Inflammable means flammable? What a country!

At least it was the police, tazers are a problem when u give every 5 toothed security guard and college "public safety" officer one. Guys have all the ego-complexes of the police without any of the training.

he must have used, "Harsh Language"!

@liveinvt: I'm fairly certain that "inflammable" means the same as "flammable" in the US, too.

"Don't Blaze Me Bro!"

So that's where the myth of the exploding pants came from...

Are they sure the fire was caused by something in the suspect's waistband? He might have been wearing a blazer.

"Alight" makes me think of handlebar moustaches, handsome cabs and bustle back dresses.

What's with the Canadian tasers? Are they super powered or something. First there was that incident with the RCMP tasing the guy to death and now this. Granted this is a lot funnier but still...

@Sportyboard: wha? rofl

@liveinvt: inflammable means the same as flammable everywhere smartass.

-Usage note Inflammable and flammable both mean "combustible." Inflammable is the older by about 200 years. Flammable now has certain technical uses, particularly as a warning on vehicles carrying combustible materials, because of a belief that some might interpret the intensive prefix in- of inflammable as a negative prefix and thus think the word means "noncombustible." Inflammable is the word more usually used in nontechnical and figurative contexts: The speaker ignited the inflammable emotions of the crowd.

[dictionary.reference.com]

Well, it's Hamilton, so the "flammable object" was probably a mickey of bourbon in a plastic bottle!

@Falconfire: whoa! who woke up Johnny Storm! Flame On!

@Derrick: I'm sure we buy the American kind. We have almost no military or quasi-military manufacturing capacity up here.

Seriously. We don't even have the ability to make rifles and bullets for the army. We sold all those companies to Americans.

@Falconfire: I learned that from Clarissa Explains It All.

I'm guessing alcohol was involved somehow, either in bringing the police, or catching the pants on fire. Ah Alcohol, the cause of and solution to all of lifes problems. Might also have been a lighter. Whats a Tazer vs. Bic/Zippo lighter look like?

@Falconfire: Ummm, I think that was a Simpsons Dr. Nick joke...

To the people knocking liveinvt,

I'm pretty sure he got this from Dr. Nick Riviera from The Simpsons, the episode about the many stories of Springfield.

Damn comments, Darrone beat me to it lol

If his pants had retardants, he wouldn't have been able to put them on.

@Pope John Peeps II:

And i bet he was riding a Rascal and had a cigarette hanging out of his mouth!

@BasicBlack: that would make him retarded?
LOL

@bosskev: Without question, that's the comment of the day.

Overheard at the civil hearing.
Q. Was he drunk when you arrived?
A. Yes, he was already lit.

Just don't get flammable and combustible confused, (at least as far as hazardous materials and the DOT are concerned) they are two distinct classifications referring to the product's flash point.

@Geisrud: "Just don't get flammable and combustible"

Isn't that the difference between singed eyebrows and a trip to the burn ward?

@BasicBlack: Could be.

Reference flammable vs combustible liquids [goliath.ecnext.com]

my underwear is both flammable and combustible!

@riqgeez:

Must be convenient on laundry day.

@Darrone: indeed.

@Falconfire: I'm a fan of the harsh punishment you handed down there. That'll teach him to make fun of Canada!

It's Hamilton for God's sake... He was arrested for firing back on unmashmallowed policemen.

@ANoel:

Dammit, now I'm thinking about cop-shaped Peeps. The heads would be fluffy, but their hearts like bitter stones.

:end random over generalization.

@Falconfire: wow, that's too funny... lol

It's the new lie-detector!

"Uh-oh.. looks like somebody's pants are on fire..."

Adding insult to injury, the cop then proceeded to hang him from a telephone wire.

@TickleMeElmo:

Yes!

that reminds of this...

"Three Amigos,
Hollywood, California.
You are very great. One hundred thousand pesos
to come to Santa Poco. Put on show. Stop. The infamous El Guapo."

"What does that mean? "In-famous"?"

"In-famous is when you're more than famous. This man El Guapo is not just famous, he's in-famous."

And of course, one of the lady police might have said: "Are your pants on fire, or are you just REALLY happy to see me?"

It was probably just coincidence; he spontaneously combusted for withholding flatulence. You can't prove that one either way.

I can light you up with a single thought .......
sorry Giz .... i just cant get that Eddie Izzard video outa my mind lol

yah i live not too far from hamilton - its just like Buffalo of the north - things are either on fire, subject to this explosion or that explosion, electrocuting their pets, or headlining the 'Darwin Awards' with some ludicrousi-ness... best just to drive on by and not look too closely...

@designguybrown:

and the potholes as SO bad you have to drive a SUV!

Hmmm...

Maybe the guy was just a liar.

@Eukaryote: Being a liar might still be a bit better than not noticing your joke was already said by ideaman2020 at 2:58 PM.

@fastmike: "the whole planet is made of widdlyweep sir... I'm made of widdlyweep" :)