Not wishing to wait several weeks for the toffees to disolve at room temperature the impatient man decided to apply a little science and speed the whole process up.Sugar disolves better in hot water, right? Heat was theefore the answer to a quicker tipple. So our wanna-be drunken Einstien, putting 2 and 2 togther to make 74, placed the bottle of vodka containing Werther’s Originals toffees on his gas hob. To his enormous suprise, but no-one else's, the concoction quickly reached it's flashpoint and violently exploded.

The boiling hot sugary liquid and glass sprayed all over him as the bottle blew up. A fraction of a second later the super hot alcohol fumes from the vodka ignited and the ensueing fireball set the man’s vodka soaked t-shirt on fire.

At this point our man had to make a split second decision to save himself. He hit the floor, rolling around, over and over again in a desparate bid to put out the flames. He half succeeded as he did put out the flames. However,as he had not taken a few steps into the adjecent room, he found himself now dealing with multiple cuts and lacerations from shards of glass covering the kitchen floor. And the stinging pain from having vodka in the cuts.

The man survived so I guess it is an honourable mention only. But still fantastically stupid

Story taken from Argus website (Hove, Sussex, England) but written up by myself

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8157302.Hove_man_suffers_burn_after_vodka_exploded/

Thanks Kirstin Spanos

Submitted on 05/11/2010

Submitted by: Kirstin Spanos
Reference: The Argus News website 11 May 2010 - see website http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8157302.Hove_man_su

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
What really got me is the mention in the article that he tried to treat his injuries by running a cold bath to soothe his burns but then ended up going into shock as a result. This guy really seems to have been trying for a full fledged DA, but alas he wasn't quite up for it. Thanks, Kirstin!

Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
There are no words for this level of stupidity.

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