Not being on fire

Not being on fire lets take a moment to move away from interweb drama and hear some stories from people that have actually been on fire. how/why did it happen? what can you suggest other people do to avoid the same fate? the person who has the best story wins a cookie!

June 12, 2009 at 9:52pm
Michael Hawk
Michael Hawk
4 hours after becoming a fan of "Not being on Fire" I almost lost my house to a fire. My head hurts, and I am puking from the smoke inhalation.... Dryer went up in flames. Got it out without the Fire Dept's help. Wasn't waitin for them. Can I blame this site?
December 23, 2009 at 12:04am
Rohan
Rohan
just wanted to mention that I woke up this morning and thanked my stars that I wasn't on fire. Not being on fire is cooler than being on fire(no pun intended)
December 23, 2009 at 12:21am
Carter Ross
December 23, 2009 at 10:41am
Arianne
Arianne
Got REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY drunk,
Poured some alcohol on my crotch,
Lit it on fire and ran around screaming
"LOOK GUYS IMA FIRE CROTCH."
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Worst. Idea. Ever.
December 23, 2009 at 4:45pm
Mike
Mike
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December 23, 2009 at 6:00pm
Luke Watkiss
Luke Watkiss
I managed to set my entire face on fire because i was being stupid, my potato cannon wouldn't shoot, so i opened it up and pulled the trigger, can you say flamethrower?
December 24, 2009 at 3:11am
Johnnie Cummins
Johnnie Cummins
i reached over the table at thanksgiving... hit the candle and my finger turned black. same thing at hanukkah, but a match dropped on my arm.
December 24, 2009 at 6:18am
Kevin Malone
Kevin Malone
friend was playing with my lighter, a normal unchanged bic, then got too close to my hair which i heard sizzling coupled with her hitting my hair saying "i'm sorry, i'm sorry, i'm sorry"
December 24, 2009 at 9:26pm
John DeWitt
John DeWitt
Inspired by Rage Against the Machine:
Thích Quảng Đức was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963. The act itself occurred at the intersection of Phan Dinh Phung Boulevard and Le Van Duyet Street. Thích Quảng Đức emerged from the car along with two other monks. One placed a cushion on the road while the second opened the trunk and took out a five-gallon gasoline can. As the marchers formed a circle around him, Thích Quảng Đức calmly seated himself in the traditional Buddhist meditative lotus position on the cushion. His colleague emptied the contents of the gasoline container over Thích Quảng Đức's head. Thích Quảng Đức rotated a string of wooden prayer beads and recited the words "Nam Mô A Di Đà Phật" ("homage to Amitabha Buddha") before striking a match and dropping it on himself. Flames consumed his robes and flesh, and black oily smoke emanated from his burning body.

The last words of Thích Quảng Đức before his self-immolation were documented in a letter he had left:
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"Before closing my eyes and moving towards the vision of the Buddha, I respectfully plead to President Ngo Dinh Diem to take a mind of compassion towards the people of the nation and implement religious equality to maintain the strength of the homeland eternally. I call the venerables, reverends, members of the sangha and the lay Buddhists to organise in solidarity to make sacrifices to protect Buddhism."

After approximately ten minutes, Thích Quảng Đức's body toppled forward onto the street and the fire subsided. A group of monks covered the smoking corpse with yellow robes, picked it up and tried to fit it into a coffin, but the limbs could not be bent and one of the arms protruded from the wooden box as he was carried to the nearby Xa Loi Pagoda in central Saigon. Outside the pagoda, students unfurled bilingual banners which read: "A Buddhist priest burns himself for our five requests."
December 24, 2009 at 11:39pm
Ninett
Ninett
If Joan Of Arc joined this group, would you kick her out?
December 26, 2009 at 11:44am
Scott Carroll
Scott Carroll
What kind of cookie?
December 27, 2009 at 5:28am
Charlie Shvartsman
Charlie Shvartsman
the 'U DO WHATEVER U WANT JUST DONT BOTHER ME AND MY CROSSWORD' substitute.

haha i love subs who have no clue what theyre doing lol

http://www.facebook.com/pages/the-U-DO-WHATEVER-U-WANT-JUST-DONT-BOTHER-ME-AND-MY-CROSSWORD-substitute/195280711970?ref=mf
December 27, 2009 at 8:51am
Daniel
Daniel
Will the cookie be on fire?
December 27, 2009 at 12:08pm
Greg Brooks
Greg Brooks
I had half a gross of bottle rockets set off in my pocket one Fourth of July and received 80% burn coverage.....Dont drink and smoke while having a bottle rocket war. The cigarette dropped right in my pocket afterI lit off a roman candle that had a short fuse
December 27, 2009 at 1:04pm
Dan Haverson
Dan Haverson
personally I like being on fire. if you don't like being on fire you like dicks
dicks dicks dicks dicks dicks
everybody!
December 27, 2009 at 9:03pm
Karl Pfeiffer
Karl Pfeiffer
I recently underwent a huge kitchen fire. It was a grease fire, and as such, I could not douse it with water. Covered in burning grease, I put out the fire WITH MY FISTS and then extinguished myself. As such, my fan-ness has been renewed. Blisters aren't fun.

Luckily, my kitchen is not burnt to a cinder.
December 28, 2009 at 12:52pm
Ryan Trouba
Ryan Trouba
being on fire can be fun :D
December 28, 2009 at 4:32pm
Jodi Carlini
Jodi Carlini
Yes, I have been on fire, almost. Fell against a Burger King burger broiler, because the One In Charge told me to clean the ceiling fans, which I was too short to do. Second degree burns from wrist to elbow, after maybe 1 second touching the broiler. Not Fun. Found out later that, yea, the temperature of that broiler wall was > the ignition point of human skin.
December 28, 2009 at 6:36pm
Ian Gungner
Ian Gungner
well i was at a party and we were all sitting around and some girl sat on my hands, my friends yelled out hurry touch the fire place to get rid of the germs (i thought it was an a electric fire place, but i didnt think that the person who was throwing the parts dad owned a propane company) than i cought on fire for about 15 seconds and i got some god burns :3
December 28, 2009 at 8:29pm
Cole Daniel Beaudrie
Cole Daniel Beaudrie
Once while I was baking cookies for the homeless, the stove started beeping, so I opened it, and my cookies were literally on fire, then I realized it was the fire alarm that was beeping and I dialed 911, they still haven't arrived...to be continued.
December 28, 2009 at 10:16pm
Cole Daniel Beaudrie
Cole Daniel Beaudrie
Ok they're here and the fires out, everythings ok.
December 28, 2009 at 10:16pm
Kathy Collier
Kathy Collier
I wasn't exactly on fire but did get 3rd degree burns from a malfunctioning heating pad...it hurt like h --l!
Tue at 10:08am
Jesse Frailey
Jesse Frailey
haha one time i was bet 5 dollars i wouldnt blow fire, i did, and my face caught on fire because i dribbled, it was a group of 5 people including me, and we had a hose ready, but we all fell over laughing. it was amazing, but i think id rather not be on fire
Tue at 1:19pm
Colton Lefteye Steury
Colton Lefteye Steury
Well, perhaps the time when I decided to light my boxers on fire. Now, I did that, and there were two people in the room. I couldn't rip off the underwear without exposing my junk. But after a few moments, I decided it was the only way, so I ripped off the undergarment, exposed my round, white buns, and ran into the other room. One person was left on the floor laughing, while the other looked simply terrified of the white abomination he had just witnessed. Oh, good times.
Tue at 5:47pm
Soap McTavish
Soap McTavish
My brother sprayed Nitrocellulose lacquer in a closed room with a water heater, hes no longer with us but he should be a fan of not being on fire
Tue at 7:59pm
Zared Schwartz
Zared Schwartz
Sorry for your loss Soap
Tue at 8:19pm
Andrew Steeples
Andrew Steeples
I was going to hell, I was born a sinner just like everyone else, and I heard the Gospel and I believed that God placed my sin on Jesus Christ at the Cross of Calvary, and now I am eternally secure in God for salvation...I won't have to be on fire for eternity. Thank you Jesus Christ for dying for me and everyone else according to Scripture and ... See Morerising again on the third day from the grave. Thank you God for your undeserved grace, mercy, and love. By grace you too can be saved from the lake of fire and the guilt, sin, and shame of wickedness by placing faith in the risen savior Jesus Christ who came in the form of a man who is the only begotten son of God. He loves you, and wants to have a right relationship with you. Please read the book of John in the Holy Bible to start, and see what He has to say to you. Then read the whole Bible from beginning to end. He can save you from the wrath you deserve, and forgive you for all of your sins.
Tue at 11:30pm
Shelby Jordan Romero
Shelby Jordan Romero
it was my first time filling my zippo and i spilled some of the lighter fluid on my hand, which i didnt pay much attention to, until i lit the lighter and flames engulfed my left hand and started my sleeve on fire, took me about two minutes to get the fire completely out
Wed at 8:33am
Aaron Maguire
Aaron Maguire
I am not on fire right now...so I feel pretty happy about it and....
Wed at 8:50am
George M. Quinlan IV
George M. Quinlan IV
I set a fire in the woods when I was a kid, didn't expect it to spread past what I was lighting, so I tried to put it out wearing cut-off shorts and caught fire... ended up running like a bastard from the fire dept. and jumping into a friend's pool to put myself out.
Wed at 4:33pm
Brandon Ryan Gelok
Brandon Ryan Gelok
My friend's dad was drunk, he knocked over a candle and set fire to the carpet, so he grabbed a bottle of vodka and through it over the flames (he thought it was water) as a result of this, his pants caught on fire. Then he ran outside and jumped into a snowbank. Cookie please :)
Yesterday at 5:00pm
Nicole Michelle
Nicole Michelle
well when i was 12 i lit my hand on fire and almost didnt get it out :O
Yesterday at 5:44pm