stupid things we've done

[Tubelab_com]

I will have to admit to trying this many time with no success, none......Might actually be hydrogen rather than methane.

I saw a successful fireball at a party in the 70's where alcohol and drugs were involved. I remember that it stunk up the place pretty good, and there must have been some oxygen present too. The poor guy got a big laugh, but a partially "blown up exhaust device" was the result because he was in pain for a few days.

I might be blonde but I'm not that stupid. I can learn from the pain of others.

 

[pheonix358]

Safety first - always!! Fart in the bath and light the bubbles as they come to the surface. Much safer and much more accurate.

 

[Pano]

But you won't get that warm feeling.

 

[wrenchone]

I did some searching around (a ridiculous search topic) and found that methane is indeed the most flammable constituent of flatus. However, unlike cows, which appear to be walking methane factories, not everybody can make sufficient quantities to get a butt-singeing fireball. It's an inherited thing, and probably has something to do with lower intestinal fauna, too.

Edit - Oh, man, this one really belongs in the lounge....

 

[Cal Weldon]

You guys might find this informative.

Oh and 95% of the methane that comes out of a cow comes from it's mouth not the presumed end.

Facts on Farts

 

[wrenchone]

So? Cows can't handle Bic lighters, either...

 

[Gyuri]

Guys, this reminds me of Fanny and Alexander film.

 

[jacco vermeulen]

Reminds of the times i breathed fire with gasoline, ignorant me not knowing it can be done a whole lot safer with cheaper stuff from the kitchen cabinet.

(one of these days i'll have to blow up a cow, front or back ignited)

 

[Edmond Stuart]

farts

You guys might find this informative.

Oh and 95% of the methane that comes out of a cow comes from it's mouth not the presumed end.

Facts on Farts

What about this patent: Process for the utilization of ruminant animal methane emissions - US Patent 6982161 Abstract

 

[Dmeister]

Wow, this thread went from electric shocks, drugs and fights to ******* chemical burns. I'm seriously amazed.

 

[Wavebourn]

I thought it was swamp gas.

I will have to admit to trying this many time with no success, none.

You are definitely very lucky.

 

[Cal Weldon]

What about this patent:

Yikes, now we're trying to make good use of bad breath.

 

[Tubelab_com]

Now that I finished spending a good part of the last 2 days reclaiming my yard from the jungle that magically appears in 5 weeks of neglect during a Florida summer, I remember another dumb blonde observation from about 20 years ago:

Never attempt to use steel guitar string in a weed eater!

 

[Cal Weldon]

Gyuri,

I have deleted your last two posts. We understand this is a very emotional time for you. You do not have to share this with us if you don't want. I hope you agree and are not upset that I removed that personal information.

 

[john curl]

I might give this minor insight. Bob Crump was visiting his mother as she lay lying in a hospice, and they talked together. One question that she asked that he could answer was: Why his underwear had burn marks on the rear end portion, that she noted when washing them when he was a teenager. Any guesses?

 

[Gyuri]

No, no you may understand this.
And I do not wish even to my potential enemies for what I feel to be understood,

 

[Peckerwood]

I knocked myself outcold one time playing air guitar in the bathroom and hitting my head HARD against the corner of a metal towel rack. I saw stars and then spots and then everything went dark. I woke up on the bathroom floor.

 

[Edmond Stuart]

I might give this minor insight. Bob Crump was visiting his mother as she lay lying in a hospice, and they talked together. One question that she asked that he could answer was: Why his underwear had burn marks on the rear end portion, that she noted when washing them when he was a teenager. Any guesses?

Hi John,

Igniting methane of humane origin?
That was a favorite game of one of my sons when he was young.

Cheers,
E.

 

[Peckerwood]

I recently researched farts because my dog was killing me with his and I read that not all people have methane in their farts. Some do and some don't. The way you can tell is by lighting a fart and the color of the flame is different if you have methane or if you don't. One flame is yellow and the other blue. I don't remember which is which though.

 

[regiregi22]

Were any dogs damaged during the experiment?