Man Has Bee Problem -- Burns Down Apartment

[matcom]

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ZURICH (Reuters) - A man who tried to fight bothersome wasps with insect spray and a cigarette lighter burned down his apartment and two neighboring flats, Swiss police say.

A police spokesman said Tuesday the man used a whole can of insect spray on a wasp nest underneath an overhanging roof outside his apartment.

When he tried to fend off the angry wasps with his lighter, the fumes ignited and set the flats ablaze.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=6&u=/nm/20030827/od_nm/wasp_dc

[commander bunnypants]

1. Can you say D'OH

DDQM

[GOPisEvil]

2. Fending off wasps with his lighter?

Uh, first - open a window when you spray for bugs. Second, what kind of lighter did you think would help against a wasp?

Now, if he had held the lighter at arm's length, and then sprayed into the flame, then he'd be fine. I did that several times, and never burned anything down. :D

[matcom]

3. who are YOU to judge?

he got rid of the bees didn't he? :D

[GOPisEvil]

4. He probably just pissed them off even more!

:D

[dolo amber]

5. Hmmm...

Wonder if that approach would work for my kids' pig-pen bedrooms...