He was admitted to my wife's ER a while later with severely burned sex organs and a toilet seat glued to his ass. His Sgt Major arrived to take care of the situation so I don't believe I can link to any reliable reference unless you want to check ER admits for Beauregard Memorial Hospital, DeRidder, LA for 1993.

My wife has worked ER for 15 years. You don't even want to hear about the potato vine story.

Submitted on 01/03/2007

Submitted by: Bruce
Reference: Personal 1993

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Graham said:
Neutral: Personal Account
While an interesting 'story', Bruce, I'm guessing it has been 'embroidered' along the way and over the years (for several techical reasons). The best we can do is vote for it under Personal Accounts. Thanks for submitting.

James said:
Neutral: Personal Account
As a personal account, I like this one! A satisfying story of comeuppance! I think the readers will like it, however "stretched" it may be!

Jack said:
Neutral: Urban Legend
This sounds like an urban legend I heard way back when, so I'm voting to keep it as such.

Chip said:
Maybe Toss: Urban Legend
This is really a merging of several well known urban legends (see snopes.com and search on "cigarette in toilet" and "glue on toilet seat". Highly doubtful that a cigarette would ignite lighter fluid. It is difficult to get a cigarette to ignite gasoline, which is many times more flammable. Thanks for the story though.

Shadow said:
Neutral: Urban Legend
I vote Urban Legend.. they covered this one on Mythbusters and busted it. Thanks for the submission though

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