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[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

can't get him to testify if he's in a burn ward

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

He died doing what he loves.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The brightest candles burn the fastest?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago

CCTV footage showed two people approaching a fast food outlet with a jerry can of flammable liquid and attempting to set the shop alight.

So this like a gangland thing yeah?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago

This is pretty common, especially when using petrol/gasoline as the accelerant. There's two big mistakes people seem to make:

  1. they'll start the fire then pour on the accelerant and the fire will travel back up the stream because it's not a ghost
  2. they don't realize that the fumes are also flammable, so the fire can easily jump from the pooled accelerant via the evaporating gas to them and the container of more accelerant they're holding, resulting in an exciting light show if you're outside of the blast zone
[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Er, some problems solve themselves? Is there a more inflammatory way to call for mental health care?

A smidge further down the page: “We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work.” Nice! Good on ya ABC!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

inflammatory

Heh...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

"One last job... For old times sake."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

"Suspected"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Did he try put it mate out while holding the fucking jerry can?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

People don't know how to work with fire and petrol

While on a fishing camp at lake Eucumbene I watched the next camp over on their last night try to burn their remaining 2-stroke fuel

They upended the fuel tank above the fire, setting fire to the fuel tank

The man then dropped the tank and kicked it away, lighting up his shoe

His mates extinguished him

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

In other words, ha-de-fucking-ha.