Washing machine explodes after petrol used as detergent

BoredShirtless · Post by **BoredShirtless** » 2003-10-13 11:56am

Washing machine explodes after petrol used as detergent
October 14, 2003

A man who used petrol to clean colour-stained trousers in his washing machine saw the whole lot blow up, wrecking two walls of his Moscow apartment, police said.

He poured a litre of petrol into the rinse chamber in an attempt to fix the colour-run trousers. When he turned on the machine, the whirring action ignited the petrol and led to a huge explosion.

Other residents of the apartment building escaped with a fright.

The fire brigade said it would give the man a few lessons in how to deal with flammable liquids, Itar Tass news agency said.

That was pretty creative of him. Pity the stupid machine had to blow his idea away.

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2003-10-13 12:00pm

The fire brigade said it would give the man a few lessons in how to deal with flammable liquids,

this made me laugh, i dunno why

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2003-10-13 12:03pm

ROTFWTIMELMAO!!!

Dammit, I should try that as a prank...

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-10-13 12:04pm

That is so cool. Sure, it's dangerous and stupid.

But it's also very cool.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2003-10-13 12:07pm

Wow, if I ever get this pos of a washing machine trash I am going to see if i can find an outlet and do the same thing.
Street Lampost should have a connector somewhere.

~Jason

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-10-13 01:10pm

Huzzah! America isn't the only place of residence for the unconprehensibly stupid!

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-10-13 01:21pm

[Red Foreman]DUMBASS[Red Foreman]BWAHAHAHAHA potential Darwin Awards for a nice atempt.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-10-13 01:22pm

Man, it says something that I have the incomprehensible urge to try that. It's the same urge I had when I saw on the can of Clarosil that the acne pads were flammable and should be kept away from an open flame (as it turned out, the pads weren't all that flammable, after all).

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-10-13 03:19pm

As they say, common sense isn't so common. Maybe he'll try using gasoline instead, next time.

Tribun · Post by **Tribun** » 2003-10-13 03:31pm

I always knew that the 08/15 Russian always looks for a solution for his problems.
Only this time, it was really brain-dead....

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-10-13 03:37pm

Still doesn't beat the incident with the steam, the cook and the nuclear icebreaker.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-10-13 03:48pm

How inconspicuous...you wake up in the morning and there's an innocent looking washing machine in your front lawn. You move in to inspect it, and then they plug in the extension chord....

Ouch.

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2003-10-13 04:09pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:As they say, common sense isn't so common. Maybe he'll try using gasoline instead, next time.

Petrol IS gasoline dummy.

Shogoki · Post by **Shogoki** » 2003-10-13 04:14pm

Watching a washing machine blow up would be soooo cool, now I want to do it too.

CmdrWilkens · Post by **CmdrWilkens** » 2003-10-13 04:17pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:As they say, common sense isn't so common. Maybe he'll try using gasoline instead, next time.

As was stated Petrol is gas, if he had used diesel (or Kerosene for that matter) it would have caught on fire but would not have exploded. in fact there is an extremely narrow range of liquid vs vapor that you can get diesel based fuels to explode at (the vapor has to be 1-8% of the total volume of air)

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2003-10-13 04:46pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:Still doesn't beat the incident with the steam, the cook and the nuclear icebreaker.

Fuck, that one was for real?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-10-13 04:56pm

The Duchess of Zeon wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote:Still doesn't beat the incident with the steam, the cook and the nuclear icebreaker.
Fuck, that one was for real?

That's exactly what I thought...

Post by **fgalkin** » 2003-10-13 04:59pm

Shogoki wrote:Watching a washing machine blow up would be soooo cool, now I want to do it too.

Russia, the birthplace of all cool ideas.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Jadeite · Post by **Jadeite** » 2003-10-13 05:41pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:Still doesn't beat the incident with the steam, the cook and the nuclear icebreaker.

WTF? What happened?

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-10-13 05:45pm

Why did he do this, again?

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-10-13 05:48pm

Darth Yoshi wrote:Why did he do this, again?

"He poured a litre of petrol into the rinse chamber in an attempt to fix the colour-run trousers."

Why he thought gasoline would fix his pants, I don't know. It's probably a false alibi though. He really wanted to see something explode. Lucky bastard.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-10-13 05:49pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:Still doesn't beat the incident with the steam, the cook and the nuclear icebreaker.

Would this be on the Yamal? I was just reading about that today.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-10-13 06:08pm

This, children, is why those washing machines say "Don't wash oil soaked textiles in this machine."

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-10-13 06:18pm

phongn wrote:
The Duchess of Zeon wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote:Still doesn't beat the incident with the steam, the cook and the nuclear icebreaker.
Fuck, that one was for real?
That's exactly what I thought...

Jesus, I thought Clancy made that up!

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-10-13 06:30pm

Ah, the Lenin incident.