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Cigarette-smoking passenger ignites fireworks in car
Francis Stranko allegedly told police he had been smoking a cigarette inside the car when fireworks near his feet suddenly began going off. (Pawtucket Times)
October 2, 2008 | Permalink
Comments
the fourth stooge
Posted by: phantom | Oct 2, 2008 2:00:53 PM
1) Don't put fireworks next to you in car.
2) Don't smoke in car.
3) Don't be an idiot.
Posted by: Charles Brobst | Oct 2, 2008 2:06:15 PM
Delicious! Sometimes people just have it coming to them, and this is one of those times.
Posted by: Phranqlin | Oct 2, 2008 2:21:16 PM
Was he trying to drive to Wisconsin?
Posted by: Bill | Oct 2, 2008 2:21:59 PM
I always smoke around explosives. Don't you?
Fizzzzz
Dude do you hear that?
Fizzzz
Sound like your tire?!?
Maybe I ran over some BOOM
Posted by: Dick C. Normas | Oct 2, 2008 2:59:21 PM
Goll-dang! Who noo that wud gunna happen?!
Posted by: Torgo | Oct 2, 2008 3:01:04 PM
No, he was trying to drive to FLORIDA.
The only thing better than this chain of events? If he had been trying to siphon gas while smoking near fireworks.
Posted by: msgelter | Oct 2, 2008 3:02:38 PM
It would seem that our dear friend, Mr. Darwin, has taken a leave of absence from his post. He's obviously hanging out with Murphy and The Grim Reaper, because nobody is doing their job lately.
Posted by: Soo | Oct 2, 2008 3:31:58 PM
dude wheres my car
Posted by: angrysockmonkey | Oct 2, 2008 5:30:36 PM
what idiot puts fireworks in their car?
Posted by: | Oct 3, 2008 4:45:51 AM
Things that make you go, "boom"...
Posted by: troschne | Oct 3, 2008 4:57:46 AM
Gassing up the car this morning, I saw a burly construction worker pull up in truck towing some large piece of machinery.
He got out of the cab, lit cigarette in hand and walked directly to the pump.
Everyone with line of sight started yelling at him. He contributed a few poorly chosen explicatives then got back in his truck.
The machinery he was towing was labeled in HUGE letters
"PUTZMEISTER"
Posted by: nellagain | Oct 3, 2008 5:52:29 AM
LMAO @ nell!!
Posted by: troschne | Oct 3, 2008 8:17:12 AM
One of my college friends realted this story to me: When he was in high school, he was driving down the street one 4th of July in his VW Bug, lighting firecrackers and tossing them out the window. All well and good until one came back in and landed in his lap - when the rest of the ammunition was located. Up off the seat, trying to drive holding the door open and sweeping the fireworks out the door. He's a smart guy, but not very wise at that time.
Posted by: Navy Chief | Oct 3, 2008 8:56:17 AM
@nell: Mythbusters proved it's not possible to light gasoline with a lit cigarette. But it was still a stupid series of actions. It falls in the category of "Pushing your luck with fatal consequences" and would be something I would not do, if I smoked.
Posted by: Nauip | Oct 3, 2008 2:59:27 PM
Nauip,
Mythbusters did an episode about exploding a gas tank wity bullets (regular bulllets no, tracers yes)
And one about exploding a methane ina porta potty with a cigarette. (uh-no)
but not the one you describe. At any given gas station there is fair amount of gas vapour in the air and there is some edifying video of people holding a gas nozzle when it caught on fire. [Hint, if this every happens to you DROP THE NOZZLE]
Posted by: nellagain | Oct 6, 2008 6:49:36 AM
