when i was about 16, in my metalwork class at school, i decided to ''show off'' a little trick i had pulled off at home. it involved filling a small drink bottle with spray deodorant, then squeezing and lighting the gas as it come out the sipper end, as my metalwork class didn't have any deodorant ready at hand, but does have an acetylene welding plant, i decided that this was the next best thing, i filled the drink bottle with the oxy-acetylene mixture while the teacher wasn't looking, then in a quiet corner of the class, with all my mates watching, i proudly say ''hey guys, check out my flamethrower''.. I squeezed the bottle, lit my lighter, and BANG... was thrown about 3 foot backwards into the wall, still holding half a drink bottle, with anyone that was in the class deafened for the next 5 mins. needles to say i was promptly suspended for 3 days and had to write an essay on the explosive dangers of oxy-acetylene, i don't know how i still have all my fingers as since then, while on a building site, i grabbed an old piece of pvc down pipe, that had probably been in the sun for 20 years, melted a hole in the side with a gas torch, dug it into the ground, rammed a nectarine down it, then filled it up with....oxy-acetylene mixture, stood back just enough to be able to reach it with the gas torch, and lit it.. the result was, shards of pvc flying in all directions, one hitting me in the face, cutting me slightly, and an irate boss screaming that he had gone deaf...haha i still work for that company though

Submitted on 09/21/2010

Submitted by: chris costello
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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Wow, you really didn't learn anything in school, did you? Thanks, Chris!

Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
: shakes head: Just have to keep trying, don't you? Thanks, Chris!

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