My neighbours. . .

[kiya]

. . . seem to have burned down their table.

You see, they have this white plastic table, well, had this white plastic table, that would sit in their yard, for them to sit out with and smoke and chew the fat.

Apparently one of the neighbours theorizes that he left the fag end of a cig on it, and in the heat or something it started the plastic melting and then burning.

Kevin apparently has plastic bits on the side of his car, and is None Too Happy. He's gone to wash it now and see if there's damage.

We think it's good that they don't have a yard per se, but just asphalt blacktop.

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[wcg.livejournal.com]

They set a resin table on fire?!? That takes some doing. I'm skeptical of a cigarette being hot enough to do that, unless they happened to spill charcoal lighter fluid on the table too...

I hope Kevin's car is OK. Good thing the fire didn't spread.

[kiya]

I almost wish I was awake enough when I was told about all this to go look and see what the wreckage looked like, but I didn't really sleep last night, so I slept this morning and early afternoon instead. In short, awkward lumps; yay insomnia.

He's gone out to give the car a wash -- apparently the plastic comes off if he pries at it with his nails, but won't wash off. I don't know what he's planning on doing next.

[brooksmoses]

*small boggle*

How did the table manage to get plastic bits on the car? That seems rather odd, but then I suppose I haven't seen a plastic table burn before....

- Brooks

[kiya]

I was baffled by it too. Kevin says that apparently it got splattered when he (the neighbour) put the fire out.

[brooksmoses]

Ah. Yeah, I suppose that makes rather more sense.

- Brooks