Some People Have a Sick Sense of Humour

[Gromit]

Well I nearly had a heart attack! Was walking back to my car in an underground parking today, very pre-occupied and harassed. I sort of noticed a young guy standing near a pretty old car that looked like it had seen better days, with a young guy behind the wheel but didn't really pay much attention to either.

Just as I passed, the driver started up the car and there was a huge bang! I jumped out of my skin and turned around just in time to the other young man clutching his chest and dropping to the ground. I ran to help because I thought he'd been shot!

When I got there, the 2 of them cracked up laughing! They knew the car backfired when they started it and decided to play a prank to see what reaction they'd get! And they had to pick on an old lady!:y11: Anyway, when my heart slowed down to a blur, I cracked up with them. I just couldn't be angry - so glad that not everyone's lost their sense of humour even if it was at my expense!

 

[Dilligaf]

My buddy and I used his trucks backfire to play a joke when I was 17, we ended up face down on the street with the Sheriff thinking we had been shooting at people.

 

[Gromit]

My buddy and I used his trucks backfire to play a joke when I was 17, we ended up face down on the street with the Sheriff thinking we had been shooting at people.

That'll learn ya! :y24:Guess these kids got off lightly then!

 

[Rocky]

Back in the day when I was around 20 - 21, I had an old V8 Ford car that I had installed dual exhausts. It was the first of several hot rod cars I had before I was married. The mufflers were a straight through type packed with fibreglass. They weren't loud and annoying, but made a nice rumble.
I forget how I stumbled on this trick, but if I shut off the ignition and coasted for a few seconds in gear enough gas would build up in the pipes and exploded with a big bang and flames would shoot out of the tail pipes when I turned the ignition back on.
I'll admit we had some "fun" scaring people.
I remember one incident when some nitwit was tailgating me and I did that to him. He quickly backed off when the flames came shooting out with a loud bang

 

[CarlS]

Rocky, one of my buddies installed a Model T coil and put a spark plug in each tail pipe of his 48 Merc V8. With the press of a button he could generate some real flames!

 

[hemibee]

Good one they pulled on you Gromit. Glad it was all taken in the fun intended.


My old Harley would belch fire when she was running a little rich. It would happen the most when pulling away from a stop. If I chopped the throttle real quick and hit the throttle again hard with the up shift the fire ball would hide me and the bike. If I had a tailgater while running thru town I'd reach down and adjust the carb at a stop sign or red light and then light them up as we pulled away. I got rid of a lot of tailgaters that way, one of them was a State Trooper. I got pulled over and had to explain my actions to him. Told him I felt he was ridding my butt and I was just trying to put a little extra distance between us, I had no idea how it backfired that way. He didn't tailgate me as we pulled off again.