How Stupid Can Anybody Get !

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-28951389

Is there anybody else who doesn't know the dangers of using a BBQ inside the home ?

[andy-hughes]

Thousands of them.

Re a parallel thread, I bet there are thousands of Americans who would fire up a barbie in the living room while Junior is down at the shooting range!

[ummmm]

I'm not stupid but I didn't know the dangers until I read about someone dying in a tent.

We're not born with this knowledge, we learn it.

[youngmafbog]

You are really obsessed with that story arn't you Andy, I wonder why is it simply your Septic hating side taking over?

Mikey, does make you wonder does it not.

[wolf63]

"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits."

Albert Einstein

[andy-hughes]

youngmafbog - "You are really obsessed with that story arn't you Andy, I wonder why is it simply your Septic hating side taking over?"

I think 'obsessed' is pitching it a bit strong. I am in the middle of a debate with you, among others, but I am not obsessed about it!

As for my 'Septic hating side ..." - I am unsure where that observation has come from, I don't have a hating side, 'septic' or otherwise.

[boxtops]

That's another one for this year's Darwin awards, then....

[mushroom25]

some years ago, during a particularly fierce thunderstorm in France, a group of us refused to abandon the BBQ we'd planned and set it up inside a large frame tent. with the flaps open only enough to ensure the wet didn't get in, it soon filled with charcoal smoke.

of course, we made the smokers stand outside.

[mikey4444]

I saw that news item about the young girl who killed her shooting instructor, and the reaction from the Range owner when asked was it appropriate for such young children to be using a sub-machine gum was disgusting but not unexpected. He revealed the 5 years olds were allowed on the shooting range, as long as they accompanied by their parents !

Only in America !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28951893

Ummmm...did you really not know about the dangers of carbon monoxide ? These kinds of accidents happen all the time and are widely reported. A fatal accident occurred on the site that I have my caravan on, down in Cornwall, when a BBQ was used inside a tent. This is in despite of posters all over the campsite, in 4 different languages warning of the dangers. But still we continue to get them. At what point do people have to assume some responsibility for themselves ?

[mikey4444]

Mush...you are extremely lucky to be alive !

[Baboonboy]

And there was me thinking that the whole idea of a BBQ was to make it an outdoor event (when the sun is shining). Give us a minute. Got a sausage to turn.

[ummmm]

I really didn't know until I watched it on the news. I knew about defective boilers etc....not BBQs though.

[Baldric]

I think you've actually got to expire to win a Darwin boxy

///The Darwin Awards salute the improvement of
the human genome by honouring those who
accidentally remove themselves from it///

[mikey4444]

OK Ummmm...I guess I feel it safe to accept an invitation to a BBQ from you now !

Personally, I blame all this craze for BBQ's in the first place. My neighbours had one on BH Monday, despite it being widely predicted to rain solidly for hours on end. I mean I live in Wales for Gods sake ! What is wrong with properly cooked food, prepared in the kitchen and and eaten in the garden ?

When did this obsession for badly cooked, burnt food start anyway? Our Colonial cousins I expect !

And when did we all start to eat "mayo"...what is wrong with Salad Cream ?

[viv38]

Each to their own mikey, I love BBQ food and 'mayo'! I also like salad cream.

[Old_Geezer]

Well I guess they figured, no smoke = no chimney requirement !

[boxtops]

The only danger of a BBQ in the house which I knew about was the risk of setting fire to the house - not that I'd ever do it, but I didn't know about CO2 from a BBQ.

[ummmm]

BBQ'd food can be delicious. My cousins husband from Trinidad does the best BBQ....perfect food. He dampens the flames down.

Personally, I wouldn't dream of bringing a BBQ inside.

[mikey4444]

In the company of some of my "posh" friends, to say that you prefer Heinz Salad Cream to Hellman's is tantamount to farting in Chapel !

[ummmm]

I love salad cream. Viv :-)

[maggiebee]

At one time, o take your own life you could put a hose from your exhaust into the car while inside the garage. The latest way is to set up a BBQ inside a closed garage. Scary stuff.