Brit IT Engineer Fights Spider with Improvised Flame Thrower - Gets Surprise

[Chris_]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/31/improvised_flamethrower/

An IT engineer who attempted to dispatch a spider with an improvised flamethrower ended up on the wrong end of his own can of deodorant, the Sun reports.

Dad-of-two Chris Welding, of Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, explained: "It was about 10.30pm last night. My wife was getting ready for bed and suddenly she let out a scream. She said there was a spider in the bathroom and asked me to get rid of it - neither she or the kids would go in there.

"The spider had crawled into the recess behind the loo and there was no way I could get to it."

He continued: "Stupid as it is, I grabbed a can of deodorant and a lighter and sprayed it behind the loo. The flame shot out and went round the back of the toilet and came back out at me. It was a bit of a shock."

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[bijou]

Ah, Essex, the Florida of England. 

[Texacon]

That's what socialized medicine will do for you ..... a couple of small burns on the fingers and you get a 'free' ride in an ambulance where you are taken to the hospital and told you're ok .... all for 'free'.

If this had happened to anyone I know ... not only would they not have gone to the dr. but they wouldn't even be telling anyone it happened!  LOL

KC

[Chris_]

Ah, Essex, the Florida of England. 

Careful.....I used to live in Chelmsford........

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