My brother-in-law is a freakin' IDIOT.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

There is a gas oven in his kitchen, and it had been disconnected so we could move it away from the wall for maintenance. I just found out that when he reconnected the gas line, he tested the connection by... can you see it coming? ... lighting a match and holding it next to the seal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TRUE STORY!!

I was on the verge of asking him if he tested a gun for bullets by holding it to his head and pulling the trigger, but I restrained myself (barely).

As I said, my brother-in-law is an idiot!!! Any complete morans in YOUR life? (BTW, I forgot to mention he's a * republican...)

[TrueAmerican]

1. You didn't have to mention he's a * republican

We already knew it after your first sentence.

[sasquatch]

2. I smell Darwin Award in his future

:evilgrin:

[Porcupine]

7. That must be the Darwin Award for Bar-B-Q

mmmmmm pork!!

[number9]

3. Your sister must be a saint

I feel her pain

[daleenyc]

4. thanks for the chuckle

i got a kick out of that story. that scene reminds me of some bugs bunny, roadrunner, or tom & jerry cartoon.

[AnnabelLee]

5. Umm

My FIL has been installing gas furnaces since the '50s, & that's how he checks the joints in the gas pipe, with a lighter. Lots of furnace men do that.

Which is not to say that your BIL isn't an idiot.:D

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

8. Then there are a whole lot of stupid furnace men around.

That's why they add the rotten-egg smell to the gas-- so it can be easily detected! Anyone who sparks a deliberate flame in a potentially explosive situation like that is someone to stay the hell AWAY FROM. FAR away.

[Wcross]

6. You too?

My bro-in law isn't the sharpest tool in the shed.....
In his youth, his car caught fire and he tried to "drive the fire out". It added fanned the flames enough for a really nice display.