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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,545 posts) Thu Jan 30, 2020, 04:54 PM Jan 2020

Florida Man Pumps Gas Into Fishing Pole Slot On His Boat

Mistakenly inserting a fuel nozzle into a fishing pole slot, a Florida man pumped $60 worth of gasoline onto the deck of his boat and the ground of a gas station, fire rescue officials said.

The incident happened Monday in the Orlando area, Orange County Fire Rescue spokesman Mike Jachles said on Twitter.

The gas flowed from the fishing pole hole and onto the deck of the 24-foot (7.3 meters) boat. The 31-year-old man realized his mistake and quit pumping.

As he tried to clean up the mess, the gasoline began leaking from the boat onto the ground at the 7-Eleven store. He told personnel and then called the fire department's non-emergency number, Jachles said.

Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article239802578.html#storylink=cpy

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Florida Man Pumps Gas Into Fishing Pole Slot On His Boat (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 OP

oh man Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #1

Was his name Gomer Pyle? louis-t Jan 2020 #2

Weren't me! OriginalGeek Jan 2020 #3

Drunk? Stupid? Drunk and stupid? Aristus Jan 2020 #4

Renter? jmowreader Jan 2020 #5

I hadn't thought of that. Aristus Jan 2020 #7

Could be, this nimrod was filling his boat by the braille method Brother Buzz Jan 2020 #9

This gives a whole new level, to the old saying about boats csziggy Jan 2020 #6

It can feel like Florida is the only place where crazy stuff goes down... TomVilmer Jan 2020 #8

Hold my beer and watch this!! Initech Jan 2020 #10

I've been so tired I'm shocked I haven't done that. NightWatcher Jan 2020 #11

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)

1. oh man

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 04:56 PM

Jan 2020

glad everybody's okay!

louis-t

(23,273 posts)

2. Was his name Gomer Pyle?

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 05:27 PM

Jan 2020

Couldn't help but think of the episode where Gomer puts gas in the gun hole in the door of an armored car.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)

3. Weren't me!

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 05:29 PM

Jan 2020

I don't even have a fishing boat.

But I hope it's not on my way home - I pass a lot of 7s 11. Traffic is ad enough here without adding that.

Aristus

(66,294 posts)

4. Drunk? Stupid? Drunk and stupid?

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 08:25 PM

Jan 2020

Florida?

jmowreader

(50,533 posts)

5. Renter?

Reply to Aristus (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 31, 2020, 02:23 AM

Jan 2020

Most boat owners know where the gas goes - because you buy so damn much of it.

Aristus

(66,294 posts)

7. I hadn't thought of that.

Reply to jmowreader (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 31, 2020, 10:36 AM

Jan 2020

A drunk, stupid renter.

Brother Buzz

(36,389 posts)

9. Could be, this nimrod was filling his boat by the braille method

Reply to jmowreader (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 31, 2020, 01:58 PM

Jan 2020

I assume he had to reach over his head to unscrew/open the fuel cap, turned around for the pump nozzle, then insert the nozzle into something. He missed it by that much.

Just an idea.

csziggy

(34,131 posts)

6. This gives a whole new level, to the old saying about boats

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Fri Jan 31, 2020, 02:39 AM

Jan 2020

They are just a hole in the water you pour money into!

TomVilmer

(1,832 posts)

8. It can feel like Florida is the only place where crazy stuff goes down...

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Fri Jan 31, 2020, 12:53 PM

Jan 2020

Out of the entire U.S., it can feel like Florida is the only place where crazy stuff goes down, but that’s not entirely true. One of the main reasons Florida can sometimes seem like the no man’s land of the South is because of its open public records laws, which compared to other states are very, well, open.
For journalists, Florida is a neverending field day of outlandish stories simply because they have relatively easy access to police reports, which isn’t common across the U.S. In Florida, if a journalist gets a tip on an arrest, they can often email or call a police department, ask for the police report and receive it fairly quickly.
In many other states, however, the process of accessing police reports isn’t simple, and it may take weeks to get those reports. The laws were created not to make for newsworthy Florida man stories, but for a more important purpose: to provide for a transparent government.
It’s possible other states have stories just as weird as we do, but without the same transparency, those unconventional stories can slip through the cracks. Florida’s laws allow for the people to act as watchdogs to the government, but it also gives people access to those oddball arrest reports that have birthed the Florida man.
https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00028290/06996

Initech

(100,043 posts)

10. Hold my beer and watch this!!

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Fri Jan 31, 2020, 07:19 PM

Jan 2020

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

11. I've been so tired I'm shocked I haven't done that.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Fri Jan 31, 2020, 07:23 PM

Jan 2020

I fill my boat every few days and lemme tell ya, I could put the nozzle in a rod holder by mistake.

I also live in Florida, so it's a matter of time.

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