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160005. Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:39 am |
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I’m just writing this one up as a Mythcon, and it occurred to me it might belong here also ...
Q: What happens when you throw a lit cigarette into a pool of petrol?
A: Nothing. Eventually, the fag goes out.
Well, allegedly ...
Anyway, the details are at
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=311752007 |
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160042. Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:19 am |
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There's a case in the law of tort, the name of which I forget, which arose when a dockyard welder was welding near where there had been an oil leak from a tanker, and oil was spreading across the water's surface. Apparently the best, in fact unanimous, scientific opinion at the time was that a fire could not result from this situation. So when the docks burnt down there was a bit of a legal tussle about whether the employers of the welder were responsible or not.
I can't remember the outcome, either. |
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