Stop! Drop! And Roll!!!

fdd2blk

Well-Known Member
how come one of the first things i remember as a child was being taught how to put myself out if i ever caught on fire. has anyone ever had to use this technique? seems really odd that, as children, everybody was afraid of us spontaneously combusting. :eyesmoke:
 

xami

Member
Iv never had to use it.. To be honest, if i was on fire, id be panicking so much i dunno if id remember to roll around on the floor..
Wouldnt it be better to just take all your clothes off?
 

Biggravy22

Well-Known Member
Oh boy...I have... I used to put tennis balls into plastic grocery bags, douse them in gasoline, light them on fire and hurl them down the street. Well one day...too much gas and too little focus I lit myself on fire. I ran around for a few seconds realized what I was doing and hit the ground. It worked, but yeah...let's say I never did that again.
 

cph

Well-Known Member
HAHA!!:lol: I've never seen any spontaneous combustion either, but I do know a few ppl that have had to stop, drop, and roll. The more I think about it though they were pretty drunk and shouldn't have been that close to the camp fire anyway. Nobody ever got hurt just laughed at!!:peace:
 

tipsgnob

New Member
If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid looking in a mirror, because I bet that will really throw you into a panic.
 

HoppusTheCaveman

Well-Known Member
I've used it once. kinda stupid though why. I sprayed axe bodyspray on my arm and lit it on fire, and usually when I do that it doesn't last long and it's easy to put out, buuuut this time it didn't go out and I threw myself to the ground and started rolling around. it didn't work right away, but it eventually went out. the only bad thing of the situation was the lingering smell of burnt arm hair. the good thing was that I had a smooth left arm for a little while :)
 

fdd2blk

Well-Known Member
I've used it once. kinda stupid though why. I sprayed axe bodyspray on my arm and lit it on fire, and usually when I do that it doesn't last long and it's easy to put out, buuuut this time it didn't go out and I threw myself to the ground and started rolling around. it didn't work right away, but it eventually went out. the only bad thing of the situation was the lingering smell of burnt arm hair. the good thing was that I had a smooth left arm for a little while :)

i guess if it saves 1 life, .......................... :bigjoint:
 

old pothead

Well-Known Member
It works for everything but your head.I was clearing a 19 acre woodlot for pasture with a freind who wanted to help burn the wood pile.He is a pyro at heart.I was on the tractor pushing a bunch of brush into the pile while he was getting it ready to burn.I did not know he had poured the whole 5 gallons of gas i had on the pile.I asked him if it was ready to lite and he said yes.I threw a burning rag onto the pile and found myself standing in hell.The fumes has spread about 30 feet around the outside of the pile.
I lost all of my face hair and had about a 1/4 inch of burnt hair left on my head that looked like a afro.I rolled around till the flames went out and got up,and my buddy says your head is still burning.
Needless to say he never helped me burn again,and i always use deisel now.OPH
 

cph

Well-Known Member
It works for everything but your head.I was clearing a 19 acre woodlot for pasture with a freind who wanted to help burn the wood pile.He is a pyro at heart.I was on the tractor pushing a bunch of brush into the pile while he was getting it ready to burn.I did not know he had poured the whole 5 gallons of gas i had on the pile.I asked him if it was ready to lite and he said yes.I threw a burning rag onto the pile and found myself standing in hell.The fumes has spread about 30 feet around the outside of the pile.
I lost all of my face hair and had about a 1/4 inch of burnt hair left on my head that looked like a afro.I rolled around till the flames went out and got up,and my buddy says your head is still burning.
Needless to say he never helped me burn again,and i always use deisel now.OPH

DAM THAT SUCKS! I'm glad your still with us.:peace:
 

old pothead

Well-Known Member
DAM THAT SUCKS! I'm glad your still with us.:peace:
Thanks,i am glad to be here also.The doctors said that if i would have took a breath while standing in hell,it would have burnt my airways and i would probably be dead now.OPH
 
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