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Coleman Stoves are for Outside Only

2007 Reader Submission
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My friends and I are all considered average students in school, and i consider myself to have the most common sense out of our bunch...not tonight This is the story of the night we almost didnt wake up.

Camping in a friend's back yard, just down by the woods, we had everything we needed for a night under the stars. Everyhing started out great, we had beer, pot, and a campfire.

Some hours into the night we decided it was too cold, and ran up to the house to fetch the tent and a small camping stove. We set up the tent, further annebriated ourselves, and got into the tent to go to sleep. About an hour later we were all still awake, and freezing cold. We turned on the small camp stove, and warmed ourselves around it until the tent was toasty, and we all laid back down and dozed off. I awoke to my larger friend with asthma's wheezing.

"Are you ok man?" I asked.

"Yeah my asthma is just acting up"

"ok" And we all fell back asleep for a little while, when another one of us woke up and said, "dude i cant breathe its stuffy as hell in here!" This is when i realized that my friend's wheezing sounded stronger, and that the stove was still lit.

We all busted out of the tent trying to catch our breath with the fresh air outside the tent.

All four of us might not have lived through the night with that stove burning.....we are idiots

Submitted on 10/12/2007

Submitted by: Ethan
Reference: Personnal Account 10-12-07

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Bruce said:
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Idiots indeed. You sure are lucky you survived to share this tale with us! Thanks, Ethan.


James said:
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Indeed, you are quite lucky you didn't wake up in the hereafter! :-) Those ol' stove fumes do sort of creep up on you! Good PA, Ethan! Thanks!


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