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Downtown Hound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-11-07 01:22 AM
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My roommate just lit the kitchen on fire
No kidding. Another one of my roommates likes to put his pizza boxes in the oven and let them simmer on lukewarm for awhile. Well, I guess this time he forgot he left it in there, and my other roommate turned the oven on to preheat it without looking inside first, and viola! Fire!

We put it out but there are several large burn stains on the floor. The landlord is gonna be pissed.

I'm just glad I had nothing to do with it.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-11-07 01:23 AM
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1. Yilkes!
What kind of flooring do you have in the kitchen?
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Downtown Hound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-11-07 01:25 AM
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2. Linoleum
Relatively inexpensive to replace.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-11-07 01:26 AM
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3. Make the roomie pay for it.
Since it was his doing, he should replace it.
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Downtown Hound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-11-07 01:28 AM
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4. Oh hells yeah
No way I'm paying for this. Actually, he's about to move out anyway, so this whole thing is kind of weird that it happened now. I think he can kiss his security deposit goodbye. It sucks though, it really was just an unfortunate set of circumstances that could have happened to anybody.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-11-07 01:30 AM
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5. I know. Happened to my brother some years ago.
He was making fries, and left the kitchen for a second. The grease caught fire, and burned the wall and ceiling by the stove.
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-11-07 01:38 AM
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6. So.. this ditz calls 911 when his house catches fire
Operator asks, "Where are you located, how do we get to your house?"

Ditz replies, "Der.. a big red truck!"

:hide:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-11-07 01:43 AM
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7. Wow... freaky
Especially since we were joking about fire earlier tonight.

That is very scary. Glad you're ok!!
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-11-07 01:53 AM
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8. I didn't do it!
I wasn't there! Odds are in my favor that I was in a completly different state :)

:hi:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-11-07 01:54 AM
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9. I didn't do it either!
:rofl:
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Downtown Hound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-11-07 05:22 PM
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10. I just told my landlord that it was you
YOU ARE IN BIG TROUBLE!
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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-11-07 05:27 PM
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11. This Is Why Renting A Property That You Own Is Extremely Risky.
n/t
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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-11-07 05:31 PM
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12. My mother did that once
She was visiting me, and heard that my MIL - aka "Ms Anal" - was coming over, so she threw everything in the oven to hide it: mail, half-empty potato chip bags, dirty dishes, etc. Later, my mom forgot she'd used the oven as a hiding place, and turned it on to pre-heat. Flames ensued. Fortunately my MIL had already left, or that would have been really embarrassing.

BTW, if you don't have a fire extinguisher handy, baking soda will put out a small fire. Helpful to know.
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Mugu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-11-07 05:37 PM
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13. I always hide loaded handguns in the oven.
The bad guys would never think to look there, so what could possibly go wrong?

Seriously, your roommate should have learned a very valuable lesson today. Always look in the oven before heating it and never place anything flammable on the range top.

Regards, Mugu
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-11-07 05:40 PM
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14. Kitchen rule #1. ALWAYS LOOK BEFORE YOU LIGHT.
NEVER turn the oven on until you make SURE it's empty.
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cloudbase Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-11-07 05:47 PM
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15. Well, that'll break up the afternoon. n/t
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Tripper11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-11-07 05:49 PM
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16. I had a roommate set our couch on fire once and it involved pizza too!
Edited on Thu Oct-11-07 05:50 PM by Tripper11
He got home late one night all pissed up and had ordered a pizza. I woke up in the middle of the night to the smell of heavy smoke. He was passed out on the couch with the pizza box on his lap, half eaten and a massive charcoal hole in our couch with embers just glowing away!
He was out the next day! Fuck that!
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