Oops. Burglar didn't think this through.

[Tom_Tildrum]

19 years old. What a stupid way to waste one’s life.

[Dewey_Finn]

@Asimovian

@WordMan

I can’t imagine being the homeowner. Due to completely random circumstances, his actions contributed to the death of someone. I can’t imagine hearing that trapped burgler’s yelling and scrambling to put out the fire, let alone waiting for police/FD to show up and break out the trapped (now) body.

No crime on the homeowner’s part, obviously, but perhaps a need to talk with someone.

No kidding. No matter what anyone may or may not deserve, I’d greatly prefer that no one die on my property, especially by my own hand.

Third that. Fairly horrific for the homeowner. I’m not sure I’d want to continue to live there.

[G0sp3l]

@running_coach

Article said the homeowner heard him start yelling after he lit the fire.

Did the homeowner douse the fire then?

[74westy]

OB Gahan Wilson link.

[kayaker]

@WordMan

No crime on the homeowner’s part, obviously, but perhaps a need to talk with someone.

…

Nowhere is there
A more happier crew
Than them wot sings
“Chim chim cher-ee
Chim cher-oo”

Chim, chimney
Chim, chim, cher-ee
Chim, cher-oo

[ZipperJJ]

So, this is the third nationally-known instance of people being stuck in chimneys in the past 13 months. (other one, other two) Two of the three instances resulted in death. Can we all agree that chimneys are not a valid entry point to homes, and maybe stop dying in them?

[Projammer]

Someone should do a PSA.

ETA: Not me. I’m a Darwinist.

[Asimovian]

Someone must be doing this successfully, right? RIGHT? Or maybe there’s just an urban legend among burglars that tells of the great Chimney Access Heist where the brave villains absconded with millions, giving rise to the occasionally irresistible urge to try it.

[panache45]

Conclusive proof that smoked meat is bad for you.

[running_coach]

@panache45

Conclusive proof that smoked meat is bad for you.

It was only bad for one person.

[Guy Fieri] The burglar was smoked to perfection and had a great smoke ring. Fall apart tender and that flavor was out of bounds! [/GF]

[billfish678]

I can almost see his shitty car in front of that house.

[LSLGuy]

Bad move by the burglar. The death penalty seems a bit harsh for a simple B&E charge.

But I wonder how the homeowner got such a big fire started so fast that it wouldn’t promptly douse with just a cooking pot of water or dropping a bath towel over it. Seems to me the fire could have been put out by a competent homeowner within a few seconds of the burglar making himself known.

Perhaps the homeowner didn’t hear the burglar until the fire was really going. Or else the homeowner is panic prone and just dithered and fiddled while jeRome burned.

[Spiderman]

@Asimovian

Someone must be doing this successfully, right? RIGHT? Or maybe there’s just an urban legend among burglars that tells of the great Chimney Access Heist where the brave villains absconded with millions, giving rise to the occasionally irresistible urge to try it.

If a fat guy in a red suit, with white fur trim can do it & not even get dirty, surely skinny lil me can do it too. :dubious:

[simster]

@Spiderman

If a fat guy in a red suit, with white fur trim can do it & not even get dirty, surely skinny lil me can do it too. :dubious:

You win 10 points for the post/username combo and deadpan delivery.

[running_coach]

@LSLGuy

Perhaps the homeowner didn’t hear the burglar until the fire was really going. Or else the homeowner is panic prone and just dithered and fiddled while jeRome burned.

Good thing for you I can’t reach through the internet and punish you for that.
I’d say you had a Nero escape.

[Sahirrnee]

Could have been worse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25KSyr0XttE

[Tim_R.Mortiss]

He died of the flue.

[G0sp3l]

feed a fire, starve a coal

[Your_Great_Darsh_Face]

@Tim_R.Mortiss

He died of the flue.

Navarth would be proud of you.

[Tim_R.Mortiss]

@Your_Great_Darsh_Face

Navarth would be proud of you.

It’s enough to drive a poet mad.