I got this bright idea.
Since we'd been playing with a new acetylene welding torch I thought of adjusting it to a perfect flame with the oxygen, snuffing out the flame, filling a plastic milk gallon jug with the gas (both heavier than air so it would stay there), placing the jug in a paper grocery bag, take it over to the school's field, and light the bag on fire.
Good thing we put it at the opposite end of the field. Even then we were surprised that resulting explosion didn't blow out some windows. It was the kind you can feel the concussion in your chest 200 yards away.
30+ years ago and we still laugh at the idiocy.
Since we'd been playing with a new acetylene welding torch I thought of adjusting it to a perfect flame with the oxygen, snuffing out the flame, filling a plastic milk gallon jug with the gas (both heavier than air so it would stay there), placing the jug in a paper grocery bag, take it over to the school's field, and light the bag on fire.
Good thing we put it at the opposite end of the field. Even then we were surprised that resulting explosion didn't blow out some windows. It was the kind you can feel the concussion in your chest 200 yards away.
30+ years ago and we still laugh at the idiocy.