septic tank guy was confused about this being in there so he retrieved it and went to the door and asked "is this yours?" and the owner said "no I've never seen it before"I bet he found it kind of odd that the owner was wearing a stocking cap in july.It was covering the fact he had no hair or eyebrows anymore.

Submitted on 08/07/2002

Submitted by: Todd Shields
Reference: personal account 1974

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John said:
Neutral: Lacks Excellence


Mitch said:
Definitely Toss: Bystanders Hurt
Punctuation is our friend.


Charles said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
Sure, carry an open flam near a methane generator. Needs a lot of polishing to be funny, though.


Gregory said:
Neutral: Personal Account
Gosh, ever heard of a period? I haven't read such a run-on sentence since William Faulkner in high school


Bert said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I think even during 'Nam they made artificial limbs out of metal & plastic?


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