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    14-yo Boy Drinks Gasoline to be like Optimus Prime

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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    07/21/09

    In reply to 14-yo Boy Drinks Gasoline to be like Optimus Prime
    Hold on, let me check the URL on this.


    Wait a minute, it's NOT from the Onion? Oh lord...

    And might I add...

    "Before that, he was a very smart boy."

    No he wasn't.
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    Edited by Benguin at 07/21/09 11:43 PM Benguin was starred Benguin was unstarred
    Image of AppleAppleApple AppleAppleApple
    07/21/09

    In reply to 14-yo Boy Drinks Gasoline to be like Optimus Prime
    I think his IQ has always been low and the sharp drop was from a 3 to a 1
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    Image of Azraeus Azraeus
    07/21/09

    @AppleAppleApple:Yeah, it seems to me if the kid had a decent IQ at the beginning, he would know the difference between fantasy and reality and not huff gas. That said, the parents really should be locked up for neglect and general stupidity.
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    Image of fuzzymuffins fuzzymuffins
    07/21/09

    In reply to 14-yo Boy Drinks Gasoline to be like Optimus Prime
    at least he didn't watch mary poppins and jump off his garage roof thinking he'd float .... like i did!
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    Image of b4rk13 b4rk13
    07/21/09

    In reply to 14-yo Boy Drinks Gasoline to be like Optimus Prime
    If he'd forked out a bit more and filled up on Unleaded he wouldn't have this problem. Serves him right!
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    OMG! Ponies! promoted this comment MrBangBam approved this comment b4rk13 was starred b4rk13 was unstarred
    Image of batman3ds batman3ds
    07/21/09

    In reply to 14-yo Boy Drinks Gasoline to be like Optimus Prime

    but... I thought transformers ate Energon? Those glowy cube things.
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    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    07/21/09

    In reply to 14-yo Boy Drinks Gasoline to be like Optimus Prime
    What about that kid that covered himself in gasoline and lit himself on fire to be like the human torch? Oh wait, that was in a comic book.
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    Image of Ehrich Blackhound Ehrich Blackhound
    07/21/09

    In reply to 14-yo Boy Drinks Gasoline to be like Optimus Prime
    "Since my son started to drink gas, his IQ has dropped sharply and now he can't figure out simple addition and subtraction.", said police Chief Wiggum.

    "It tastes like...burning." - Ralph Wiggum
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/21/09

    In reply to 14-yo Boy Drinks Gasoline to be like Optimus Prime
    Papa, what do the Transformers run on?

    Well son, they're cars, so obviously they run on gasoline

    But papa, when they transform, where do the gas tanks go?

    What is this, 20 questions? Go to bed
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    07/21/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Welcome home, man.
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    07/21/09

    In reply to 14-yo Boy Drinks Gasoline to be like Optimus Prime
    This 90 octane has a fine bouquet, with just a hint of lead and benzene. Goes well with fish. Stick to Diesel for a hearty burger.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/21/09

    @Bigbadbikernerd: For a hearty lunch, fry up some chicken fingers in 5W30 Castrol SynthTec and serve with an array of dipping sauces made from brake fluid, antifreeze, and transmission fluid.
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    Image of despisethesun despisethesun
    07/21/09

    @Bigbadbikernerd: There was an episode of Trailer Park Boys where they were siphoning gas from cars to start up their own gas station, and so they needed to know what kind of fuel they were stealing. Ricky explained it thusly: Unleaded tastes a little tangy, supreme is kind of sour and diesel tastes pretty good.
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    MrBangBam promoted this comment despisethesun was starred despisethesun was unstarred
    Image of G-Ram G-Ram
    07/21/09

    @Bigbadbikernerd: Bravo, good sir.
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    Image of Ktk Ktk
    07/21/09

    @OMG! Ponies!:
    You're being silly. WD-40 all the way.
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    Image of Tech-Hedz Tech-Hedz
    07/21/09

    In reply to 14-yo Boy Drinks Gasoline to be like Optimus Prime
    Well I don't remember them using gasoline much in the old cartoon from the 80s. Transformers the movie did not even come out till 2007 which wasn't exactly 5 years ago. Where he got the idea Transformers used gasoline is a mystery. The parents are probably just looking for something to blame and their shitty parenting couldn't possibly be it.
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    HumungaCowabunga_GitEmSteveDave promoted this comment Tech-Hedz was starred Tech-Hedz was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    07/21/09

    @Surf-Hedz: It's China, they got the bootleg earlier than we did.
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    Image of Gann Gann
    07/21/09

    @Surf-Hedz: "Apparently, the parents have been drinking kerosene for the longest time too."

    I'd say odds are good he got the idea from his parents.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    07/21/09

    @Gann:
    sadly I don't have the time to re-film a quick version while drinking gasoline.
     Reply
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    Image of Deep-Blue Deep-Blue
    07/21/09

    In reply to 14-yo Boy Drinks Gasoline to be like Optimus Prime
    I am not at all proud to admit this, but this story reminded me of something similar I did when growing up.

    I would pretend to be Popeye (the sailor man) in my backyard (this consisted essentially of chasing my dog around... I guess I had a pretty good imagination). Anyway, Popeye got his strength from spinach, and like Popeye, I needed strength as well. In lieu of spinach (because it was gross), I would grab a handful of grass, shove it in my mouth, chew it up, and spit it out. This gave me the power to chase my dog even longer.

    As far as I know, this didn't kill (many) braincells, but who knows?
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    Image of Mandatory_Field Mandatory_Field
    07/22/09

    @Deep-Blue: As long as it wasn't grass your dog had peed on.. Or maybe that's where the energy came from...
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    Image of DanoruX DanoruX
    07/21/09

    In reply to 14-yo Boy Drinks Gasoline to be like Optimus Prime

    *facepalm*
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    MrBangBam promoted this comment DanoruX was starred DanoruX was unstarred
    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    07/21/09

    In reply to 14-yo Boy Drinks Gasoline to be like Optimus Prime
    Thinning the herd.... Wait. He's not dead?
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    Image of tehdorkz tehdorkz
    07/21/09

    @Homerjay still mourning Billy Mays for some...: That was my exact reaction. What happened to killing off the stupid? Now they're surviving?
    WHAT THE HELL MAN?!
     Reply
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    Image of UisteanSternwah UisteanSternwah
    07/21/09

    In reply to 14-yo Boy Drinks Gasoline to be like Optimus Prime
    Come on, how dumb can you be? Drinking gasoline to be like Optimus Prime?
    Everyone knows Optimus Prime runs on Diesel fuel, not gas!
     Reply
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    Image of mcowan3 mcowan3
    07/21/09

    In reply to 14-yo Boy Drinks Gasoline to be like Optimus Prime
    Personally I think the kid may have been huffing gasoline, instead of drinking it. It makes sense, as a lot of kids huff paint or gas to get a cheap high, and the guy at the gas station and hardware store doesn't card. Also drinking gasoline can result in many different problems.
    Gasoline is not as readily absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract as from the respiratory tract. In adults, about 20 to 50 g can cause severe intoxication and 350 g (12 oz.) can result in death for a 70 kg individual. As little as 10 to 15 g (less than one-half ounce) may be fatal in children. Symptoms of intoxication by ingestion of gasoline can range from vomiting, vertigo, drowsiness and confusion to loss of consciousness, convulsions, hemorrhaging of the lungs and internal organs, and death due to circulatory failure. Ingestion can cause irritation to the gastrointestinal mucosa and can be complicated by pulmonary aspiration, resulting in chemical pneumonitis.
    Source: DHHS
    http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/MHMI/mmg72.html
    So my thinking is that the kid likely was huffing gas killing brain cells like nobody's business and then got caught by his parents when he smelled like lighter fluid and came up with this lame excuse. Or he could have been drinking gas.
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    HumungaCowabunga_GitEmSteveDave promoted this comment Edited by mcowan3 at 07/21/09 9:42 AM mcowan3 was starred mcowan3 was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    07/21/09

    @mcowan3: RTFA:
    "They locked the motorcycle away after that but the boy began to steal gasoline from neighbors and was drinking more and more - two or three bottles at a time.

    How do you huff two or three containers of gas at a time?
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    Image of mcowan3 mcowan3
    07/21/09

    @HumungaCowabunga_GitEmSteveDave: I have no idea how one could huff that much at one time. Maybe he was using it with friends, or using it for some other purpose. He couldn't drink that much without a fatal response, based on the DHHS site, so my belief in Occam's Razor is that he was either huffing it by himself, with friends, or doing something else, but he was unlikely drinking it.
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    Edited by mcowan3 at 07/21/09 6:40 PM mcowan3 was starred mcowan3 was unstarred
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