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[–]Sirloin98 374 points375 points ago

Did anybody else see his jacket get blown completely off?

[–]RedWing007 68 points69 points ago

It looks like the outer layer ripped off. I have seen a jacket like this catch fire, the outer part burned off leaving the white inside. Fun with nylon.

[–]cojafoji 32 points33 points ago

Unless it gets hot enough to melt it directly to your skin.

[–]unimpresseddriver 127 points128 points ago

This happened to my cousins husband. He was in a tank in Iraq about 3 years back and when the tank got hit it caught on fire. The heat fused his clothes to his back. Took several operations to get him right again. Physically that is, mentally he was never the same and they divorced :-(

[–]woocheese 118 points119 points ago

I set fire to my sleave once on a candle while having a wank. Not really the same sort of story that though.

[–]byproxxy 64 points65 points ago

Candles for wanking? You really like to set a mood, huh?

[–]Random_NSFWer 75 points76 points ago

Treat yo' self!

[–][deleted] 29 points30 points ago

Before you beat yo' self... off!

[–]confused_boner 12 points13 points ago

I don't get it guys, why would someone beat them self in that manner?

[–]Jedimindtrixx 10 points11 points ago

Relevant name is relevant

[–]epsilonius 9 points10 points ago

he has to get his hand in the mood first or it wont put out

[–]Omofo 2 points3 points ago

how romantic.

[–]missmichellini 2 points3 points ago

[–]Austin116 5 points6 points ago

Raises Finger, opens mouth closes mouth, drops hand, walks away

[–]missmichellini 3 points4 points ago

Haha, like this?

[–]Austin116 0 points1 point ago

EXACTLY LIKE THAT.

[–]fuzzy_scrotum 2 points3 points ago

Reminded me of Guts as well.

[–]Shadowslcie 1 point2 points ago

What the fuck

[–]waynes_pet_youngin 0 points1 point ago

I took the time to read this and i will never feel the same way about the deep end again...

[–]missmichellini 0 points1 point ago

Or peanuts, or calamari. shudder

[–]FascistDonut 57 points58 points ago

Tank, wank - close enough.

[–]thunnus 15 points16 points ago

twank.

[–]play3393 4 points5 points ago

Sleeve

[–]powernut 1 point2 points ago

That's why naval personnel wear cotton or wool.

[–]wbeavis 0 points1 point ago

Your cousins all shared one husband? Weird.

[–]antifool73 -1 points0 points ago

how nice of your cousin

[–]interkin3tic 5 points6 points ago

We don't have enough information that you can fairly judge his cousin. In my non-expert opinion, stress is often a catalyst for a breakup of a relationship that was doomed to begin with.

If his cousin divorced an injured war veteran because he/she wasn't having as much fun in the hospital as he/she was before, that's bad on the cousin. More likely though, the stress caused personality clashes that were already there to become obvious.

Probably better that they divorce after an injury than a divorce after having a baby.

[–]peppaz 0 points1 point ago

MELTED NYLON APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE SKIN

[–]ClampingNomads 0 points1 point ago

I have seen a jacket like this catch fire

This sounds so... authoritative. Are you some kind of stunt tailor?

[–]RedWing007 0 points1 point ago

yes. Yes I am.

[–]Jafit 18 points19 points ago

That's his stunt double, obviously wearing the wrong jacket, but they didn't have enough money for another take.

[–]beansarnett 4 points5 points ago

It appeared as if the sudden heat caused his torso to explode into a piece of popcorn.

[–]Prone_Blocked 2 points3 points ago

I believe this was his attempt at the most badass way to remove one's jacket.

[–]samjackson02 7 points8 points ago

It looks so cartoony!

[–]princess_shami 13 points14 points ago

his flying leg really made me giggle

[–]spazmodic- 4 points5 points ago

Note to anyone who thought they missed a detached leg flying off, it's still attached and it flies upward in a kicking motion.

[–]weedslegalcousin 0 points1 point ago

My question is, why didn't the kids go flying?

[–]off-the-wall 0 points1 point ago

They did. He got thrown first because he was actually hit with the cover but I guarantee after the explosion those kids are not still standing there :/

[–]off-the-wall 0 points1 point ago

Nvm i re-watched. You're right

[–]olivermihoff 1 point2 points ago

None of this would have happened if he just waited for the pothole explosion episode of Myth Busters. ಠ_ಠ

[–]Zorak 1 point2 points ago

Did you notice that it was a secondary blast wave that did it? The first wave--a deflagration--pushes the cover about to the height of the man, then the secondary wave--accompanied by the whitish plume--blows his jactet off and sends the cover shooting upward out of sight. I've never seen that before. You can see it better in this video.

[–]NeilOhighO 2 points3 points ago

He didn't need that jacket anyway...

[–]flaggfox 0 points1 point ago

Holy crap, you're right!

[–]ChinatownDragon 0 points1 point ago

Pheeeew, glad I'm not the only one who saw that. The wondering would have killed me

[–]necky216 0 points1 point ago

Those flailing appendages.

[–]Frack-Star 0 points1 point ago

Having seen this many times I was all like, "Fucking downvote! I am seeing this toooooo much." Then I said, "Fucking hel! His jacket blew off! I never saw that aspect!" UPVOTED

[–]BTAA4TD 0 points1 point ago

That was his airbag going off.

[–]kemdog 0 points1 point ago

annnd that was the top comment on the last post of this, and probably the one before that

[–]arosal8093 0 points1 point ago

Footage of North Korea's rocket launch.

[–]Space_Ninja 1 point2 points ago

Yes, everybody who saw the pic.

[–]gerbzman 0 points1 point ago

that was the second thing i noticed.. the first was wtf, is he lighting that sewer grate on fire??

[–]johnq-pubic 105 points106 points ago*

If anyone is wondering where the manhole cover landed, this video shows it. Press 6 when the video starts.

[–]skuppy 19 points20 points ago

The report sounds like the Swedish Chef muppet.

[–][deleted] 33 points34 points ago

It's Norwegian.

Source: I'm Swedish.

[–]Nemokles 39 points40 points ago

You're right. And stupid.

Source: I'm Norwegian.

[–]bhal123 14 points15 points ago

Scundunefeeun feeght!
Suoorce-a: Svedeesh Cheff

[–]samplebitch 4 points5 points ago

Ale' Cuisine!

[–]larsao3 0 points1 point ago

As a Norwegian dude I can confirm this.

[–]drgk 8 points9 points ago

Ten thousand Swedes ran through the weeds
Their numbers were in legion
Ten thousand Swedes ran through the weeds
Pursued by one Norwegian

Source: My dad is Norwegian.

[–]Genmaken 6 points7 points ago

If you put a manhole cover on top of an atomic bomb, you'll never see it again.

[–]admiraljustin 11 points12 points ago

Operation Plumbbob, Pascal-B, to be specific.

[–]aybabtu123 1 point2 points ago

What a fascinating read, thank you.

[–]jimgagnon 1 point2 points ago

Thunderwell!

"High-speed cameras caught the giant manhole cover as it began its unscheduled flight into history. Based upon his calculations and the evidence from the cameras, Brownlee estimated that the steel plate was traveling at a velocity six times that needed to escape Earth's gravity when it soared into the flawless blue Nevada sky. 'We never found it. It was gone,' Brownlee says, a touch of awe in his voice almost 35 years later."

[–]TwoHands 0 points1 point ago

i'd love to find out at some point that it was captured by one of jupiter's moons and that it might be recovered some day.

... That give's me an interesting idea for an aerospace in-class problem. Given the information for the plumbob project's location (GPS coordinates, earth's position at the time, etc...), the mass of the plate, and this story, approximately where is the plate now? (estimate to the nearest AU).

[–]drockz 2 points3 points ago

According to the article it's probably still on earth:

But the assumption that it might have escaped from Earth is implausible (Dr. Brownlee's discretion in making a priority claim is well advised). Leaving aside whether such an extremely hypersonic unaerodynamic object could even survive passage through the lower atmosphere, it appears impossible for it to retain much of its initial velocity while passing through the atmosphere. A ground launched hypersonic projectile has the same problem with maintaining its velocity that an incoming meteor has.

[–]TwoHands 0 points1 point ago

then that would make the question even better, because the answer (if this is the case) would be "It didn't leave the earth, they just didn't find it."

[–]graffiti81 6 points7 points ago

I want to know what kind of 'firecracker' they used to do that. More like a stick of dynamite.

[–]Lam0rak 24 points25 points ago

Nope it wouldn't take much to do this. All the gasses that are in the sewer are extremely flammable / explosive.

MY dad has a similar story to this, when he was a kid in Anaheim. Cept he said it shot the 6 nearest manhole covers off.

[–][deleted] 33 points34 points ago*

My Dad did it once in San Bruno, about two years ago. He'd never tell me what happened though, I just remember we had to pack our things and leave real quick one morning.

[–]FountainsOfFluids 21 points22 points ago

[–]senopahx 4 points5 points ago

ಠ_ಠ

[–]Nemokles 0 points1 point ago

The guy in the video said it was due to gasses, so one extra bonus internet karma point for you.

[–]evolvedfish 2 points3 points ago

Thanks for the link.

[–]edounn 1 point2 points ago

it looks like it hits the kid in the brown coat that's running towards the building.. am i wrong?

[–]johnq-pubic 1 point2 points ago

It looks like falls down just in front of him, but its hard to say either way.

[–]KingofCraigland 0 points1 point ago

It hits the building at 32 seconds in.

[–]edounn 0 points1 point ago

look at the bounce off the building

[–]namhob 1 point2 points ago

I wanted to watch the whole video instead of jumping to part 6. At 14 seconds, I saw the man pushing the wheel barrow and about lost it thinking that, somehow, the manhole cover was going to land in there.

It's a trick I would've paid a great amount of money to see live!

[–]Big_h3aD 0 points1 point ago

Norwegian? Have an upvote!

[–]Jaeser 0 points1 point ago

Lol collateral damage.

[–]captsalad 0 points1 point ago

im usually ok at determining languages but what the heck is the narrator speaking? it really sounds to me like finnish + chinese.

[–]drivemethru 6 points7 points ago

Looks like Norsk/Norwegian from the .no email address.

[–]Lurium 0 points1 point ago

Yup, funky language is norwegian. The story is covered by one of the more tabloid-like newspapers. The guy got badly burned, but nobody else was harmed...

[–]skuppy 1 point2 points ago

[–]Phaquebzech 0 points1 point ago

That's a much better view. Has anyone ever tried to lift a manhole cover? They weigh over a couple hundred pounds. That guy is lucky to be alive.

[–]markycapone 116 points117 points ago

north korean missile launch?

[–]BloederFuchs 52 points53 points ago

This guy was way too successful

[–]DepressedRacoon 6 points7 points ago

[–]duQ_ 2 points3 points ago

i said lunch!

[–]Sudz705 52 points53 points ago

"I am a Great Magician! Your clothes are now White!"

[–]NoNeedForAName 30 points31 points ago

And the seat of your pants is brown.

[–]stom 9 points10 points ago

Ah, poop jokes still make me chuckle.

[–]silent_p 13 points14 points ago

Hmmm... Tiger. Tiger tiger. Tiger!

[–]xVerified 2 points3 points ago

BAM-BA-LAM-WOH-OH-BLACK-BETTY

[–]Rhinovirus 2 points3 points ago

I am bleeding that means I am the victor!

[–]adammmmmm 0 points1 point ago

Birdie

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

[–]CatfishRadiator 2 points3 points ago

Isn't Sudz705 a woman's name?

[–]scottpie 1 point2 points ago

Wow, it seems like there have been an unusually high number of Kung Pow references in the past week. This is like the fifth I've seen in as many days.

I'm fine with that though and will upvote them all.

[–]schwins_cube 0 points1 point ago

Chosen One! WHGKKKKKKKKKK!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

chosen one!!!!!!!!!!!!! im coming! chosen! im coming!!!! chosen one!!! im coming!!!!!!

[–]mistidoi 34 points35 points ago

I am guessing methane from the sewer was ignited.

[–]Brainderailment 11 points12 points ago

That or in china you can get ICBMs at a firework store.

[–]wbeavis 0 points1 point ago

Lighting farts can be dangerous.

[–]off-the-wall 18 points19 points ago

His arm got fucked up!

[–]I_wwebsite 52 points53 points ago

I think he scuffed one of his shoes too

[–]Wilhelm_Amenbreak 18 points19 points ago

One day! One fucking day people. I need to go one day without seeing someone die on the internet.

[–]NattyB 5 points6 points ago

i can only find it reported that he was critically injured with burns and being treated at a nearby hospital. good news: children definitely survived.

[–]Berkshire_Hunt 0 points1 point ago

The manhole cover now has a block of wood on it to warn motorists and passers-by that it is damaged.

wut

[–]Rhinovirus 1 point2 points ago

He's okay!...ish

You can see him at the bottom of the screen talking to the police officers. So just walk away from the internet now and you will be fine.

[–]Rowebro 8 points9 points ago

What was he trying to do ?

[–]chumprock 11 points12 points ago

It looks like he put a match/lighter in the manhole to show his kids how cool it would be to light the sewer gasses.

[–]mustnotthrowaway 56 points57 points ago

Well, to be honest, it was pretty cool.

[–]D14BL0 2 points3 points ago

Is... Is this a thing? Because if so, I'm willing to risk my limbs to do this repeatedly.

[–]n0brainz 8 points9 points ago

Throwing firecrackers in the sewers.

[–]Svennusmax 1 point2 points ago

He's a manhole-inspector.

[–]addsomethingepic 1 point2 points ago

Is that what they call them now?

[–]VictorRomeo 0 points1 point ago

[–]Shadax 0 points1 point ago

Blow a sewer cover off the ground.

[–]Agasti 0 points1 point ago

Chinese New Year. They didn't fucking stop blowing firecrackers for a whole fucking month. Sometime at 2 am in the fucking morning.

[–]StickyBunz1 5 points6 points ago

title comnts points age /r/
Let's try some science! 5coms 21pts 1mo funny
DO NOT TRY THIS, EVER. (sewer gas explosion) 137coms 447pts 2mos WTF

source: karmadecay

[–]vertigo1083 1 point2 points ago*

Whats great is the comments are almost carbon copies, every time its reposted. At least give me new, entertaining ones. I think ive seen this front-page at least 3 times. Oh well. I still love you, reddit.

[–]magnus_max 2 points3 points ago

Bouncing Betty!!

[–]DCBizzle 1 point2 points ago

He should've went prone as soon as it went off.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

is there a video of this ?

[–]villageidiot33 22 points23 points ago

[–]tiMMy4190 2 points3 points ago

Thank you

[–]MindintoMatter 3 points4 points ago

wow it actually blew his shirt off.

This is how I imagine it would be if someone would get hit with a hadouken in real life.

[–]helllomoto 5 points6 points ago

The two stage explosion is really interesting.

[–]FlagshipBenz 1 point2 points ago

Yeah I'm wondering how that works. I'm assuming it's because the gases/fire get oxygen right after the first explosion from the match.

[–]nmezib 3 points4 points ago

No, it was because FUS -> RO DAH!

[–]waspinmyhair 1 point2 points ago

It's the same effect that makes pulsejet engines work. You can simulate this with an empty can which has a 1cm sized hole in it. Put some aerosol in there and hold a match to the hole. Magic ensues.

[–]ckcornflake 0 points1 point ago

I'm guessing the first blast is from the firecracker, and the second blast is the air pressure coming from the sewer.

[–]superwinner 4 points5 points ago

Well that escalated quickly.

[–]d_spaceley1 1 point2 points ago

He so broke his arm

[–]IBogus 1 point2 points ago

Prepare for trouble and make it double!

[–]SaxyTimeReloaded 1 point2 points ago

Is that his jacket getting ripped off?

[–]pissonparades 1 point2 points ago

I must insert the usual "The Mythbusters did this too"

(sorry, I'm too lazy to find another video without the commercial)

[–]mbgluck 1 point2 points ago

...ok who else saw the face in the smoke in the middle of the gif?

[–]Sentenced 0 points1 point ago

Oh finally i've found you, thought i was the one. Did you see smiling face or what? :)

[–]mbgluck 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, I saw the gif on my phone, so it went slowly frame by frame. Freaked me out!

[–]nizon 1 point2 points ago

Poo gas.

[–]Arrant_Theif 1 point2 points ago

so his jacket changes colors right?

[–]zombiejesus117 1 point2 points ago

still more effective than the north Korean rocket project.

[–]The_Stunkinator 1 point2 points ago

Houston, we have an idiot.

[–]v3n0m0u5 1 point2 points ago

Was that the North Korean missile launch???

[–]egr4wig 1 point2 points ago

This needs to be posted in r/northkorea

[–]Enguehard 1 point2 points ago

Meowth, that's right!

[–]Team__Rocket 0 points1 point ago

Wobbufet!

[–]Sardashhh 3 points4 points ago

Team jacket blasting off

[–]hdolz05 0 points1 point ago

that wasnt pokemon

[–]toThe9thPower 0 points1 point ago

so those people are pretty much dead right? or at least the guy is right? or well.. he would at least wish he was dead...

[–]jarjack 0 points1 point ago

i love this gif

[–]ckb614 0 points1 point ago

ding

[–]StencilPrinter 0 points1 point ago

Man I feel dumb, just now I understand WHY they are called TEAM ROCKET...

[–]pedobro 0 points1 point ago

Did he died?

[–]sageDieu 0 points1 point ago

Really knocked his socks off, eh?

[–]ngaaih 0 points1 point ago

I've always wondered how the two kids remained standing...especially given that the guy FLEW back with his jacket ripped off.

[–]coffeehammer 0 points1 point ago

His arm breaks. Check it.

[–]Goldbear 0 points1 point ago

I had tacos last night.

[–]spyzip 0 points1 point ago

Anybody else see a smiley face in the top left corner?

[–]monkiboy 0 points1 point ago

I read a Darwin Award like this once.

[–]Blitz95 0 points1 point ago

If only he was on top of whatever that was

[–]clickity-click 0 points1 point ago

too bad you can't hear the audio...

"hey kids. you wanna see something cool?"

[–]starscreamx86 0 points1 point ago

he's dead. If not he'd like to be after that blast.

[–]HEROXV 0 points1 point ago

so how the hell did that happen?

[–]Saggy_Goodballs 0 points1 point ago

So... Are they dead?

[–]Kscharmota 0 points1 point ago

Fus Ro Dah!!!!!!!

[–]Kabo0se 0 points1 point ago

Pretty sure the guy's arm blew off.

[–]BreanaKathleen 0 points1 point ago

did his jacket get blown off?!

[–]inijj 0 points1 point ago

I think he just got blown

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

That guy definetly lost his arm

[–]marathon 0 points1 point ago

Did I just see someone die?

[–]speedstix 0 points1 point ago

someone care to explain?

[–]Tooberson 0 points1 point ago

Methane is a hell of a gas.

[–]Feefernet 0 points1 point ago

I'm a Ninja Turtle and this disturbs me.

[–]enormousl -1 points0 points ago

I just want to know how this got 200+ downvotes?!

Are you not entertained!?

[–]purdster83 3 points4 points ago

Like clockwork, this damn thing finds its way to the front page every week and a half or so.

[–]enormousl 2 points3 points ago

Just goes to show how much content can go unnoticed,I am on Reddit everyday and haven't seen it.

[–]skuppy 4 points5 points ago

I'm on reddit like 8 hours a day and this is the first I've seen it.

[–]qwerter 0 points1 point ago

Me too. Guess that's not enough to appease the purdster.

[–]mocotazo 0 points1 point ago

[–]enormousl 1 point2 points ago

ahhh, never mind then

[–]evanc123 0 points1 point ago

Pussy, should have stood on the cover.

[–]jarjack 0 points1 point ago

i would pay to see that

[–]samjackson02 -1 points0 points ago

The real scary thing is where the manhole cover landed/who it killed.

[–]FuzzyAssKetchup 27 points28 points ago

Really? I thought the scary thing was the huge fucking explosion.

[–]coredump 1 point2 points ago

Well, a flying manhole cover, weighting in at >50Kg, is a frightening sight to behold indeed.

[–]mach-2 9 points10 points ago

hehehehe! manhole. . .

[–]jyz002 0 points1 point ago

That can't be good for his health

[–]nrselleh 0 points1 point ago

Monty Python Cart: "Bring out your dead!" @ 0:47

[–]laportez 0 points1 point ago

That guy got fucking vaporized, watch his coat lol. Looked like a scene out of War of the Worlds.

[–]IRISHoftheEAST 0 points1 point ago

[–]mattmann28 -1 points0 points ago

I see an owl in one of those frames o.o

[–]saadakhtar 0 points1 point ago

Oh really?

[–]TruthyPam -1 points0 points ago

How the fuck is the little kid in the brown jacket still standing there after the other kid and adult get blown off their feet!? It's actually creeping me out a bit. Is that little kid hiding something???