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Devilish doo-doo prank ignites panic

Started by Ed, November 08, 2005, 04:18:29 AM

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Ed

Found this on another forum -

It's a classic prank, especially around Halloween: you get a paper bag (not a plastic one, idiots!) and fill it with dog poop. Put the bag on someone's porch, set it on fire, ring the doorbell and run like hell. (Most great teen pranks seem to include that part, don't they?) When the homeowner comes out and sees the fire his first instinct will be to step on it, right? Pretty funny. Well, that might have been the case in Winnipeg, Manitoba except for the fact that the fiery bag was placed on a wooden deck . . . which caught fire . . . then set the mobile home itself on fire. The family inside was able to escape thanks to the heroics of their 16-year-old son, but their trailer was completely destroyed.

Link - http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2005/10/30/1284554-sun.html
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SharonBell

Well, you know the saying, "You do that doo-doo, that you do so well!"  :evil: :evil:
"Be good and you'll be lonesome." Mark Twain

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JoyceCarter

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Did you notice that the account totally fails to mention what Jordan actually DID?  Mom asked him to help, so he rushed to wake up his brother and sister.  I presume they should have mentioned that at that point he lifted them out through a window or something, otherwise while waiting for the fire department they would have been quietly frying!

Walker

That's pretty wild! They're already getting snow out there too, so it would be a cold night to have to try an escape. I don't get the $120,000 thing, though.  Mobile homes aren't worth that much, even in Winnipeg. Maybe it damaged the ones beside it too.
It would be interesting to know, like Joyce said, what Jordan actually did besides waking his brother and sister. The article seems kind of vague in that respect.
"Lord, here comes the flood, we will say goodbye to flesh and blood. If, again, the seas are silent in any still alive, it'll be those who gave their island to survive. Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry."
Peter Gabriel.

Ed

Maybe the fire spread to their Ferrari parked beside, or something? :grin:

I found it hard to believe any of it, TBH.  Can't imagine a paper bag producing enough heat to catch the deck, personally.  Course, it could have been incendiary dog poop, I suppose :scratch:
Planning is an unnatural process - it is much more fun to do something.  The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression. [Sir John Harvey-Jones]

JoyceCarter


SharonBell

"Be good and you'll be lonesome." Mark Twain

www.sharonbuchbinder.com

Ed

I bet it turns out that the kid couldn't get the bag to stay alight, so he poured barbecue lighter fluid on it, or something like that. :scratch:
Planning is an unnatural process - it is much more fun to do something.  The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression. [Sir John Harvey-Jones]

JoyceCarter

All this concern with the method might lead one to believe we were going to try and replicate the deed...  :shocked: :grin:

Sharon, no thanks.  You shouldn't mix carbohydrate with protein!  ;)