Teen sets self on fire during theft

Hyperion · **Posted:** Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:04 pm

Bolding added near end of article to highlight the point of my amusement.

Boy Sets Self on Fire in Alleged Gas Theft

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) - A teenage boy accidentally set himself on fire early Wednesday morning after allegedly trying to siphon gas from a firefighter's car.

Police first learned of the injury after a 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy claimed that someone had thrown gasoline on the 17-year-old at the Common Cents service station and lit him on fire, said Lt. Rod Hauge.

The boy was taken to the hospital with second- and third-degree burns on his legs. Police were called to the hospital to investigate the incident and later learned that the 17-year-old spilled gas on his pants while siphoning gas. He then used a lighter to try to determine how wet his pants were and set himself of fire, Hague said.

Both boys have been ticketed with larceny, Hauge said.

Xandra · **Posted:** Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:40 pm

Hyperion wrote:

the 17-year-old spilled gas on his pants while siphoning gas. He then used a lighter to try to determine how wet his pants were and set himself of fire

And to think, I had such high hopes for the intelligence of my age group.

:roll:

Skynetmain · **Posted:** Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:42 pm

Who needs divine retribution when the offender is dumb enough to punish themself?

____amanda · **Posted:** Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:52 pm

It just proves that are society is getting dumber and dumber by the hour.

theonlysaneone · **Posted:** Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:30 pm

____amanda wrote:

:roflol:
It just proves that are society is getting dumber and dumber by the hour.

NO! When people like this accidentally kill themselves, it increases the average IQ of the human race.

Asthaloth · **Posts:** 4284 **Joined:** Mon May 31, 2004 4:48 am

Can I play Devils Advocate?
good.

So it's funny when a Human being, who -Inspite of what you want to believe is smarter than any other animal on this earth- seriously injures himself.
But when Somone kills an animal to eat and cloth himself (relatively speaking ofcourse) Hes a murderer who should be strung up by his loins and flogged.

Interesting group you Humans.

Ski · **Posted:** Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:20 pm

That has got to be the stupidest idea since the guy that tried to rob a bank with a uniformed police officer in line just ahead of him. :lol:

TDG · **Posted:** Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:39 pm

Natural selection's obviously not trying hard enough if somebody can do something that stupid and survive :roll:

WIS · **Posted:** Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:56 pm

Whomever did that should be in a Warner Bros Cartoon.

Hil · **Posted:** Fri Apr 14, 2006 1:04 am

WIS wrote:

Whomever did that should be in a Warner Bros Cartoon.

...Or a new show on Fox primetime, lol.

theonlysaneone · **Posted:** Fri Apr 14, 2006 1:19 am

Ski wrote:

That has got to be the stupidest idea since the guy that tried to rob a bank with a uniformed police officer in line just ahead of him. :lol:

It wasn't a bank. The guy tried to rob a donut shop.

Drake Redcrest · **Posts:** 912 **Joined:** Mon May 31, 2004 6:22 am

Setekh wrote:

So it's funny when a Human being, who -Inspite of what you want to believe is smarter than any other animal on this earth- seriously injures himself.
But when Somone kills an animal to eat and cloth himself (relatively speaking ofcourse) Hes a murderer who should be strung up by his loins and flogged.

Pretty much, yes. ^_^

People are just getting pathetic. I mean, why would you hold a lighter up to your pants? Surely you can tell how wet they are by, perhaps, touching them? Another thing, why would you take a lighter with you to steal gas? It's so sad when natural selection fails.

Snippy · **Posts:** 385 **Joined:** Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:58 pm

Setekh wrote:

Can I play Devils Advocate?
good.

So it's funny when a Human being, who -Inspite of what you want to believe is smarter than any other animal on this earth- seriously injures himself.
But when Somone kills an animal to eat and cloth himself (relatively speaking ofcourse) Hes a murderer who should be strung up by his loins and flogged.

Interesting group you Humans.

I think the point is that the human was doing something to deserve it but the animal was innocent.

Jens · **Posted:** Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:35 am

well obviously there's more to the story (or they were seriously drunk)

IMO it happened something like this:

Dude1: Hey! Wanna bet you're too afraid to put yourself on fire?
Dude2: What? Are you crazy, I aint gonna do that!
Dude1: Here's 150 $!
Dude2: *puts self on fire*
Dude1: Wow that's cool!
Dude2: AAAH! Call an ambulance!
Dude1: Too chicken to do it yourself?
Dude2: ... *still on fire*
Dude1: *calls an ambulance*

jellyoflight · **Posted:** Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:18 pm

Haha, what a moron :roll:

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