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Journal by Captain Splendid on Friday April 15, 2011 @10:42AM

Man Catches Fire While Watching Porn

The short article contains this also awesome line:

the man ran out of the sex shop “engulfed in flames”

Sounds positively Pythonesque.

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by tomhudson ( 43916 ) writes:

Some of the comments were saying this is an urban legend. Here are two TV station reports:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/27543625/detail.html [ktvu.com]
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/04/13/man-engulfed-in-flames-at-san-francisco-porn-shop/ [cbslocal.com]
One says he "apparently" set himself on fire; the police say arson investigators are not sure how it happened. So, a true story.
One Word (Score:2)

by Jeremiah Cornelius ( 137 ) writes:

"friction"
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  by Captain Splendid ( 673276 ) writes:
  
  "Chev Chelios could not be reached for comment."
Masturbatory aid (Score:2)

by snowgirl ( 978879 ) writes:

A suggestion at my place is that he was using zippo lighter fluid as a masturbatory lubricant...
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  by mcgrew ( 92797 ) * writes:
  
  OW! That would burn without even being on fire!

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