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2011-09-24 -Short Attention Span Theater-

'First Irish case' of death by spontaneous combustion

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Posted by Fred 2011-09-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Another unfortunate victim of Jheri curl abuse.

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-09-24 00:54|| 2011-09-24 00:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Due to 'too rapid' re-entry friction from an out-of-body experience, no doubt.

Posted by Skidmark 2011-09-24 01:42|| 2011-09-24 01:42|| Front Page Top

#3 I did a google images search and it does seem like a bunch of the instances are very near a fireplace.

Posted by Uneamble Spegum1476 2011-09-24 02:58|| 2011-09-24 02:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Not always. Nearly happened to one man while driving a car. He felt a burning sensation inside his thigh. He was on a road near a creek, so he stopped, jumped out of the car and ran to the creek and sunk his leg into cold water. That seemed to alleviate the problem. He then drove to a hospital and they x-rayed him. There was a bright (on film = in reality dark) spot of a size of a plum close to his thigh bone. No one knows how that works.

Posted by twobyfour 2011-09-24 06:03|| 2011-09-24 06:03|| Front Page Top

#5 In this case I'll suggest he spilled a rather large glass of whiskey over himself.

Spark from the fire. The rest is self explanatory.

Posted by phil_b 2011-09-24 09:09|| 2011-09-24 09:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Can't explain twobyfours reference but Skeptoid did an episode on the topic for the curious:
skeptoid

Posted by rjschwarz 2011-09-24 11:09|| 2011-09-24 11:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Phil_b,
My thought was similar, except a good Irishman would never let whiskey stay on the outside of his body. Instead, I believe he let the alcohol content rise in his entire body to a combustable level, and the rest is history.

Posted by Frozen Al 2011-09-24 11:51|| 2011-09-24 11:51|| Front Page Top

#8 Who knew Irishmen were flammable? Although, in retrospect, it is not surprising.

Posted by SteveS 2011-09-24 13:09|| 2011-09-24 13:09|| Front Page Top

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