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Offline John Webb

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Global warming gets the blame for a fire?
« on: February 07, 2008, 08:41:03 PM »
I've been given an item from the 'Peterborough' column of the Daily Mail published about 3 weeks ago. A reader had written in with details of a conversation between two old ladies in front of her at a Post Office counter queue which went along the following lines:

OL1: 'All right, are you, May?'
OL2: 'No, duck, had to have the fire brigade yesterday.'
'Did you have a fire then?'
'Oh, ar, a big 'un.'
'What happened then?'
'Me chip pan caught fire. It's never happened before and I've 'ad that blooming pan for more than 20 years.'
'What caused it then? To catch on fire?'
A long silence ensued. Then came the reply:
'Well, it's gobal warming, innit? Things just go on fire, automatic, like.'

(Writer of the letter was from Kidderminster, Worcs.)
John Webb
Consultant on Fire Safety, Diocese of St Albans
(Views expressed are my own)

Offline Mr. P

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Global warming gets the blame for a fire?
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2008, 08:06:20 AM »
John,

OL1: 'All right, are you, May?'
OL2: 'No, duck, had to have the fire brigade yesterday.'
'Did you have a fire then?'

Should this have gone under the animal rescue thread too then?

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Global warming gets the blame for a fire?
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2008, 08:13:53 AM »
OL1- "Is this Wembley?"
OL2- "No its Thursday"
OL1 "So am I,  lets go and have a cup of tea"

Offline jokar

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Global warming gets the blame for a fire?
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2008, 08:42:28 AM »
Why didn't she use her new class f extinguisher?

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Global warming gets the blame for a fire?
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2008, 11:43:38 AM »
Maybe she did a dynamic risk assessment and concluded that no lives were at risk and it was best to adopt a defensive strategy?