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Policeman Tases Guy, Sets His Pants on Fire

Kiteaton — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:25:35 EDT

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

Kiteaton

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bosskev — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:45:33 EDT

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

bosskev

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Eukaryote — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:36:24 EDT

Hmmm...

Maybe the guy was just a liar.

Eukaryote

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_newuser_ — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:12:52 EDT

WHAT?
NO LAWSUIT?!

_newuser_

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ANoel — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:14:53 EDT

@designguybrown:

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

ANoel

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designguybrown — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:06:16 EDT

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

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fastmike — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:33:17 EDT

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

fastmike

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ybseigel — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:28:56 EDT

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

ybseigel

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ps61318 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:27:24 EDT

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?"

ps61318

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Leonard Nimrod — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:17:09 EDT

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."

Leonard Nimrod

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BasicBlack — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:14:55 EDT

@TickleMeElmo:

Yes!

BasicBlack

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TickleMeElmo — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:04:01 EDT

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

TickleMeElmo

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ideaman2020 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:58:27 EDT

It's the new lie-detector!

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

ideaman2020

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liveinvt — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:53:31 EDT

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

liveinvt

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BasicBlack — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:50:58 EDT

@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.

BasicBlack

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ANoel — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:37:52 EDT

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

ANoel

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LoveHandles — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:35:42 EDT

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

LoveHandles

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LoveHandles — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:34:09 EDT

@Darrone: indeed.

LoveHandles

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BasicBlack — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:31:51 EDT

@riqgeez:

Must be convenient on laundry day.

BasicBlack

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riqgeez — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:29:49 EDT

my underwear is both flammable and combustible!

riqgeez

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Geisrud — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:29:17 EDT

@BasicBlack: Could be.

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

Geisrud

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BasicBlack — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:28:02 EDT

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

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

BasicBlack

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Geisrud — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:24:13 EDT

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

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soggy_cheerio — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:23:23 EDT

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

soggy_cheerio

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soggy_cheerio — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:21:54 EDT

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

soggy_cheerio

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riqgeez — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:19:08 EDT

@BasicBlack: that would make him retarded?
LOL

riqgeez

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halfshafter — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:17:43 EDT

@Pope John Peeps II:

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

halfshafter

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BasicBlack — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:17:10 EDT

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

BasicBlack

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Kaiser-Machead — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:14:33 EDT

Damn comments, Darrone beat me to it lol

Kaiser-Machead

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Kaiser-Machead — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:14:17 EDT

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.

Kaiser-Machead

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Darrone — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:10:35 EDT

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

Darrone

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Git Em SteveDave — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:08:11 EDT

@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?

Git Em SteveDave

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Pope John Peeps II — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:06:13 EDT

@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.

Pope John Peeps II

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riqgeez — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:04:58 EDT

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

riqgeez

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Pope John Peeps II — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:02:27 EDT

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

Pope John Peeps II

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Falconfire — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:01:29 EDT

@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]

Falconfire

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liveinvt — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:58:58 EDT

@Sportyboard: wha? rofl

liveinvt

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Derrick — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:58:48 EDT

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...

Derrick

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halfshafter — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:56:20 EDT

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

halfshafter

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bosskev — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:55:07 EDT

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

bosskev

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daftrok — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:53:45 EDT

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

daftrok

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DustyButt — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:50:52 EDT

"Don't Blaze Me Bro!"

DustyButt

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Sportyboard — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:50:07 EDT

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

Sportyboard

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riqgeez — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:50:01 EDT

he must have used, "Harsh Language"!

riqgeez

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Darrone — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:49:22 EDT

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.

Darrone

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liveinvt — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:48:09 EDT

Inflammable means flammable? What a country!

liveinvt