No, it’s now who you think it is. I’s this booger eatin’ moh-ron.
SEATTLE (AP) — A man who used a can of spray paint and a lighter as a makeshift blowtorch to kill a spider in his laundry room started a blaze that caused $60,000 worth of damage, Seattle fire officials said Wednesday.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Seattle? Prolly an Obungler voter.
The man and his mother got out of the house, and no injuries were reported in the fire that broke out in the West Seattle home Tuesday night, said Kyle Moore, a spokesman for the Seattle Fire Department.
Not really eligible for a Darwin Award ’cause he lived and didn’t purify the gene pool.
Moore said the man used the spray paint and lighter as “a self-made blowtorch to kill a spider in the laundry room” of a rental house.
I find that a fly swatter or a rolled up magazine or newspaper does a pretty good job of killing bugs.
“I don’t want to encourage people to do this, but that’s what he did,”
I go along with that.
Moore said Wednesday. “The spider tried to get into the wall. He sprayed flames on the wall, lit the wall on fire, and that extended up to the ceiling.”
Reminds me of the dryer fire that occurred at a hotel in Etowah Tennessee one year where a bunch of us were staying to attend Eric’s birthday party. Actually, it was really a “driahr fahr” in the local vernacular. Dryer lint is very flammable.
Fire crews were called to the home in the home just south of Seattle just before 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Firefighters initially fought the fire from outside after someone reported hearing ammunition go off in the house. Crews eventually went inside the house after confirming from tenants that there was no ammunition inside.
The man initially tried to put water on the fire, but he wasn’t able to put it out and the blaze quickly spread into the attic.
On Wednesday, portions of the house were boarded up with plywood, and a blue tarp covered part of the roof. The owners of the house declined to comment.
“There are safer, more effective ways to kill a spider than using fire,” Moore said. “Fire is not the method to use to kill a spider.”
Most people who have the intelligence level above that of a third grade pissant know that.
As a resident of the peoples republik of washington, I can attest to the dumbassity of the locals here. It’s embarassing.
Best way to kill a spider is to suck it up in the shop vac, lift the lid and hit it with spider spray.
Thank-you vey much Denny. After a long hard night at work, and having made some mistakes that my fellow co-workers lit into me about. I woke up this morning and checked my e-mail to find out I had been turned down for a better job I interviewed for this week. I do not feel so bad anymore. You gave me a good solid laugh. I am sorry, but that just plain funny and so stupid. $60,000 worth of damage? Good Lord, and I thought I messed up!!
The sad part of the story is that it wasn’t even his house. He’s a renter. The poor landlord.
Yes, most likely an Obamamite. As stated above, it is embarrassing to live here sometimes. I’m waiting for a state to secede. I’ll move there the next day. Too bad we can’t split the state like what is being proposed in California.
Why would anyone want to kill a spider? A spider is a self-sufficient artist which spins its own web with incredible skill to catch its daily food and get rid of all bugs none of us would ever wish to have running free in our homes.
I don’t particularly want one in my place. But it’s so easy, with a bit of time and patience, to stir a spider to a piece of cardboard and gently deposit it outside where it will find better bugs to eat. A spider will never need to stand in line for food stamps unless humans attack it.
I’m not talking about the untamed, abominable spiders found in wilder countries, but about the regular, harmless ones we usually see around us.
I hope the dumbass is held responsible for the damage he caused.
Daddy long legs are especially benevolent. I once remember reading a story a woman in Florida wrote who killed a spider in her house and regretted it because soon it was overrun with other bugs that the spider would have normally taken care of. She missed that little varmint.