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The man accidentally hit the emergency sprinklers button.
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How was it for you?
Eh, seemed a little premature to me.
what exactly happened?
did he pull it out with drips still dripping and the sight of petrol set off the gas?
talk about over the top.
Yeah WTF happened?!?!?!?!?!?!?!???
If that’d happen only once to me- OR I wouldn’t dare to get gas any more, OR I’d go and try anywhere else…!
It says underneath the video, “Man accidentaly hits sprinklers button” or something like that.
lol
Ah, OK. I thought it was fire-suppressant gas or powder.
It is a powder and the triggers are clearly marked and have a safety mechanism so it CAN’T be set off “accidentally”. This is just another stupid person doing something stupid. Hope they charged him the cost of recharging the system it’s not cheap.
Damn, it probably ruined his and everyone else’s clothes (and hair do’s!)
I thought it was extremely high-pressure water.
Its not a powder, but probably Co2 (could possibly be Halon). Somehow the fire suppression system that is installed at the station was discharged and released the Co2. The Co2 is used to removed the oxygen in the air which the fire needs to help burn. Co2 is used instead of powder because it is less of a threat to humans and electronics. I am thinking the guy on the right side of the video pulled the fire alarm which caused the suppression system to discharge.
CO2 is less of a threat to humans?! thats new.. When CO2 displaces the O2 and chokes the fire don’t you think the people would suffocate too?
Make no mistake CO2 is lethal.
Not at all. You can hold your breath long enough… after the fire is out, resume breathing. Simple.
If you didn’t inhale a bunch of it when you were startled.
CO2 comes out at minus 73 degrees celcius. You NEVER use at CO2 extinguisher on living things – it kills! Or at the very least injures badly…
Yes, sure, CO2 is great for humans. This is why our cars produce that much of it! Who needs oxygene if you can have CO2?
CO2 is not poisonous at all, otherwise every person who breathed into a paper bag to prevent hyperventilation would die in seconds. Yes, cars produce some Carbon Dioxide, however the one which they produce a lot more of and is poisonous to humans is Carbon Monoxide, which can quite easily be lethal in concentrated doses.
are you really that dumb?
or is this a sarcasm fail?
Well, yes. CO2 is NOT poisonous at all. But ever tried breathing in a Room filled with CO2? Kind of difficult, I guess. And “some Carbon Dioxide” … cute. I guess you’re driving an environmental friendly car like a Hummer H1?
Oxygen in high doses is lethal too. (Blue Lung)
Both carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide can kill you. They both do this by entering the lungs and are carried through the bloodstream by red blood cells. This is fine in normal doses, because blood is actually made to remove CO2 from the body. However, with high enough concentrations, so much CO2 or CO will be carried by the blood that the blood can’t deliver oxygen to the cells- thus you die by lack of oxygen. However, you will feel as though you are dying with CO2, while you will not notice CO until you pass out. Thus, you’ll immediately run from CO2, but will stand in a room of CO long enough to die before noticing.
The air you breathe out contains quite a lot of oxygen and not only CO2, otherwise mouth-to-mouth resuscitation would be kind of pointless. So no, the fact that we don’t die when we breathe into a paper bag does not make CO2 non-poisonous.
omni, please please please, do breath in a paper bag long enough!!!!
*the very reason to breath in a paper bag is exactly that: oxigen deprivation, so people would not hyperventilate, but long enough of that, and you will faint, a lill longer of that and you will die……. no living without oxigen, I’m sure you have heard that one before…….
talking about judgement fail……
It’s not the CO2, it’s the temperature. Don’t be such a jerk.
ps– you even mis-spelled ‘oxygen’.
For the record people consume O2 and produce CO2.
Plants consume CO2 and produce O2.
Cars consume dinosaurs and produce CO. (which is poisonous to all living things.)
And what you see in this video is a BC rated dry chemical fire suppression system, similar to Halon.
CO2 doesn’t remove O2, it just increases the concentration of CO2, meaning there is less O2 for combustion…
I don’t think it would be Halon. That’s used in computer centers and telephone switching stations, and is hazardous to humans.
Typically I am completely annoyed by the posts on this site… but I have to admit these posts are uncharacteristically too serious and argumentative for failblog. No one said ‘First’ or ‘Frist’, no one has given ‘squeezies’ and there are no pun-runs. WTF?
*gas squeezies*
Halon really only works well in enclosed spaces. In an open place like a gas station, it’s likely to blow away and not put out the fire.
I would be surprised tho, Halon has been banned for a long time now, thanks to the professional do-gooders and busybodies. Something about the way it breaks down in a superheated environment; the byproducts give you cancer. If you stay there breathing them for a year. Yeah, I know.
It is powder. Gasoline, grease, and other flammable liquids are called Class B (pronounced Bravo) fires. CO2 is not a good idea for Class B fires because, while it will remove the Oxygen for a short time, it will not keep the oxygen out. The CO2 will dissipate and then you have fire again, surprise. Class B fires are best handled by powder extinguishing agents (like PKP) or foam (like AFFF) because you need to smother the liquid. The liquid (or the vapor above the liquid rather) will be hot enough that once the CO2 dissipates the fire will re-flash. This is a common problem with flammable liquids. While powdered agent is not the best for people and will destroy electronics fire is much much much worse. It’s a last resort kind of thing. Also by Federal law the fire suppression system and fire alarms must be kept separate. The suppression system can set off the alarm but the alarm cannot set off the fire suppression system. The guy on the right had to pull a pin and then hit the button. Basically he is an idiot and if I was the other guys I would have beaten him while the camera could not see. Oh and Yes I am a Fire Fighter.
Thank you for some common sense.
Lol. That’s not common sense. It’s knowledge; something that must be learned.
Also, he’s not a firefighter, but he DID stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
Well put. If i was the other guy, I’d be really pissed because that dry chem never comes off the car. I had it happen to me, and my windshield was never the same. And, everything you said was 100% correct. (coming from a fellow FF)
Not a prof. firefighter, but I played one as a merchant marine officer. Quite right, a CO2 suppression system makes zero sense outdoors, it’s usually recommended for small electrical fires or enclosed spaces like the engine room (where it is an installed system).
it actually is powder. the full video shows the aftermath. everything was covered in powder
It’s people like this ^ who ruin my lolz
however water contains oxygen which does not put out gas fires and it uses the extra oxygen to make the fire bigger. so if you ever are near something that is on fire panic because by panicking you use more oxygen which means less for the fire
*hangs a sign on the wall saying: “in case of fire panic madly!”*
CO2 also contains oxygen. Just because something contains oxygen doesn’t mean it will feed a fire, even if you spray water on a gas fire, and the fire is so hot it instantly turns the water into steam, it will still be H2O, you don’t split the atom that way
yeah, you don’t split the atom … H2O sounds like an atom. Ou, and you sure do, not much but you do. Think of magnesium burning under water, where do you think the oxygene comes from? School seems so useless when people are as intelligent as you are!
H is an atom, O is an atom.
If you combine 2Hs with one O you get one water molecule.
Oil floats on water. Pour water on a diesel/gas/petrol fire, and two things happen: first, the oil rises to the top, and the water sinks, so you spread the fire. Secondly, the water heats and becomes steam, bubbling and spreading the flames even more.
You don’t pour water on a gas fire unless you want serious burns.
The sprinkler probably ejects foam, which floats on top of the fire, and starves it of oxygen.
you`re trolling or simply stupid? You dont use water to extinguish petrol-based fire because petrol is lighter than water and when covered with it it goes right up. That looks like an eruption of flames but water does not break up to oxygen and hydrogen – in fact if it did, it`d explode (hydrogen mixed with oxygen is explosive)No. Water turns into steam and vapor out – since it is underneath burning petrol it lifts little amount of the burning stuff. A similiar situation is when you sprinkle water onto a frying pan with hot oil. Gee. You really suck at chemistry
I’ve never seen a gas station around here with sprinklers like that, but I doubt what ever he did was so not an accident!
I’d sue them for attempted murder, because you can easily suffocate in that gas. After all it’s supposed to take the oxygen away from the “fire”. In this case you!!
You can bet that the people under that gas went straight to hospital!
Suddenly I understand why McDonalds had to pay so much money just because their coffee was hot.
Suing people and companies…America’s true favorite national pastime!
And why we have warnings and disclaimers on everything?
Seen on a package of stickers: “CAUTION! May stick to surfaces.”
Well, probably because ppl try to sue at the drop of a hat and its an arse covering technique. And/or consumers arent really that smart. lol
Yeah your stuff takes the **** we got a fridge from america it had two A4 pages of disclaimers WTF some where totally stupid like “do not put hands in fan” how stupid are some people.
Actually, there’s more to it than “their coffee was hot.” The coffee was at least 20 degrees hotter than it should have been (somewhere around 180 degrees, which can cause third degree burns in about 15 seconds). McDonald’s had already received several complaints about the temperature at which their coffee was served before the woman spilled coffee on herself, but rather than doing anything they chose to ignore the complaints. So after receiving third degree burns to 6% of her body, as well as a long hospital stay, the women went to McDonald’s and asked them to pay for her hospital fees (which ended up being close to $20,000). However, McDonald’s refused, only offering her a measly $800. And long story short, they ended up paying $620,000 more than the women had originally requested.
I feel bad for that women, she gets a bad wrap for suing McDonald’s “just because their coffee was hot”, when in reality it was a lot hotter than it should have been (and they knew it).
Ack, it’s been a long day, *woman. xD;
I wasn’t aware that there’s an acceptable temperature for coffee. Who defines that standard? The government? Isn’t that… SOCIALISM?!?!
Facism =/= Socialism
An acceptable temperature for coffee is one that doesn’t give you third degree burns when you spill it on yourself. The court defined it. That’s a constitutional republic, you useless f@g.
It was inevitable.
A grotesque! Slightly scary when you think about the bigger picture, but hilarious in itself nonetheless.
Don’t forget that this particular McDonalds was ALSO purchasing their coffee cups and lids from two separate vendors to cut costs. The lids were NOT fitting properly and the SLIGHTEST amount of pressure was enough to pop the lid and thus spill the overly hot coffee.
The suit against McDonalds that I think was totally bogus, and I believe was actually thrown out, was the guy who tried to sue when a “hot pickle” fell off his hamburger and onto his chin “burning” him “severely.” He attempted to sue for medical damages, personal injury (loss of reputation, etc), and mental anguish. Everything except the medical was because he was unable to perform his “husbandly duties” and that garnered a loss of face with his friends.
I know, my mom bit into a burrito that burnt the inside of her mouth. It was a lot hotter than the one I was eating… and they said it might have been overheated. Microwaved?! meh
I can back that up. I worked with a construction crew for a summer job. If they got coffee from McDs, they’d open the lid and let it sit on the dash for 30+ minutes until it was safe.
And it was sold in a drive-thru, where there is almost no way to keep the super-hot coffee safe. And it was brewed at such a hot temperature, of course, because you get the most coffee out of the beans at that high temperature.
Nope, you get the best taste and aroma from coffee, when you brew it at the right temperature, which is just below boiling point.
Nope. You get the best taste and aroma from coffee when it was cold-brewed.
Woo-hoo! Coffee-snob thread!
Just drink instant.
As I recall…. the lady was stupidly driving with the fricken full coffee cup between her legs when she popped the lid off, THEN the coffee spilled. And personally, if I’m served a cup of coffee at 160 degrees I consider it too cool. I work in a cafe–ALL of our drip coffees are served between 175-185 degrees–as they SHOULD be.
Personal responsibility people.
Jeesh…
Yeah, you’re the sort of douchebag that thinks serving dangerously hot coffee specifically for consumption in a moving vehicle is acceptable.
What a moron!
You shouldn’t be drinking and driving anyway
Coffee is supposed to be brewed at around 90-95 degrees celcius, close to boiling point, 20 degrees fahrenheit is around 11 degrees celcius, which would bring the temperature of the coffee to 101-106 degrees celcius, well beyond boiling point, that is not possible in a normal brewing machine, but maybe McD found a way to superheat the water to brew their coffee. You claim the coffee was around 180 degrees fahrenheit, that’s just 82 degress celcius, when in fact the coffee is supposed to be brewed at between 194 and 203 degrees fahrenheit!
Coffee is supposed to be hot! If it’s too hot to drink when you get it, either sip it very carefully, blow on it, add milk or simply wait – don’t pour it down your front!
80oC should be the temperature of the water in the machine used at macdonnalds, extraction type, they don’t ‘brew’ it, which would require a cafetiere’.
If it was a Latte, the milk should’ve been between 65 – 75 oC.
So, even worse case scenerio, (hot milk, hot water) it would avg at about 70 – 75 oC for the entire cup. 158 ish oF.
If she recieved a cup of black coffee, it should only have been, 175oF so i hardly think that the coffee was grossly over temperature, i’m also pretty sure the actual temp of that coffee was subject to alot of conjecture, after all, how could they have got a temp reading from a week old patch of coffee on the crotch!
If I remember correctly, the woman in question was scalded when the coffee she was holding BETWEEN HER LEGS whilst driving spilt when she braked quickly.
glad some one said the trith
no she was still in the drive through
yeah – hot enough that it gave the woman 3rd degree burns on her groin and skin grafting operations requiring an extensive hospital stay. The woman just wanted her hospital stay paid, but McDonalds refused. Then McDonalds admitted that they knew that the coffee could cause serious burns requiring hospitlization, but figured a lawsuit would be cheaper than reconfiguring all of their coffee machines. Think that might be why she sued?
No, McDonalds wanted happy customers, and that means HOT coffee, the normal temperature for coffee is hot enough to cause 3rd degree burns, that’s it.
It’s almost certainly not a gas, and would either be a dry chemical agent (such as is commonly found in a kitchen fire extinguisher) which is designed to interrupt the fire reaction, not smother it, or is a foam/water agent, which is designed to smother the fire, but would only smother you if you weren’t able to wipe off your face when it got there. So if you died, you’d pretty much deserve to die.
^ THIS ^
I agree, Co2 isn’t a very effective at putting out fires compaired to the powder as it doesnt do a very good job of taking the heat out of fires. Once they are out it is possible for a fire to reignite with co2.
Shut up. You cant be charged for attempted murder unless you actually intended to specifically kill someone. An accident cannot be a sufficient action for attempted murder. Go read a book.
or, how about manslaughter?
is attempted manslaughter a crime?
Its called reckless endangerment.
It’s called involuntary manslaughter. You CAN be charged for accidentally killing someone if it was, in any way, your fault. This idiot activated the “sprinklers” so it would be his fault whether he was trying to kill anybody or not.
Semantics aside; I’m pretty sure that no one died. There’s got to be some kind of law in place that makes sure that the fire extinguishing system doesn’t kill the people involved… that’s just common sense.
Nope, go to Table 6 “Additional Death And Injury Incidents in the US and Mexico (Associated With Carbon Dioxide Total Flooding Fire Extinguishing Systems)”
http://www.epa.gov/Ozone/snap/fire/co2/co2report2.pdf
attempted manslaughter
thats like saying acidentily on purpose
you can’t have manslaughter without a little laughter in it!
Uhm, actually, you can. Negligent Homicide is still murder. The intent to kill makes it Homicide in the First Degree. Manslaughter is for cases where it is clear no intent to kill could be construed and the means of homicide is not a weapon or cannot be construed to be a weapon.
That varies from state to state. In Kentucky manslaughter is just a determination of intent away from murder. You can commit it with anything that kills somebody, be it your hand or a .50-cal rifle. Someone who is under “extreme emotional disturbance” can shoot someone with a gun and it would be first-degree manslaughter. Or, if they intended to just beat hell out of someone and then the person died from it, that would also be first-degree manslaughter. Second-degree manslaughter is “wanton” (known elsewhere as “reckless”) homicide–basically, when you do something in blatant, flagrant disregard of a risk you know of and get someone killed. Reckless (known elsewhere as “negligent”) homicide happens when you do something really stupid that gets someone killed.
The point being that legal terms vary considerably from state to state.
You can’t sue someone for “attempted murder”, jackass.
Actually, you can.
True, you can sue for anything. Except being murdered… =)
But your next of kin can sue for wrongful death on your behalf.
Why not, hosebag?
What is it, halon?
No, they don’t use that anymore, and it doesn’t work in open spaces
CO2 does not hurt you. The only thing you need to do is walk away as fast as you can. If you do so, you’ll live, if you stay and run out of oxygen, you faint and die unless someone helps you out or the CO2 is blown away by wind or something. However, if you take a few breaths of CO2, it’s no problem at all.
Now if that happenned to me, I’d be pissed for sure. Probably would ask some money, no doubt. But suing them? I mean why? This could give you a bit of a shock, but that’s all… S#it happens.
How do you make bold text?
I think the guy in the striped shirt hit the button that signals there is a emergency, and that set off the fire suppression system.
I think it’s Waldo.
I think that was San Diego.
Carmen San Diego?
Where in the world would you get that idea, Gracie?
Anybody see the Saturday Night Live sketch, “Where in the World is San Diego, California?”
I think you are correct. Slackwit hit the release button instead of the call button.
It realised there was a jew.
boy, does this place ever need a ‘report’ button
or a hard kick in the arse.
Yeah you’re right, Well bring in Arnold to tell us straight
Overwhelming
There was a 19-y.o. who was killed in Camp Hill, pennsyltucky, the other day when fumes at a gas station exploded from static electricity. Some self-identified expert claims it’s only the 2nd time in recorded history that someone was killed by static electricity while filling up the car.
He shouldn’t have answered his cell phone!
The second time? I don’t think so… it happens more often than that (fun fact, most often to women) basically from time to time a spark causes a gasoline fire (then the person panics and pulls the hose OUT of the car and sprays flaming gas everywhere…) There’s video of it, I saw it on either this site or Mythbusters.
Ahahaha, loser xD
xD
2rd!!!
Ahahaha, loser.
How big is your vocabulary?
The title “Fail in communication” really lives up to its name.
hmm, “fail in communication” is the name of the comments section on every pic and vid on fail blog. the vid is called Judgment fail.
*facepalm*
Wouldn’t you pronounce that ‘turd’?
He sure got hosed.
With multiple nozzles, even.
It sounds kinky to me.
Oh yah, he’s a real hoser, you betcha.
The tubes were awesome, I was in it and it was like booosh and you get like spit right out of them and you get smacked like kwoopak and dropped down BWAAHHH then you find the right spot and get pitted, so pitted.
“pitted, so pitted” = best comment ever
C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!
well, not really
Never mind. I’m new here.
I *snork* every time I scroll past this one AA.
If I didn’t have puke breath, I’d kiss you!
Piss off.
Something caught that all seeing eye of yours, Arthur?
Yep. It isn’t Brewski. Most likely my stalker again.
*squeezes Arthur*
*passes a beer*
*hopes he doesn’t have to pee soon*
If you’re the real Brewski, you’ll know the name of my cow!
I just talk with Brewski on Facebook. It’s not him.
I sent an email to Emily.
I did too.
Say hi to Patricia for me!
That’s my calf, not my cow!
WRONG. It’s Patrica.
*dumps stale Bud Light on lame-ass imposter*
The REAL Brewski wouldn’t be caught dead with Bud Light, regardless of what it was being used for.
Well you gotta at least give me an A for effort, check out the clickie… man, too bad for facebook
*gives Impostor Troll an F for…*
*FFFFOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMM!!!!!*
*dusts off hands and wanders away*
Ahh, but which one is the impostor now?
*tackles the real Brewski*
*rolls down a hill*
You must choose wisely
In case anyone actually needs a crutch, the real Brewski has an avatar with the id that ends in “0a46″.
Guess I left a few bases open…
you rang?
This isn’t going to end well, is it?
Pfft. Let’s get him banned and that’s that.
Arthur, if I have the insulting trolls and you have the horny bastards, who gets this one?
The grim reaper?
*crosses fingers*
Creepy Clown Arthur?
This airhead already floats where ever he is. No need for him to come down here.
Rejected by clowns. That’s pretty bad.
I doubt it.
If Arthur’s right, “Brewski”, just leave. Nobody wants you here.
*sigh*
Maybe I didn’t have these pesky pants on people might recognize me.
*just talked to the real Brewski*
*THWACK-THWACK-THWACKITTY-THWACK-THWACK*
That seals it for me.
From the little I saw of him before he left, I learnt enough about Brewski to know that he’d never post something like that.
Perhaps it’s the complete lack of hurt? I’m sure real Brewski would be shocked at such a reception from AE.
Doesn’t look like it.
*Hides behind desk*
Hey! I was just pondering if you’d return!
*Man squeezes*
You should wash your hands now, Qwaz. They’re full of troll cooties.
*Dives into vat of disinfectant*
*tickle tickle*
My, what clean hands you have.
Yeah, that troll leaves a certain unclean feeling when you get in contact with him for the first time. But then it becomes just boring.
So Qwaz has boring cooties? Are those like boring beetles?
That sounds painful!!
[Dull] Hello, fellow posters. Would anyone care to fold socks with me in this room devoid of furniture while wearing earplugs?
Perhaps you’d like to hear my 600 page long report on the wonderous qualities of sand?[/Dull]
But if I have earplugs in, how will i hear about the wonderous qualities of sand!
I believe that was an either/or proposal.
Btw…nice to meet you, gaynorvader! We’ve not been properly introduced.
Awww! But I wanna do both!
Heya SuzieQ, I think i remember you were just starting posting just before I left…I think
Not sure, really…feels like that was ages ago…
In any case, nice to see you on the blog!
Btw…you could do both at the same time…if you were listening to “Days of Our Lives”…clickie!
hehe
That was a little over the top if you ask me.
That happens EVERY time I go and fill my car with gas!
You should simply fly.
But…but my arms get tired!
Guess you’ll just have to wing it.
What’s all the flap about? There’s nothing like a good gas station fire to create good thermals for soaring.
Ah, you peeps lift my spirits every time!
*squeezes*
*Admits to getting a buzz from Dragon squeezes*
*Squeeze*
*wraps DW’s Aunt Fanny in Asbestos*
so wtf happened?
They got SPSHHHHHHHH-ed
What the hell was that!?
The emergency fire suppression system.
But…I didn’t see a fire.
Leila.. let me ‘splain to you the concept behind failblog…
*waits for the ‘splanation*
*eats some popcorn*
K…
*waits with Leila*
*helps her eat popcorn*
*noms popcorn*
What are we waiting for?
Somebody’s going to ‘splain the concept of Failblog.
Well THIS oughta be fun.
*Pulls up some chairs*
Wait…..won’t that just break the space-time continuum?
NOOOOOOOOOO!
Yeah wel Duhhh obvious….
But Why?!?!?!?!?!?!?
She didn’t ask that, now did she?
That’s what happens when the slightest spark or fire is detected in a gas station. Better this than the massive explosion that could result otherwise.
Yeah, those are pretty bad for your health
They are?
*puts out match*
Safety 3rd!
Or when some idiot trips the system.
dont know what happend? any cigarretes?
i don’t get it
fail fail
“I wonder what this button does… “
I PUSH DA BUTTON!!
Ducky come back!
*eminent fumigation*
Fire go down the hole.
Cold foam go down!
Why do we even HAVE that button???!!!
The third button has to do something.
Is anyone else not seeing why?
no… tell us….
I will guess it was either a very cruel prank, the system went haywire, or one of those guys was smoking while filling up.
The guy on the left is about to leave without paying, and Batman is just about to make his dramatic entrance through the smoke.
ahahahahaha i just started humming the hold batman theme and making spelling out the actions…..
nananananananananana BATMAN!
KERPOW! ZOP!
rofl
see? i got so excited i made more than one spelling error….batman does that to me.
>.<
Naughty, naughty Batman!
I had to watch it a couple of times, then read the caption they put below the video, then watch it a couple of times more. The timing was impeccable, they went off right when that other guy was removing the nozzle from his car making it look like that’s what set it off. I was watching (fearfully!) for the fire that didn’t happen, only in the last viewing was I able to wrench my eyes away from the guy finishing up and look at the dork on the other side of the pump.
What in the flaming Hades was that guy doing, snorting coke off the pump?
I think he was trying to light a cigarette.
Smoking at a gasoline pump – a sure fire way for a zombie to know there’s nothing worthwhile in that skull.
That’s why I only smoke menthols when I’m filling my car with ethanol.
I’d walk a mile for a camel.
A smoke/heat detector isn’t much use in an open air space like this. Gas fires burn quickly, and tend to work more with highly-combustible fumes than with the actual liquid. Because of this, most gas stations have manual switches that set off the fire extinguishers. The guy in the black and white shirt said “Gee, what does this button do?”, and gave us this lovely fail.
Does that mean when a fire breaks out someone has to run to the gas pump to set off the extinguisher?
I would think there is more than one button.
I guess the theory is there’s likely to be someone standing there anyway… but not for long.
Wait… on your gas stations people get paid to stand around and push a button as soon as there’s a fire?
I wouldn’t really know, I don’t drive.
Seriously or are you playing cuz you are a birdie and you don’t need to drive cuz you fly.
Seriously. I do not drive.
Not really surprizing, parking space in the city can cost more than a 2 bedroom home in my area.
Parking spots go for $200+ per month in my building garage.
Cities: because when there’s this many people around of course personal space is worth $50 per square foot.
Sounds communist to me…
*SQUEEZE!!!*
Where have you been??!!
*squeeze*
Honestly? Norway…
No way! Norway?
Yeah, some international cooperation college project thingy.
Now I’m broke, Norway’s expensive!
We’re glad to see you again! Back for awhile this time?
I don’t believe we’ve met.
I’m Jon, and don’t worry, I’ve heard nothing but good things about you.
*nods knowingly*
Alcohol in Scandinavia…
@Avis: I hope so, as long as I don’t get any more projects! :s
@Jon;: glad to hear that, you must be a new(ish) regular!
@AE: I only went out 3 times in 2 weeks! And even then only drank lightly (7-8) they don’t even do proper pints! *hmph*
Foreigners! Pah!
Yes, relatively new, but it’s been about 6 months, surprisingly
. Time flies, I guess.
Nah, you would need about five guys then.
*longtimenoseesqueeze*
True that.
*nostalgiasqueeze*
Any chance we get to see you more often here?
Dunno, ever since I finished full time work to go back to college, I haven’t had nearly as much time for the failblogs.
*squeeze!*
Glad to see you when you can pop in!
*squeeze*
*giggles*
Always a pleasure my dear dragoness
Gaynorvader! Good to see you!
*squeeze*
Hello….person who’s changed their name and avatar…
*squeeze*
Yes, welcome back. Seems we never got much time to get aquainted.
*Semi-stranger squeeze*
heya qwaz, new(ish) avatar? *squeeze*
Fresh off the presses! Came in last week
I didn’t realize you were gone when I changed my name, GV! Sorry. I used to be known as “Lurk.”
Ah lurk! I remember your rainbow prism (at least that’s what I always pretended it was)
Hi there, GV, still very a dragon, I see!
Yup, I’ll never change! I see you’re still looking smart in your sailor’s turtleneck!
OMG!!!
It’s…gaynorv… THUD!!!!!!
*tries to revive Leila with some damp shamwows*
*comes to*
Hi gaynorvader!!!
I’ve missed you.
Good to see you.
I missed my fail-friends too, usually I can only get on at the weekends or late at night when everyone’s sleeping!
Sleep? What is this “sleep” you speak of?
It’s when you aren’t at the internet…I think.
I eat too!
There’s a difference?!
*ponders existence*
*fans*
Ummm… firemen, quickly!
*nods*
And the union requires that several other guys get paid to stand around and not smoke so there’s no fire so the guy who gets paid to push the button as soon as there’s a fire doesn’t get a hangnail.
He has no personal manicurist? How cruel is that?
Hey, times are tough for the working man.
I know. You can’t even masturbate during work time anymore. Sad, really.
(BTW – Sexually Transmitted Narcolepsy? And why do you love it? And me?)
STN = So there, nyah (kinda like QED only more juvenile), although I do like your take on it.
I ♥ all my failpeep friends but since a certain some
onething wondered the other day who liked you and AA, I thought I’d cast my vote loud and proud.Also, I ♥ you because of that thing you do with your… you know.
You had that in your name since then and I realize it now? I must suffer from STNzzzzzZZZZZZzzzzz
*SNORK!!*
How could anyone in their right mind NOT ♥ you and the Admiral, Arthur??
Oh I fully agree, I was just curious what the current top ten reasons were.
I ♥ you Arthur, cos you’re my hero.
Let’s see…!
Reason #10: You guys chase the really nasty trolls away.
Reason #9: You both have cool monochromatic avatars.
Reason #8: You talk in that sexy made-up language.
Reason #7: Hairy knuckles. ‘Nuff said.
Reason #6: You’re both very protective of the peeps.
Reason #5: We can always blame you for everything.
Reason #4: You guys raise the coolness factor of the blog by elebenty.
Reason #3: Safety.
Reason #2: You’re punny, punny punsters.
And the #1 reason to ♥ Arthur and the Admiral IS…..!!
Because it really, really pisses off the bottom-feeder hate trolls!
The number one reason is that we attract fierce friends with enormous ♥’s.
It may just be that some asses make our ♥s look big.
*SKA-WEEEEEZE*
I must’ve missed something. We had a troll wondering if anybody liked AE and AA? Should I be glad I missed this?
Yes, and yes, Gracie.
Though if you’d like to see it, it’s here:
ht tp://failblog.org/2010/03/05/burglar-fail-3/#comment-812628
(It will take a little backtracking to get the context, though.)
Ah, yes. 5 dungbeetles. ‘Nuff said.
*dons I ♥ AA and AE shirt*
*wears it with pride*
*squeezy*
psst!
(you forgot Alcoholics Anonymous!)
need to get back into practice!
*squeeeeeeeeeeeeze*
Howdy!!
Heya jam, where’s your gun?
*squeeze*
I went cold turkey on the gun. Thought I’d go girly pink instead. It’s good for *tickles*.
It suits you, although I do feel slightly less threatened by you now.
It’s her ‘false sense of security’ avatar
I’d guess the attendant could set it off from where he is as well.
Yep. One on each island and one inside.
Pretty good system, actually – so long as it is used properly.
Well, I’m sure there is a remote trigger inside the store too.
I think Mouse was right on, it looks like he’s huffing the gas.
It’s gonna be hard to drive like that
Yeah, huffing the gas, and the attendant says “Oh yeah, huff this!”
morning shower
Luckily it wasn’t golden
That wouldn’t have smelt very nice.
# Shower is golden
But my eyes still see #
So he pulled out the ‘hose’ too early or what?
Or what.
Well you see, they forgot contraceptives, so this was their preventative “plan”.
So those jets were shooting gasicide?
Plan B and C?
the guy in the black and white shirt may have pulled a fire alarm of some sort
Plausible.
or your mom may have pulled a fire alarm
WTH was that….some sort of fire suppression system?? why did it even go off??
You can’t really be ready for an emergency if you don’t practice.
I think the guy in the stripy shirt did something, he looks all suspicious and what not
(to music of white christmas)
I’m dreaming of a white petrol pump
Just like the ones on failblog
Where idiots F**K everything up
And make all the normal people laf…
For Nightshayde:
Page 1: Fred and Ted go to the gas station.
Fred drives a green sedan. Ted drives a red wagon.
Page 2: Fred fills his car up at the pump and stuff.
Ted sticks his head into the pump and huffs.
Page 3: The emergency fire extinguishers douse Fred and Ted in whipping cream.
Page 4: Failblog PTB comment “Maybe he just really wanted a white Christmas”
Page 5: Powered by Caine “That was naughty”
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!! An expositionary mouse!!
*gets hit by an overpass*
Where’s the birdie telling us the moral of the story?
Don’t go to a gas station with Ted.
^5!!!
^5
Now where’s the tooth fairy with the molar of the story?
We may have to pry it out of her.
At least the safety is on page 3.
O noes! Did he diesel?
Dunno. Can’t see him motoring away through the floop.
Wheelie? I can’t see very clearly either.
*Squeegies*
*wipers foam out of eyes*
We all look like Moomins!
*Clutches foam top hat*
Teehee! So we do!
*tastes foam*
Wait a minute! This isn’t fire suppressant, it’s marshmallow fluff!
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Soylent fire suppressant is moomins?!?!
Hahahahahahahaha!
Next thing they’ll be breeding Moomins like cattle.
To serve Moomin, it’s a cook book! It’s a cookbook!
*turns on defrosters*
*wheels in decake*
Cake or death by gas station fire?
*kipes slice of cake*
*reluctantly retires to dungeon*
I’ll have the chicken then, please.
*crawls up out of oubliette*
Oh, all right then. Grilled?
It looks like they got gassed
This is so much a fail as a “Oh, that happened.”
Lame video maybe.
Sequel to ‘definitely maybe’?
unfortunately fate 2 men this
*juggles*
2 men; this fate. Unfortunately.
*simplifies*
2 men, 1 pump
*interprets*
“Those dudes got bad dandruff”
*mimes*
*makes gestures with hands above head*
*takes a bow*
*gets covered in foam*
Sorry Czuhc, I spilled my beer.
The unfortunate fate of 2 men.
He drank a lot of milk and I think he was feeling a little gassy.
I think it may have been the chili.
I thought it was the broccoli.
Or the curry. That vindaloo can be pretty flatulent.
Just don’t light a match…
To all my FailPeepettes. CLICKIE!!!!!…and cheers!!!!
*hic*
Where was I when they conducted that study?? I would have gladly volunteered!
Remember when you and I had to go do that thing at that place?
OMG Did you guys see that one guy from that one band?
You were there too. Then we went out and did that other thing with those people.
I remember now, ‘cuz that guy said that thing to you, and we pushed out in that street in front of that building.
*Ahem*
That one post from that one Failpeep was supposed to have a “him” between “pushed” and “out”.
Was that the time that thing happened to that other guy?
I think it was around that time when that big story was on that news channel, right?
Oh…you mean that time! I was really trying to put it all behind me...considering the thing that happened with that one guy...with the popcorn...
ht tp://news.discovery.com/human/women-alcohol-weight-gain.html
interesting, but it is possible that the women who drink moderately are more motivated to stay in shape as they are going out often to pull/whatever and the women who drink excessively throw up so much they are a step below bulimics.
This is more like a Lawsuit Win. You can’t tell me that’s good for your lungs.
Oh, yeah?
That’s goofer yearlings.That’s gold for YuenglingsThat’s golfer yearn lustsDang. You were right!
*writes “that can’t be good for your lungs” on note card*
*hands it to dERWAON*
There is ALWAYS a loop hole.
I would like to see the result after.
It looks like two snowmen pumping gas. Rather comical.
Dear FAIL Blog, no more Failbooking plugs. We know. We get the picture. It’s getting really, really, really, really, really annoying. kthxbai.
Click.
Click.
Click.
Click Click.
Click Click.
Click Click Click.
Click.
Click.
Click Click Click.
CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK
CLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICK!
Nope, it didn’t work. I don’t see any smoke yet.
Neither did the gas pump, it didn’t seem to matter.
I actually found it interesting.
The first 200 times.
The 200th time is the charm.
In case you didn’t know… no Lolspeak in FailBlog!
*brandeshes Lucky Ax #1 at Gladiator763*
Chillax, MGG. It was only one word.
But I find lolspeak so annoying. I can never tell what they are saying.
I cruise through the pics on ICHC everyday, and sometimes lurk in the comments. I can read it pretty well, now. I even use a bit of it IRL. My kiddywinks get a kick out of it.
I enjoy the pictures sometimes, but the lolspeak makes my brain want to explode. I can’t go anywhere near the comment threads on that site.
i can haz failz? Ohai! *nom nom nom*
He’s glad he ate her.
Firdrst!
Quit asking me to check out failbooking, that site sucks.
Yes failbooking deserves to be on failblog as a fail
failbooking might be be almost interesting if they didn’t hide people’s names making you assume its 100% fake
On all those facebook blog sites I see, they blur the names, probably for legal reasons or so the person in the picture doesn’t get slammed with spam.
However, out of all the hundreds of facebook fail sites, failbooking is by far the worst.
There is an emergency button on gasstations? Why the hell is that for?
Try detectors instead of buttons.
ide have poop my pants, he gets hit in the back of the head
First gaynorvader and now…
*goes up to look again*
*confirms*
…and now it’s Brewski. Can someone please tell me what is going on today? Did something in the universe bend and I didn’t get the memo?
*bites nails*
*Squeeze*
You’re not the real Brewski.
NOES!!!
*rejects squeeze*
What is your Holy Grail?
Seen that movie about 20 times.
HERETIC! BODY SNATCHER! PROFITEER !
HaHa. I was looking forward to your reaction almost as much as A_E’s
This is how you get your rocks off?
You really need to find a significant other.
He can’t, Marius. That’s why he has to try to get a rise out of us.
Oh fantastic. Now I feel dirty.
*Goes to find a Silkwood shower*
Somebody was impersonating Brewski, so the real Brewski made an appearance to clear things up. And I missed him. I was gonna give him a *squeeze!*
Guess you could say my appearance wasn’t all bad. I mean I did bring you the real Brewski! In the flesh.. err avatar!
*dusts off personalized pink sparkly bat*
*takes a stance*
*THWACK!*
*impersonator troll’s head @ssplodes*
*Cheers*
I think the pink sparkly bat is my favorite troll-bashing implement.
Thank you. It was a gift from my good friend, Dragon.
Ah, nothing like the sound of troll-twacking in the morning!
What a great gift! So thoughtful and appropriate.
*tosses an ‘h’ where it’s supposed to be and hopes no one notices*
Heehee!
That was prolly the most successful gift I ever gave…and it gives me so much joy to watch her use it.
I’m rather fond of my shellacked mackerel, myself.
We are too, Avis.
*birdysqueeze*
*squeeze*
This has been one weird day!
D’oh! That’s where I keep going wrong…I forget to shellack my dead fish. Thwacking trolls with an un-shellacked dead fish can get pretty messy. The lack of mess is one of the many reasons I so admire the pink sparkly bat (besides the obvious greatness of the colo[u]r and sparkly bits, I mean).
I really really really like the way you think!!! *evil laugh*
I can think of a messy “weapon” for you to use… it’s even in your screen name!
Hm…good point. Master of the obvious, I am not.
*starts filling bags with poo*
*readies lighter just in case, for those extra-special moments*
Ooh, I like the way you think.
And it REALLY hurts. I still have bruises.
If I recall correctly, you were thwacked with the whale, and the 6′ wooden spoon AND GLOWERED at. Frankly, we’re surprised you survived at all!
*squeeze*
Not to mention the threat of body parts in jars.
Oh my. Glad I waited before I started posting. Y’all scare me.
Hee! That too!!
*shudders*
Please, don’t remind me…
Body parts in jars? That’s WAY worse than a camera up the hind-quarters.
MMG, you really will have to tell us about your first few days in biology when you get to high school. I seem to remember my bio teacher having all three placentas from his kids in jars to show us in class.
That should be MGG, not MMG. My apologies!
I am going to HATE highschool.
*sigh*
*hides in room/cave/basement/bombshelter til the horror starts*
Aww, I’m sorry, there are good parts to high school. Really there are. I don’t really remember though, I’ve blocked so much of it out.
Avis is right, MGG. High school has its good points. There’s the… um…
*ponders*
…graduation! That was my favorite part.
And theeeennnnn… College!
High school is like junior high only people have more problems and assume you care about them.
Really, it’s not bad.
We dissected (pig) eyes yesterday!
In Physics of all subjects. Doesn’t mean it wasn’t thoroughly interesting
You’re in high school, Jon?
Goodness, I thought you were a grown man as well.
I’m 16
And I’m in Secondary School. I’m the same age as BF, in what Americans would call 11th Grade. (I think)
It’s amazing the difference that basic eloquence can make, Qwaz. (The age surprise is mutual)
As well? How many grown men do you think come here?
Well now I have to recalibrate a face to go with what I read by you.
*various murmurings*
Hey, that calibrating tickles!
And MGG; Arthur, AA, Marius, Brewski, gaynorvader and ZA are all grown men, to name just 6 off the top of my head.
@MGG:
“As well” refers to the fact that a couple fails back, Jon realized that I wasn’t as aged as I seem, too.
By “Grown Men”, I meant mature, sophisticated adult males. Which is not something you see every day at FailBlog.
^ I beg to differ. Maturity is something that regulars here at FailBlog pride themselves upon. While we’re all willing to be silly from time to time, it’s always for a good reason – enjoyment, for ourselves and for others.
Arthur, AA, Marius, Brewski (the real one), ZA, and Gaynorvador all are Grown Men by your definition, you know that right?
list jinx.
My mom always said that you are not truly grown until you act like it ALL THE TIME. I’m not going to saw she’s wrong. She braught me into this world, and can take me right back out.
Well in that case, who wants to hang out with a bunch of grownups?
I say, Qwaz, have you paid your latest insurance premium?
Anyway, must do boring job now, will remember to pick up a copy of the financial times on the way home, for some light reading.
Grown-up Jon, have you met my friend boring Qwaz? I believe you two’d get along swimmingly.
*snork*
I do believe such a meeting would be so dull that it would sap all the enjoyment from the blog.
Sorry, were you two saying something? I just found the paint drying on this wall so fascinating and was momentarily distracted.
Ooh! That blade of grass grew .0001 millimeters!
I don’t get thrown off track THAT easily!
*squeeze*
*cleans blood and gore from bat*
Well, I wouldn’t say it totally lacks mess!
Since everyone knows you’re no the real Brewski, why have you not stopped using his name/avatar? Please do so right away, or I will be forced to take drastic measures.
*taps Lucky Ax #1 in its holster on his waist*
Dude, who are you? Don’t pretend like you know me… I was long gone before you ever got here. LoL.
*rumbles over imposter Brewski in tank, completely squishing him*
*peers from turret*
*notices gooey mass*
Did I hit something?
Nothing that matters.
But Brewski’s lagacy shall live on. Forever .
Plus, I don’t appreciate your lying. Liers go to hell you know.
(that’s one way to ruin a moment.)
*fixes legacy *
*ahem*
It’s liars, but we got the picture!
Actually, I believe you could use liers when referring to a bunch of people lying down, it’d be kinda bad grammar though.
I believe the collective “nutcases” also applies if lying in public during daylight hours.
Beaches, parks, and sun-decks. All places that have folks lying down in public during daylight hours. Now, if it’s winter that’s a whole different story!
Or spring, or autumn where I’m at.
Or most of summer, too.
*pat*
*pat*
There. There Gracie. As long as we have him on FB2 we will be okay.
*squeeze*
True.
*squeeze*
Did you actually read the comments around “Brewski”‘s comments? You should.
I did. I think I need to go lie down.
*creeps into A_E’s post*
*punts the 2nd ” to the other side of the ‘s*
*flees*
Can someone have this impostor fool removed?
Messages have been sent. Now we just wait.
Emily has put him on the banned list. Ta-da!
Thank you and everyone who reacted so quickly today.
*squeezes Dragon and AA*
*does a happy dance for troll banishment*
YAY!!!! And there really was much rejoicing!!
*Shows up late to the party*
Great, I just got myself worked up enough to reply to it.
*Sigh*
*Must learn to scroll first*
I think that’s in the works.
*Offers flaming bags of poo*
Won’t help get rid of the imposter, but it may just bring you a bit of joy.
I would lend her my Lucky Ax #2, but it happens to be in the shop for…um…dent and stain removal.
Feel free to fling them at the imposter with impunity.
*flings flaming poo bags at imposter*
*steps back to admire handywork*
Ayup, that was FUN!!!! Any more trolls at whom I should fling flaming bags of poo?
Oh, you’ll have plenty of targets, never fear.
Excellent!!
*maniacal laughter fading into the background*
You’re becoming far too human.
*Puts on lab coat*
*Bangs gavel on bench*
What is the law?
*confused*
Which law? Thermodynamics, Boyle’s, Avogadro’s, Hubble’s, Ohm’s?!?? Oh no…surely not….not Murphy’s Law!
Too….many…..laws!!
*head assplodes*
Oh my! You poor lost soul, I’m so sorry.
*Tries to reassemble GLB’s skull*
Think Doctor Moreau.
That’s even worse! All kinds of mishmashed features jumbled together in one form…
*shudders* Reminds me too much of work, thanks.
*SNORK!!!*
I… I just…. I…
Congrats on powering the fail!
Thankyou *squeeze*
(Do we still *squeeze* here? Its been so long)
Yes, we do. Congrats on the powering!
I never really thought that I (emphasis on I) would power a fail.
*Tips hat to Caine*
By the way Caine, where is Abel?
Yeah, he’s been “washing his dog” for almost 3 months, now.
People are starting to get…suspicious…
YOU CAN’T PROVE ANYTHING!
HEY LOOK OVER THERE
*runs*
Oh look! A “Free Cookies” stand!
Thanks Cai-
*looks around*
…Whut?
*hiding in unknown location*
hehehehe.
Yes, but we can assume. Which is so much more fun.
It was a rock, wasn’t it?
No, as a matter of fact.
It was Colonel Mustard, in the Study, with the Lead Pipe.
Geez, Colonel Mustard kills everyone he can get his hands on, huh?
Ah, well, you are free to– Is that a thundercloud?
*Cloud of dust shaped like caine appears*
Yes, we still *squeeze*
And congrats on the power!
Thankya.
It’s a trap!
Oops!
Just a little OT blurb:
vcordie visited the website I suggested, and even THAT got off to a rocky start. Is there no fixing some people? *sigh*
I guess that was not the real Brewski?. Vcordie is coming back?
I weep for the future. vcordie as an adult (if he lives that along) will be a very, very scary thing.
I think some of us are born deficient in or missing certain social skills. It takes us a long time to catch on to them (if ever), and even then we aren’t particularly confident in their use.
You did your best to help him, and he may figure it out. Hopefully it won’t take him a couple of decades. *wry smile*
He is very young.
In hindsight, I wish I had said raunchy. Or Kinky.
We need more fails like this… First fail in a while where the comments were on topic and were not some stupid game of words. Yeah, yeah, stfu, I like to read comments.
Its definitely not water..You would use powder for gas fire…so that’s what it is…..water does not put out gas fires…..
You know that those suck the Oxygen out of the air? So those people who were there are now dead.
I dont know if anyone was hurt or died or not but it was damn funny
that’s disco babe!!!
Fools.It’s the greatest disappearing act the world has yet to experience.
you’re friggin retarded about being a fire fighter
Well, atleast they got a free carwash
PPpppP
Oh, snap!
Face.
TestTEXT123
I just wanted to test some HTML Codes.
FREE CARWASH WITH FILL-UP! >.<
Huh… video won’t load. First time that’s happened.
Love you Failblog, but if you start putting that crap advertising before every video, I’m outta here.
ROFL! That is what I call a fail!
free car wash!
at least they washed theyr cars..and for free
I think the best part of this thread , isn’t the video but the comments…soo many comments about “what happened?” it shows the Fail of not reading the description.
first.
What do you do when you see a homless person at the gas station =p
Run he might want a shower