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    Gasoline-Huffing Man Bursts Into Flame After Being Tased

    LiveSpark Is an Audio Visualizer Made of Fire

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    Image of Malfunktion v2 Malfunktion v2
    07/21/09

    In reply to Gasoline-Huffing Man Bursts Into Flame After Being Tased
    This is probably the single greatest thing I have read all month. Thank you Dan and thank you Gizmodo.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    07/21/09

    In reply to Gasoline-Huffing Man Bursts Into Flame After Being Tased
    Australia eh?

    I guess they threw another shrimp on the barbie..
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    Image of Martin Jones Martin Jones
    07/21/09

    In reply to Gasoline-Huffing Man Bursts Into Flame After Being Tased
    The police round here just caught two kids huffing battery acid and fireworks.

    They charged one and let the other one off.
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    FredicvsMaximvs promoted this comment Martin Jones was starred Martin Jones was unstarred
    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    07/21/09

    In reply to Gasoline-Huffing Man Bursts Into Flame After Being Tased
    This reminds me of something I saw the other day.

    I was at a restaurant across the street from a gas station and some guy pulled up and started filling up his gas tank while smoking.

    I thought for sure an attendant would come out and start yelling at him, but it was one of those gas stations that just have a little hut in the middle for the employee and he either didn't see or didn't care.

    The whole time he's filling the tank up I'm waiting for some awesome, Michael Bay-level explosions (and wondering if I should move away from the window), but the guy finishes, and puts the gasoline nozzle up.

    Buuuuuut he must have splashed a bit of gas on his sleeve, and then a bit of ash from his cigarette fell on it or something, because his arm burst into flames! He started jumping and waving his arm all around (completely ignoring "Stop, drop and roll)!

    And that's when the cops showed up, and arrested him. For waving a firearm.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    07/21/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: Wow. As someone who pumped gas, I was ticking off what was wrong with your story. Until the end, that is.
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    07/21/09

    @Summermodoin'_GitEmSteveDave: That's right! Take your joke killing elsewhere! I don't need your help to kill my jokes, I can do it all on my own, thankyouverymuch.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    07/21/09

    @Sticks Calhoun:

    Oh man that totally blows away my "peanut was assaulted" joke.

    dammit.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    07/21/09

    @strider_mt2k: And is just slightly better than my "12 inch pianist" joke.
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    Image of jewsrock jewsrock
    07/21/09

    In reply to Gasoline-Huffing Man Bursts Into Flame After Being Tased
    There's a CSI Miami episode where exactly that happens.
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    Summermodoin'_GitEmSteveDave promoted this comment jewsrock was starred jewsrock was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    07/21/09

    @jewsrock: Well, we didn't start this fire.So while we didn't light, we're gonna fight it.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    07/21/09

    In reply to Gasoline-Huffing Man Bursts Into Flame After Being Tased
    that's a horrible movie poster. and i am assuming the next thing to come out from australia is a a story about kids huffing glue and then getting stuck together when they start making out. hmmm, does anyone know how you put out a press release?
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    Edited by Nick at 07/21/09 1:15 AM Nick was starred Nick was unstarred
    Image of cpthook cpthook
    07/21/09

    @Nick: My island name is Nicko: I hope by horrible you mean awesome, because that's definitely one of the best, and most underrated movies of the last 10 years. If you haven't seen it, rent it. Fucking awesome.
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    Nick: My island name is Nicko promoted this comment cpthook was starred cpthook was unstarred
    Image of Nick Nick
    07/21/09

    @cpthook: i loved the movie. it's a horrible POSTER.
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    Image of whiteknight89 still plays DiabloII whiteknight89 still plays DiabloII
    07/21/09

    In reply to Gasoline-Huffing Man Bursts Into Flame After Being Tased
    My two favorite parts of this post.

    1) "...and the officer, recognizing that a man becomes significantly less dangerous once he's on fire, went to the suspect's aid..."

    2) "...and the young woman was charged with throwing rocks at a policeman."

    I had to check with my sources to see if that 2nd point was a legal charge or not. Alas, it doesn't seem to be.
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    Image of cynu414 cynu414
    07/21/09

    @whiteknight89 still plays DiabloII: For #2: she was probably charged with assaulting a police officer.
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    Nick: My island name is Nicko promoted this comment cynu414 was starred cynu414 was unstarred
    Image of Nick Nick
    07/21/09

    @cynu414: or better yet. assaulting the police officer with a missile. i love it when they use missile.
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    Image of whiteknight89 still plays DiabloII whiteknight89 still plays DiabloII
    07/21/09

    @cynu414: She was. I followed the link. Sad, really. I wanted her charge to be cooler.
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    Image of theimmc theimmc
    07/21/09

    @whiteknight89 still plays DiabloII: Like what? Stoning while stoned?
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    freakout promoted this comment theimmc was starred theimmc was unstarred
    Image of dancekat1 dancekat1
    07/21/09

    In reply to Gasoline-Huffing Man Bursts Into Flame After Being Tased
    It bothers me that the taser hit this man in the face. That seems reckless on the part of the officer. This man could have been blinded for life or horribly scarred. All for sniffing gasoline. Seems VERY disproportionate in terms of use of force.
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    Azraeus promoted this comment Edited by dancekat1 at 07/21/09 12:53 AM dancekat1 was starred dancekat1 was unstarred
    Image of whitjm5 whitjm5
    07/21/09

    @dancekat1:

    No. Not for sniffing gasoline. For running towards the officer and disobeying commands to stop.

    Typical knee-jerk comment. Blame the officer. How about blame the idiot who didn't obey a lawful and reasonable command?
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    FredicvsMaximvs promoted this comment whitjm5 was starred whitjm5 was unstarred
    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    07/21/09

    @dancekat1: Did you read the original story? The cop didn't just shoot the dude in the face. The dude was running toward the cop with a container of gas and a lighter. If I was the cop he'd have died of lead poisoning.
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    Image of dancekat1 dancekat1
    07/25/09

    @whitjm5: Tasers are over-used and sometimes lethal (300+deaths and counting). Pepper spray the guys or restrain him physically. The use of force is getting out of hand, even in America.
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    dancekat1 was starred dancekat1 was unstarred
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    07/25/09

    @Barry99705: See my above comment, also not an appropriate use of force. Otherwise - we would be shooting every crack-head and meth-head indiscriminately. Wild over-reaction on the part of everyone.
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    dancekat1 was starred dancekat1 was unstarred
    Image of Colin Cassady Colin Cassady
    07/21/09

    In reply to Gasoline-Huffing Man Bursts Into Flame After Being Tased
    I feel no sympathy for the man, he should have known gasoline was a "prohibited substance" in australia, where they are so behind the times they've banned gasoline.
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    Colin Cassady was starred Colin Cassady was unstarred
    Image of glyphon glyphon
    07/21/09

    @Colin Cassady: It's not. Petrol sniffing is used extensively with some of the remote poverty-stricken Aboriginal communities as a cheap way of getting high. Similar to glue sniffing. Unfortunately the problem is endemic along with violence and alcoholism. Usually start at a very young age. Prohibiting petrol for this getting high, is a token gesture by politicians trying to make it look like they're trying to do something about the massive problem. I guess when your stuck in the middle of a desert, you've got nothing else to do but get off your head.
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    FredicvsMaximvs promoted this comment glyphon was starred glyphon was unstarred
    Image of Carl Everett, Jurassic Park Tour Guide. Carl Everett, Jurassic Park Tour Guide.
    07/21/09

    In reply to Gasoline-Huffing Man Bursts Into Flame After Being Tased
    This whole story is just alight with controversy.
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    Cordfucious of Tech Clan promoted this comment Carl Everett, Jurassic Park Tour Guide. was starred Carl Everett, Jurassic Park Tour Guide. was unstarred
    Image of Cordfucious of Tech Clan Cordfucious of Tech Clan
    07/21/09

    @Carl Everett, Jurassic Park Tour Guide.: this could lead to a heated discussion
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    Image of Jesustron Jesustron
    07/21/09

    @Carl Everett, Jurassic Park Tour Guide.:

    You're going to get flamed for that comment.
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    freakout promoted this comment Jesustron was starred Jesustron was unstarred
    Image of braddanick braddanick
    07/21/09

    @Cordfucious of Tech Clan: This issue is destined to be a hot debate.
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    FurySamurai72 promoted this comment braddanick was starred braddanick was unstarred
    Image of SysRq SysRq
    07/21/09

    @Cordfucious of Tech Clan: Fire was involved in both this story and in this comment.
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    Image of Alternate Alternate
    07/21/09

    @SysRq: I would like to make a toast to this thread.

    To each man, let there be puns!
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    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    07/21/09

    @Carl Everett, Jurassic Park Tour Guide.: unsympathetic jerks like you really burn me up!
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    Image of Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition
    07/21/09

    @dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!: I knew from the first comment that this would spark some sort of discussion
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    Cordfucious of Tech Clan promoted this comment Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition was starred Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition was unstarred
    Image of ReynaldoRiv ReynaldoRiv
    07/21/09

    @Alternate: If I had a star this comment would be promoted.
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    FurySamurai72 promoted this comment ReynaldoRiv was starred ReynaldoRiv was unstarred
    Image of Grahmo Grahmo
    07/21/09

    @Jesustron: I bet his family will be smouldering for a while about this .
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    Image of FurySamurai72 FurySamurai72
    07/21/09

    @ReynaldoRiv: your wish has been granted fine sir
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    Image of Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition
    07/21/09

    @Grahmo: I bet they're fuming
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    ♠ Final ♠ promoted this comment Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition was starred Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition was unstarred
    Image of ♠ Final ♠ ♠ Final ♠
    07/21/09

    @Underscore_Lysdexia: Police brutality and victimless crimes. I stay away from such combustible topics.
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    Image of AkkiRonin AkkiRonin
    07/21/09

    @♠ Final ♠: While stories like this spark heated discussions, basically it's a flash in the pan and just a stones throw from criminal.
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    Edited by AkkiRonin at 07/21/09 12:11 PM AkkiRonin was starred AkkiRonin was unstarred
    Image of auricom auricom
    07/21/09

    @AkkiRonin: Lighten up people! There's no need to get charged up.. I know it's wrong to taser someone in the face, but I sure hope the cop's not gonna get fired for this.
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    Cordfucious of Tech Clan promoted this comment auricom was starred auricom was unstarred
    Image of tcolberg tcolberg
    07/21/09

    @Carl Everett, Jurassic Park Tour Guide.: I suggest we tread carefully; this whole line of comments could backfire for us.
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    Cordfucious of Tech Clan promoted this comment tcolberg was starred tcolberg was unstarred
    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/30/09

    In reply to LiveSpark Is an Audio Visualizer Made of Fire
    You can get roughly the same music+fire effect just by holding a match near someone's ass while they fart. More advanced "tooters" can play simple songs, such as "You Light Up My Life". My mother, a virtuoso, once played Haydn's entire "Fire Symphony". Sadly, no one could stand being in the room long enough to hear the whole performance.
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    05/30/09

    @OMG! Peonies!: Like this guy?


    [en.wikipedia.org]

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    badhatharry was starred badhatharry was unstarred
    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/30/09

    @OMG! TenderRonis!: A select quote from the link you provided:


    "Some of the highlights of his stage act involved sound effects of cannon fire and thunderstorms, as well as playing 'O Sole Mio and La Marseillaise on an ocarina through a rubber tube in his anus"


    Oh, man, I just don't understand why, in this day and age, we can't get this kind of family-oriented, quality stage entertainment. Nice find, monkeyboy!

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    05/30/09

    @OMG! Peonies!: I've had limited experience with (br)ass instruments. How do you tune an ass-tuba?
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    05/30/09

    @OMG! Pastries!: [en.wikipedia.org]
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    05/30/09

    @OMG! TenderRonis!: I think that's for tuning my organ....
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    Image of Poiklpu Poiklpu
    05/30/09

    In reply to LiveSpark Is an Audio Visualizer Made of Fire
    When I heard a "real life visualizer made of fire" I expected to see something more exciting
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    Image of FrancesTheMute FrancesTheMute
    05/30/09

    @OMG! I just wanna fit in!: this is way off topic, but have I missed something? How come everyone all the sudden has OMG! in front of their names?
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    FrancesTheMute was starred FrancesTheMute was unstarred
    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    05/30/09

    @FrancesTheMute: A few people have been asking this. I've heard there's a new virus called Ponies! that effects forums and the like that posts random prefixes to user names. I think it actually comes from people who frequent beastiality sites, so you might now want to be too vocal about this thing. Like BlowMe! said, just run some malware remover. It should clear it up in about a day.
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    badhatharry was starred badhatharry was unstarred
    Image of Monty Monty
    05/30/09

    @OMG! TenderRonis!: OMG! I have the virus, too! Ponies - pigs -- I suppose it is all the same thing in the end. Er - then again, I guess I would prefer a pig in the end than a pony. Can I trade in this virus for another?
     Reply
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    05/30/09

    @OMG! I just wanna fit in!: "When I heard a "real life visualizer made of fire" I expected to see something more exciting"


    Well not everything visual is also exciting at the same time..

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    03/13/09

    In reply to iPod Touch Fires Up Kid's Pants, Suing Mom Says
    "and melted through his nylon/spandex underwear, burning his leg"


    Spandex underwear? Was he wearing Underoos or a superhero costume??

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    03/13/09

    In reply to iPod Touch Fires Up Kid's Pants, Suing Mom Says
    I question the integrity of the unit pre-incident. If my boss's daughter is any indication, these devices take a beating from most kids.
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    Image of sammy baby sammy baby
    03/13/09

    @LithiumIron_GitEmSteveDave: I've reread that sentence three times now, and I'm still not sure how I'm supposed ot interpret it. "My boss' daughter: she takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'" is the closest I can get.
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    03/13/09

    @sammy baby: I call her "breaky", b/c she has gone through something like 4 cell phones in the past 1.5 years, a iPod touch, 2 laptops, etc....


    I know Lion batteries can really overreact when damaged, so I wonder what condition the iPod was in pre-immolation.

     Reply
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    Image of Scared Korean Scared Korean
    03/13/09

    In reply to iPod Touch Fires Up Kid's Pants, Suing Mom Says
    Did anybody else catch that, according to the story, the mother is also a male?..."A mother is suing Apple and ten Apple Store employees after *his* 10-yo kid received second-degree burns..." YOU GO GIRL!
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/13/09

    @Scared Korean: I guess he is the female gay parent, or the male lesbian?
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