An Experiment I Conducted Last Night

[daryn]

try it on an old couch

[tonypaladino]

they are not catching fire because you are using flat sheets. Crumble up some paper towels and toss a cig into the middle of the pile, then report back.

[craig r]

Wow, this is a pretty humorous thread. Mainly because I think he is really doing these things.

craig

[mmcd]

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try it on an old couch

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I used to burn old couches in the street for fun back in college, and it always took newspaper or a flammable liquid to get them going. I doubt a lit cigarrette would start them burning if drunkenly holding a lighter to them won't.

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try it on an old couch

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I used to burn old couches in the street for fun back in college, and it always took newspaper or a flammable liquid to get them going. I doubt a lit cigarrette would start them burning if drunkenly holding a lighter to them won't.

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Let me guess WVU Alum?

[imported_The Vibesman]

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try it on an old couch

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I used to burn old couches in the street for fun back in college, and it always took newspaper or a flammable liquid to get them going. I doubt a lit cigarrette would start them burning if drunkenly holding a lighter to them won't.

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No lie, my grandfather died when he got tanked and fell asleep on the couch with a lit cigarette. So they will start burning sometimes.

I took a class on serial murder this semester, and we did a unit on arson. I learned there that apparently cigarettes are useful as a timer controlled fire starting device. We also watched a video of a cigarette that fell into a chair, and timed how long it took before it burned the house down. Less than 5 minutes.

Useless information, I just like sharing.

[DcifrThs]

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I took a class on serial murder this semester, and we did a unit on arson. I learned there that apparently cigarettes are useful as a timer controlled fire starting device. We also watched a video of a cigarette that fell into a chair, and timed how long it took before it burned the house down. Less than 5 minutes.

Useless information, I just like sharing.

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please expand upon how a cigarette falling into a chair burns a house down.

Barron

[craig r]

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I took a class on serial murder this semester, and we did a unit on arson. I learned there that apparently cigarettes are useful as a timer controlled fire starting device. We also watched a video of a cigarette that fell into a chair, and timed how long it took before it burned the house down. Less than 5 minutes.

Useless information, I just like sharing.

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please expand upon how a cigarette falling into a chair burns a house down.

Barron

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my guess is that the chair sets on fire, then other things in the house get set on fire, and then the house burns down (I am not being a smart ass).

craig

[mike l.]

"Also feel free to conduct your own experiment and share the results."

i put a lit cig on our couch before i went to bed and it caught fire and burned our whole house down with my family inside. im writing this on a laptop from a nearby starbucks, just wanted to pass on the results, hope they help.