Man sets himself on fire

It isn't even that cold here right now.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/02/12/cgy-harry-hays-guy-on-fire.html?ref=rss



Calgary emergency officials are investigating the circumstances around a man who set himself on fire on Thursday morning.

Paramedics were called to the 100 block of 4th Avenue S.E. near the Harry Hays Building where they found a man, 40, with serious burns.

He had doused himself with a flammable liquid, then set himself on fire, said Stuart Brideaux, a spokesman for Calgary Emergency Medical Services.

The man suffered second-degree burns to 40 per cent of his body, including his back, face, hands and legs, Brideaux said.

Paramedics took him in serious but stable condition to the Foothills Hospital.

 

WTF? No other words can explain this story.

 

Still no update. But the incident was Twitpicked.

http://twinkle.tapulous.com/index.php?hash=64027901d34cb88f9cd0f6c376c1510679f17973

 

Dude at least won the contest: "How loyal a Flames fan are you?"

 

Gotta support the team.

 

That's so funny! [/crossthreadjacking]

 

I'm thinking it was a SportsJournalists.commer who had read a certain poster's musings on the Robbie Alomar thread... and... just... had... enough.

 

So's your face.

Ooooh, burn.

 

"Barney's film had soul, but man setting himself on fire had a man setting himself on fire."

 

Awesome.

 

Just hoping the Kamloops Blazers don't sponsor a similar contest.

 

He's going to wish he'd died once he hits the debridement procedures.