Florida man sets self on fire while trying to burn down own home

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2021/01/12/florida-man-sets-self-on-fire-while-trying-to-burn-down-own-home.html

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I’m guessing he had the wrong address.

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Nah - I’m guessing he wanted the insurance …



… but wasn’t actually insured.

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fire go boom

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Picture of suspect.

Heard yelling “Now I have two problems”

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Not Trump though? Bummer.

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It was not clear why the man wanted to set his own house on fire.

It is not for us to question or attempt to ascertain the motives of Florida Man. He has His reasons, that is all we need know.

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This is BLM’s fault, right?

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Florida is going through some things.

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It was not clear why the man wanted to set his own house on fire.

Because he is FLORIDA MAN?

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If there were no Florida Men, we would have to invent them.


Note: my son in law is a Florida native, and so you don’t need to tell me that the stereotype is bogus.

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Antifa(lammable)

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Some people should not be allowed to use matches

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There’s a metaphor for the situation our president is in here, I just can’t quite articulate it well enough.

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Zeus knew what was up when he chained Prometheus to a rock and sent an eagle to peck out his liver every day. Fire is a big responsibility and humans have been proving they can’t handle it for millennia.

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But there was a spider…

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Now I’m hearing “Florida Man” done to the tune of “Particle Man” (again). I will leave it to someone else to parse the lyrics.
eta: MikeKStar, thanks for the fix!

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… I prefer the Tiny Toons version, but there you go. :slight_smile:

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Florida man

Obligs:

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