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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:03 AM Original message |
Thrown Cigarette Butt Ignites Smoker's Car |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. classic case of shit happens |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. maybe people should use an ashtray in their car and keep it to themselves |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. most of the newer cars aren't equipped with ashtrays |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. then hold it until it goes out and throw it away |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Right. Much better that he keep the back window closed |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Or even better, do what happened to a friend |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:06 AM Original message |
idiot - don't throw lit cigs out the window |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
13. isn't this how some wildfires start? |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. throwing a lit cig out the window? Of course |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
29. I'm always amazed at how many people, who might not just throw |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. The world is not your ashtray. n/t |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. If only others learn this lesson. But unlikely! |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm glad his car was totaled. Stupid fuck. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
5. Cigarette butts are the most polluted item in the world and do not biodegrade. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Everything biodegrades |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Not by waste disposal definition. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Waste disposal is medieval |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. According to one report I read, 8 - 15 years for the filters to biodegrade. nt |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. There's nothing in the interior of my car that is that flammable. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I want to know how long that cig smoldered |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
8. Sounds more like a problem with the car. |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. The man smokes. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. not because he has an addiction |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Also, it could have flown into someone else's car. |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. That happens a lot |
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RayOfHope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. It happened to me n/t |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
24. the problem is the rude idiot |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. he's addicted to littering little firestarters? nt |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
14. Serves him right. |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
17. Just what we need in Colorado |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Sorry, he's YOURS now. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
20. Way to go, moran! |
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Blue For You (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. My father did the same thing with a '55 Buick once. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
31. Better his car than half the Rocky Mountains |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
34. Planes, Trains and Automobiles!! John Candy RIP. |
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