Here's how to save your friend if they catch on fire

[frauenfelder]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/12/04/heres-how-to-save-your-frien.html

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[mocon]

What’s the point of setting my friend on fire if I’m just going to put it out?

– Florida Man

[anon50609448]

If you light a man a fire they’re warm for a day. But if you light a man on fire they’re warm for the rest of their life.

[Pensketch]

“Flame on!”

“Flame off!”

[RConBB]

Great. I was looking for something to do with my nephews this Christmas.

[Ratel]

This headline is fishing for the universally accepted solution, but I’m not going to leak it…

[DonatellaNobody]

“Give a man a fire and he’ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.”
– Ancient Libertarian proverb

[Faffenreffer]

How to save your friend if they catch fire:

1. Wait for the fire to go out, you can’t do anything while he’s flailing around and shouting.
2. Once the flames go out and the embers are cool, sweep up the ashes.
3. Save your friend in a genuine Ziplock storage bag with a sliding closure. Accept no substitutes, only Ziplock’s no-leak garuantee can preserve your friend in the many years to come!

[Slant]

I’m sure this works just great in those situations where the flame that is consuming a very narrow path on your friends’ sleeve just happens to be small enough to cover with 2 hands.

[Franko]

well, i DO go to burning man. anything can happen, so this is good knowledge to file away.

[Ratel]

We’ll just assume your friend was on fire when you got here.

[Garymon]

Now we all have something new to do while waiting at the DMV.

[Lights friend on fire]
[Swoops out the fire]
[Lights friend on fire]
[Swoops out the fire]
[Lights friend on fire]
[Swoops out the fire]

[Looks to see if anyone has noticed]
Nope

[Lights friend on fire]
[Swoops out the fire]
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[Jennifer_Schmidt]

Many years ago I washed my hair and left the conditioner in. I then got too close to a candle as I was lighting it and accidentally set my damp hair on fire. Conditioner is apparently good fuel. Fortunately, I instinctively used a move like the one shown here and put the fire out. Did not burn my hand at all. I did have to wear my hair differently for awhile.