Man puts out fire with aunt's XL undies

[Sombeech]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080103/..._pants_on_fire



LONDON - From baggy briefs to the ultimate hotpants: A British woman's underwear saved the day by doubling as an emergency fire blanket when her kitchen caught fire. John Marsey and his cousin Darren Lines were frying bread in Jenny Marsey's kitchen in Hartlepool, northeast England, on Sunday when their meal caught fire.

Lines grabbed the nearest thing from a pile of laundry to put it out: his aunt's billowing, powder blue, size XL underpants.

He ran them under the faucet and tossed them onto the flames, successfully smothering the fire, a spokesman for the Cleveland Fire Brigade said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with department policy.

Lines' swift thinking saved the kitchen

[Bad Karma]

[quote=Sombeech]

As for using underwear: "Clearly it depends on what size you are

[sparker1]

Why not? They always worked to put out her fire.