Man sets car & gas station on fire trying to kill spider (1 Viewer)

[DaVinci]

EEK! A spider!

A motorist got more than he bargained for when he stopped at a Michigan gas station earlier this week and started a fire when he tried to kill a spider with a cigarette lighter.

Surveillance video from the Mobil gas station in Center Line shows flames quickly engulfing the man’s car and the gas pump, Fox 2 Detroit reported Friday, while adding that luckily no one was hurt.

The dopey motorist put out the flames with a fire extinguisher. He told authorities he spotted a spider on his gas tank and pulled out his lighter to get rid of it, the station said. He claimed to be deathly afraid of spiders.

 

[3C's]

Last line in the story is the best.

 

[Tom Servo]

They buried the lede: it happened in Michigan.

 

[cstu]

Gives you an idea of the overall intellect of cigarette smokers.

 

[Fariq]

Guaranteed he is a Lions fan. I don't know what that means.

 

[captain_amazing]

Did he get the spider?

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

I don't see a problem here.

 

[pollardsvision]

Did he get the spider?

 

[Apple Jack]

Gives you an idea of the overall intellect of cigarette smokers.

I think you mean car driving peasants who pump their own gas.

 

[Mr. Ected]

Gives you an idea of the overall intellect of cigarette smokers.

I think you mean car driving peasants who pump their own gas.

Or the brilliance of the state of NJ where they don't let morons pump gas, only professionals.

 

[Michael Brown]

Gives you an idea of the overall intellect of cigarette smokers.

I think you mean car driving peasants who pump their own gas.

Or the brilliance of the state of NJ where they don't let morons pump gas, only professionals.

Nj drivers don't take offense to this. We're more than happy to let someone else pump our gas when it's 8 degrees outside the first week of January

 

[Flying V]

Gives you an idea of the overall intellect of cigarette smokers.

I think you mean car driving peasants who pump their own gas.

Or the brilliance of the state of NJ where they don't let morons pump gas, only professionals.

Hopefully professionals who aren't afraid of spiders.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

" He claimed to be deathly afraid of spiders"

Is he a 4 year old girl? Grown men afraid of spiders. Horrible.

 

[Mr. Ected]

Gives you an idea of the overall intellect of cigarette smokers.

I think you mean car driving peasants who pump their own gas.

Or the brilliance of the state of NJ where they don't let morons pump gas, only professionals.

Nj drivers don't take offense to this. We're more than happy to let someone else pump our gas when it's 8 degrees outside the first week of January

Don't take me wrong, I love the NJ gas station plan. It's one of the greatest things for our drives up to Boston. Prices are good too!