Petrol station flamethrower

MikeTheNative · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:12

I also imagine they have some sort of automatic fire suppression system.

Iamzod · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:18

Sunbed said:
Unless of course they just walk up to me with the hose and spray me point blank

Or just stab you with a screwdriver.

Ascendancy · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:18

opstrat · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:21

well that .,.....backfired

cheesyboy · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:24

What's the story in that gif?

Lopéz · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:24

MikeTheNative said:
I also imagine they have some sort of automatic fire suppression system.

In the vast majority of cases you would imagine wrong. Most petrol stations have nothing more advanced than hand held extinguishers and an emergency cut off power switch.

OP, a petrol pump does not make a very effective flamethrower. Petrol does not ignite, petrol vapour does.So you wouldn't be recreating scenes from Aliens because your vapour has no propellant.

Majago · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:24

nutcase_1uk said:
I deny any involvement.

Tefal · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:25

cheesyboy said:
What's the story in that gif?

i imagine its not the hardest google in the world lol

cheesyboy · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:27

Tefal said:
i imagine its not the hardest google in the world lol

I've already tried and failed

Cosimo · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:28

Sunbed said:
At a petrol station, what is to stop someone nutcase pointing the pump nozzle in the air, squeezing the trigger and lighting the stream of petrol effectively turning it into a flamethrower?

Is this one of your lifelong ambitions?

Sunbed · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:29

Lopéz said:
OP, a petrol pump does not make a very effective flamethrower. Petrol does not ignite, petrol vapour does.So you wouldn't be recreating scenes from Aliens because your vapour has no propellant.

I was thinking more along the lines of a last stand zombie defence scenario but thanks, this is useful to know.

Thekwango · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:30

Sunbed said:
At a petrol station, what is to stop someone nutcase pointing the pump nozzle in the air, squeezing the trigger and lighting the stream of petrol effectively turning it into a flamethrower?

what the holy ****? apart from the law, danger to life, common sense? but in reality nothing I suppose if you are nuts enough to want to try it?!

Ascendancy · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:38

cheesyboy said:
What's the story in that gif?

Apparently it was a murder attempt in China that backfired. Both survived the incident.

shadow_boxer · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:42

Well OP, if you tried it you wouldn't need a sunbed!

dowie · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:45

Ascendancy said:

I've gotta ask...

"Is he kill?"

I guess at least it answers the OP's question, there isn't much to stop someone from doing that, at least not initially... presumably once the fat man in the booth wakes up then he will shut down the pump... but you'll easily do a lot of damage before then

wez130 · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:51

dowie said:
I've gotta ask...

"Is he kill?"

Ascendancy said:
Apparently it was a murder attempt in China that backfired. Both survived the incident.

robfosters · 28 Jul 2015 at 15:07

Jesus, I shudder to think of the state of that bloke after.

Flack88 · 28 Jul 2015 at 15:23

Somebody been watching Point Break?

Lunatic Dreyfus · 28 Jul 2015 at 15:37

Sunbed said:
At a petrol station, what is to stop someone nutcase pointing the pump nozzle in the air, squeezing the trigger and lighting the stream of petrol effectively turning it into a flamethrower?

Now here's a question that needed to be asked.

Personally, I struggle to contain the urge whenever I'm filing up. But it's a cost issue more than anything. Shell V Power ain't cheap.

Schlong&Stable · 28 Jul 2015 at 15:52

The fact petrol station pumps are not high pressure would be one relevant factor. You could ignite the fuel, but as it would mostly just be pooling at your feet, you'd not get much of a flame thrower effect.