Pulling into the station

February 10, 2005

Got a question for you:

What would happen if you put a wet, helium filled mylar balloon in a gas dryer?

And then turned it on??

Roberta knows, now! (Family friend.)

So does Matty Boy! (Bert's Dare Devil son. He's 4.)

she left him in his room playing, and went out to pick up dog "doughnuts" in the backyard.

Next thing she heard was Matt screaming "Mom! There's flames!! There's flames!!"

She runs in through the garage to the laundry room, where, sure enough there's flames coming from the dryer! She grabs the fire extinguisher from the cabinet, pulls the pin, and of course the hose waves all over the place for a moment. She grabs hold and about that time, the dryer door blows off! Flames come shooting out! Matt's crying. The dog's barking. The alarm is going off.
She gets the fire out, and goes to open the garage door to let smoke out, and is greeted by the firemen responding to the alarm.

His balloon was wet, so he thought he'd dry it in the dryer.

He's not yet 5.

Do you think he'll make it??

Will SHE?

Matty earlier in 2004 tried to jump a roll of carpet (we're talkin' industrial sized rolls for big office jobs, not the puny ones from Target) on his bike and slammed into the truck, breaking his arm. He's special.

To Mothers of Little Boys... stopped here at 3:10 p.m.

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