Smoking= we all go poof!

[Dave1982]

Regardless of what the actual risk is (1 in a 1000, 1 in a million) there is still a risk. That is why every gas pump I've ever seen bears a prominent warning sign stating something to the effect of "BY ORDER OF THE FIRE MARSHAL: No Smoking, No Cell Phones, No Unauthorized Containers, Shut off Engines."

I'd say that the simple fact that these idiots were ignoring the sign (not to mention common sense) makes them plenty sucky and worth complaining about. If I were the OP I'd be upset, too.

[draco664]

This reminds me of 2 guys who were smoking on top of an oil tank at a refinery and it blew up, just over 2 weeks ago.

http://www.heavy.com/news/2013/01/ma...p-of-oil-tank/

1 guy and 1 girl, actually. But if they died, that would be a darwin award right there.

[wolfie]

This reminds me of 2 guys who were smoking on top of an oil tank at a refinery and it blew up, just over 2 weeks ago.

1 guy and 1 girl, actually. But if they died, that would be a darwin award right there.

Seems to me that on top of an oil tank would be pretty much out of sight of everyone else. Given the stereotypes - a guy and a girl smoking - an explosion at an oil refinery would be one-hell of a post-coital contraceptive.

[sms001]

It IS very odd that there didn't seem to be a cutoff readily available.
As far as the 'odds' issue is concerned, it seems moot to me. It's like the whole cell phones on airplanes thing; who CARES what the odds are, comparing the risk to the gain is so ludicrous that billions to one don't make it acceptable.

[AmbrosiaWriter]

Technically, a one-in-a-million occurrence should be happening around 300 times in the USA alone. (Obviously law of probability states that it should be happening, but like all probability, just because you flip a coin ten times doesn't mean you'll get five heads and five tails.)

[Caractacus_Potts]

according to hollywood 007 can shoot a fuel tank with a .9mm and make it go kaboom

OT but being a SciFi buff I always thought it was funny that if you were running from the bad guys all you had to do was run through a door and shoot the lock with your laser pistol to make sure that the bad guys couldn't follow you. On the other hand if you needed to get through a locked door all you had to do was...shoot the lock with your laser pistol and woosh the door would slide open.

Bonus points if they use both options at different times in the same movie!

[pzychobitch]

Couldn't you have just ran over and press the emergency stop button, which is usually located on the building itself or close by?

[lordlundar]

OT but being a SciFi buff I always thought it was funny that if you were running from the bad guys all you had to do was run through a door and shoot the lock with your laser pistol to make sure that the bad guys couldn't follow you. On the other hand if you needed to get through a locked door all you had to do was...shoot the lock with your laser pistol and woosh the door would slide open.

Bonus points if they use both options at different times in the same movie!

I'm thinking star wars.

[dalesys]

I'm thinking star wars.

May the farce be with you.

[Pagan]

Who smokes while filling up their tank WITH their car running!??!

Everybody freaking out about them with lit cigarettes, but honestly, this worries me more!

[greek_jester]

Everybody freaking out about them with lit cigarettes, but honestly, this worries me more!

Possibly because my brain shut down at the lit cigarette part, & didn't even notice the running fricking engine until you noticed it I think I need to go lay down in a darkened room now...

[Shalom]

I remember a comic strip (think it was "Captain Vincible") where the protagonist is in the gas station, filling up his humongous car. After a while, the attendant says, "Would you mind shutting off the engine? You're gaining on me."