Sunday, July 24, 2011

Teh Stoopid! It Burns! (Literally)

Jeff from OR sends in this story of stoopid:

Man burned while siphoning gas with leaf blower
Officials said a Seminole man was seriously burned in an explosion while siphoning gas from a car with a leaf blower.

Pinellas County Sheriff's Spokesperson Tom Nestor said Joseph P. Williamson, 31, was working on the fuel lines of the 1997 Saturn belonging to his girlfriend, Sommer M. Brocuglio, 34, outside their home on 61st Avenue N when the gas ignited.

Gas lines. Electric leaf blower. What could possibly go wrong? Oh yeah, this:

(picture from link)

Yeah, doing it yourself saves money - now they won't have to worry about sugar in the gas tank!

That is all.

4 comments:

chiefjaybob said...

Well, that driver's door panel still looks good. We can use that as the starting point for the restoration......

Old NFO said...

AND it cost money too... :-(

Irish said...

The dumbing down on america.... dont they know your supposed to sue a gas powered leaf blower attached to the air cleaner to force all the gasoline out of the tank? SHeesh what a bunch of amateurs.

Anonymous said...

Waiting for the lawsuit to be brought against the company that made the leaf-blower, the store where he bought it and the bank that issed the credit card he used to buy the machine.