Not Science
On the very day that we get the the first picture of a lack hole, we are reminded that education ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.
A baseball field in Connecticut is in shambles after 25 gallons of gas were dumped on a wet infield and set on fire in order to dry it out.
The hope to dry out the infield before a Saturday Ridgefield High School baseball game resulted in flames shooting 15 feet into the air and an estimated $50,000 worth of damage.
It appears that about 15 to 20 parents took turns dumping the 25 gallons of gas on the field while more than a 100 people stood around and watched.
Plus there was a crowd of about 100 parents watching, with their children.
So now the entire infield has to be dug out and taken to a toxic waste dump, or in the alternative, served for dinner to whatever genius thought up this plan.
There were at least 100 people there and not one single one of them thought, “Hey, let’s look up gasoline, fire, dry infield on google and see how it’s done.”
Next time, they should bring extension cords and hair dryers.
We let these people vote, y’all.
Thanks to EJ for the heads up.
The stupid! It burns!
1I’ve heard of Judge Roy Hofheinz doing the same thing so the Colts could get to playing.
2I hope someone in attendance had a 200 watt stereo in his SUV so as they lit the match which released a curtain of dancing flames above and around 2nd base, they also achieved the complete affect, with Ride of the Valkyries cranked full volume, doors swung wide open.
I love the smell of baseball in the morning. After it rains.
3What does this do to the theory about zip codes and education? Dubya was born in CT …
4But all is well Astros beat Yankees last night.
5The thing is, this was Ridgefield, deep in uber wealthy Fairfield County. These are the parents that used to laugh at our Windham County kids on the soccer field because our kids had mis-matched (or no) uniforms and a lot of them spoke Spanish. Lots of money down there, no class and evidently no smarts either.
6Fun game, though.
7Back in the early ’70s we lived on a street where a kid decided to try using gasoline to remove ice from the sidewalk of his parents’ house. He ended up removing most of the shrubbery, and darn near the house itself after he lit it. And the ice was still there afterwards…
8And I bet not one of those geniuses thought to bring marshmallows.
What would some of these people use for stain removal, sulphuric acid?
9I played little league in Texas in the 70s and this was standard practice.
Not saying it isn’t stupid – I even thought so as a kid – but the stupid goes way deeper than people seem to realize.
10Ahhh baseball.
My two very favorite teams: the Texas Rangers and any team playing the New York Yankees.
When the first Star Wars movie came out and a character referred to “the Evil Empire”, I was sure he meant the New York Yankees and Steinbrenner. It was a quick jump thereafter to refer to Darth Steinbrenner.
I may hate the Yankees more than I hate Republicans.
11A hint from a hillbilly on how to play with fire. You want to burn something, say like a pile of old wood trash in the middle of nowhere? Never use gasoline. It is uncontrollable. Most people who burn trash with gasoline stand right next to the trash when they light it up and usually lose their eyebrows, eyelashes and other assorted body parts. Instead, use diesel fuel. It is way more controllable. It takes longer to light up and when it does, it will leave you alone even if you are standing right next to it. But, hey. This is what you learn from driving diesel fueled trucks for a living. Now if you are in a certain zip code in CT, you just ain’t that lucky at all.
12For a lot less than $50,000 I’ll bet they could have bought a tarpaulin to cover the infield. That’s what the pro teams do.
13Since we are on the topic of baseball, I met Mr. October, Reggie Jackson, downtown a few minutes ago. He’s in Houston ya’ll as the guest of Jim Crain. What a gentleman and class act.
Keep you eyes open for him. He’s the one in a Yankees ball cap.
14When my husband told me about this, I said, “So there are ignorant rednecks in Connecticut too.” I guess there’s some subgroup of ignorant rednecks who don’t know what maggie taught us in #12 about gasoline vs diesel fuel.
15I’m reminded of someone who used a flamethrower to try to rid his yard of “40 million tons of white bull****” after a heavy snow. His neighbors thought Puff the Magic Dragon had let loose. The cops were not happy with him. And the snow was largely still there.
16@maggie #12:
Keeping in mind that 1 gallon of gasoline can move a car 30-50 *miles*, you can get an idea of how much energy that represents. The only saving grace is that it relies upon atmospheric O2 for ignition, otherwise we’d have a bomb coated planet…
17Not for nothin’, but three bags of Diamond Dry can dry an entire infield, costs around $125 and is biodegradable, to boot! Baseball dads used to carry a bag and a dirt rake in their trunks during the season.
18Never was a day so sweet as October 13, 1960, when the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates beat the mighty new York Yankees in the World Series. The Yankees were packed with stars, like Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Whitey Ford and Yogi Berra, all future Hall of Famers. The Pirates were packed with work-a-day players, with one star, Roberto Clemente. The New York owners were so
19angered by the loss that they fired their coach, Casey Stengel.
That’s the kind of upset we Dems should be working for in 2020.