My "granny panties" can save lives!
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XL Underpants defeat kitchen fire
AP - London - From baggy briefs to the ultimate hot pants: A British woman's underwear saved the day by doubling as an emergency fire blanket when her kitchen caught fire.
John Marsey and his cousin Darren Lines were frying bread in Jenny Marsey's kitchen in Hartlepool, northeast England on Sunday when their meal caught fire.
Lines grabbed the nearest thing from a pile of laundry to put it out: his aunt's billowing, powder blue, size XL underpants.
He ran them under the faucet and tossed them onto the flames, successfully smothering the fire, a spokesman for the Cleveland Fire Brigade said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with department policy.
Lines' swift thinking saved the kitchen - but left his aunt's underwear slightly scorched.
"It could have been a lot worse," she said. "my family could have been in the hospital, but the knickers saved the day. I'm just grateful to the boys."
The fire official said the general principle of using a large, wet cloth to cover a grease fire was a sound one.
As for using underwear: "Clearly, it depends on what size you are - but I don't want to go there."
2 comments:
I would have to shoot myself if my "briefs" were so LARGE as to be able to smother a grease fire. Unless of course it was a single serving cast iron skillet. LOL
Brilliant. Thanks for sharing this! :)
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