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Originally Posted by gazzae
I don't believe I heard anyone advise people to decant petrol into a glass jug while making your tea. (maybe they mistook it for a fine Burgundy and were letting it breathe.)
Yes someone said use a Jerrycan and Cameron said top-up your car, maybe not the best advice, but to blame them for the above is nonsense.
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They should make allowances for the stupidity of some people. They told people to stockpile petrol. And although we don't know for sure, we can only assume that this is what she was doing.
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Originally Posted by mertle
To assume all will be inteligent is naive sadly people have to be spoon fed dangers.
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Exactly
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Originally Posted by Blackened
Seems to me that people aren't just panic buying because of the possibility of a strike any more, but are queueing to get fuel before they close stations. Let's face it, not many want to end up with no fuel (for whatever reason) so they're going to try and get some so they don't have to worry about it. Queue now while there actually is some fuel, rather than face a possibility (however slim) that more and more stations will close due to those panic buying and those buying because of the panic buyers buying it all  |
You have hit the nail on the head.
Although there were some people filling jerry cans when I filled up earlier.
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Originally Posted by Hugh
There is a huge difference between "assume all is (sic) intelligent" and "understanding that pouring petrol into a glass jug in a kitchen whilst cooking is bad" - if people have so little common sense, nothing anyone will say is likely to make any difference.
Should the government also issue warnings that people shouldn't iron their clothes whilst taking a shower, or that jumping out an open window on the fifth floor of a building may have a sub-optimal outcome?
We are not all morons, and to treat people as such is demeaning.
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The thing is that many people think that a flame or spark has to come into contact with the petrol, and don't realise that it is the vapours that ignite. So for all we know, she could have been decanting the petrol a few feet away from the cooker, and assumed it was safe.