Alpo Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 I'm on my way home from the grocery store, and I see a bicycle approaching me. He has something large and red in his right hand. It appears to be the big thermal pizza carrier, that pizza delivery guys use. I bet he's going to have to hustle to make that delivery in 30 minutes or less. As he gets closer I see that it is not a pizza carrier. It is a 5 gallon gasoline can. By the way he is holding it it is obviously not full of gasoline. But if it ever had gasoline in it before, it is most likely full of gasoline fumes. And he's smoking a cigarette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 The boy has (or had) his priorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 My favorite Burma Shave poem - He lit a match to check his tank that's why they call him skinless Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 So did you slow down to watch the mushroom cloud in your rear-view mirror? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Btw, the 30 minutes or less guarantee is history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Good candidate for the Darwin Award! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted November 12, 2021 Author Share Posted November 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: So did you slow down to watch the mushroom cloud in your rear-view mirror? I didn't slow down, because I did not want to be caught in it, but I did watch in the rearview mirror, until he went around a curve and I turned off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 53 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Btw, the 30 minutes or less guarantee is history. Yup, the local pizza place is literally 1 mile from my house. I still always drive there and pick up my order, otherwise it'll be stone cold by the time I get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Actually a lit cigarette will not set off gas fumes. Despite what Hollywood thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Actually a lit cigarette will not set off gas fumes. Despite what Hollywood thinks. Don't tell that to John McClaine. He blew up a 747 in the air just by taking a Zippo to its trail of jet fuel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted November 12, 2021 Author Share Posted November 12, 2021 Many many years ago, when I was young and stupid - we put about half a cup of gasoline in a 5-gallon can, put the lid on, shook it vigorously and then threw it out in the bay. Stood there and watched it until the tide took it out about 100 yards, then shot it with 308 tracer. Nothing happened. Saw the can jerk when the bullet hit it, so I know we were hitting it, but nothing happened. With only being about a hundred yards away from it, it's probably a good thing that nothing happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 I once took an empty soda can and filled it with gasoline. Lit a candle and set it about a foot to the side. Backed off 50 yards and shot the can with a 220 Swift. Mushroom cloud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 53 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Actually a lit cigarette will not set off gas fumes. Despite what Hollywood thinks. My uncle would be welding and when finished, would sometimes plunge the red hot metal in a bucket of gasoline that we used to clean parts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Well, you can always do anything...............once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cholla Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 My sister's house burnt to the ground during a forest fire in Northern Minnesota back in the 1970s. It was nothing but ash for miles. My BIL's motorcycle was a steel frame with a puddle of aluminum under it. But, there was a steel gas can sitting out in the yard. The yellow plastic vent was melted enough to run down the side but the gas can was intact and still full. It was not sealed as it still had the spout in place. Figure that one out. I saw it with my own teenage eyes. It was a tragic shame because he had boxes of Vampirella magazines in the shed with the motorcycle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 4 hours ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: Don't tell that to John McClaine. He blew up a 747 in the air just by taking a Zippo to its trail of jet fuel. But that was Jet A1 not gasoline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubious Don #56333 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Aw, that's nuttin' LOL. Imagine the look on the State Trooper's face when he rode his Harley up next to a Ford sedan because the driver had just flipped a butt out the window..... . . . . . . . And saw the THREE cases of commercial grade 12 inch fireworks shells in the back seat. Lemme tell ya, it was truly impressive when they brought all that out to my range "for destruction" LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 6 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Actually a lit cigarette will not set off gas fumes. Despite what Hollywood thinks. Nor will a bulleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 6 hours ago, Alpo said: Many many years ago, when I was young and stupid - we put about half a cup of gasoline in a 5-gallon can, put the lid on, shook it vigorously and then threw it out in the bay. Stood there and watched it until the tide took it out about 100 yards, then shot it with 308 tracer. Nothing happened. Saw the can jerk when the bullet hit it, so I know we were hitting it, but nothing happened. With only being about a hundred yards away from it, it's probably a good thing that nothing happened. During WWI, initially the British had a tough time shooting down Zeppelins. Turns out that all that hydrogen gas will not burn without being mixed with a fair amount of oxygen. Took a while but they finally figured it out. Defeating the Zeppelins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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