Things not to do with fire

[giza]

I know a guy who did something similar to this back when we were in Junior High School:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7970637092864383394

Comments

[drzarron.livejournal.com]

Ahh.. evolution in action

[blueeyedtigress.livejournal.com]

Ouch. I wonder if he singed enough so he can't pass on those defective genes ...?

[plonq.livejournal.com]

Does it make me a bad person if I find humour in the idiocy of others?

(Though if I learned later that the kid in the video continued burning and ended up a crispy pile of charred remains, then I may feel momentarily bad for laughing.)

[duncandahusky.livejournal.com]

{snicker} My thoughts exactly.

[blueeyedtigress.livejournal.com]

The word you're after is "schadenfreude", a good Germanic word that can be found here:
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2000/05/10.html

And if we have a word for it, it must be a fairly common response, neh? ;]

[kellic.livejournal.com]

Moron is what moron does.

[ionotter.livejournal.com]

You've obviously never heard of "Redneck Skeet Shooting"...

Toss a molotov cocktail into the air and shoot it with a shotgun. I have the video around somewhere...