Delamere Terrace Inferno!
Feb. 20th, 2006 08:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dotintheskyWe'd just turned out the lights last night and got into bed when I smelled something funny. At first it seemed like someone was burning incense -- possibly Natalia, who likes that sort of stuff, but a different brand. Then I thought something was burning in the kitchen; maybe the oven had been left on with something inside it. Kevin did a quick check of the apartment while I spied out of our windows; the courtyard was empty and, although you could see a sort of mist hanging by the street lamps, there were no fires.
Then I looked down and saw an ashy pile burning against our building's wall. Kevin stuck his head out of the bathroom window and when I pointed out the fire to him, he ran into the kitchen, got a bucket, filled it with water, and ran downstairs.
I kept a watch on the fire but it didn't seem in any danger of spreading: it looked close to over, and it was on top of a concrete block, near the back door entrance. By the time Kevin got to it, there was only smoke. He poured the water over it and stepped over any smouldering bits. When he got back, he told me it was a pile of newspapers. Why was it there? We have no clue. It could have been started by someone dropping a lit cigarette onto it, or on purpose.
Then I looked down and saw an ashy pile burning against our building's wall. Kevin stuck his head out of the bathroom window and when I pointed out the fire to him, he ran into the kitchen, got a bucket, filled it with water, and ran downstairs.
I kept a watch on the fire but it didn't seem in any danger of spreading: it looked close to over, and it was on top of a concrete block, near the back door entrance. By the time Kevin got to it, there was only smoke. He poured the water over it and stepped over any smouldering bits. When he got back, he told me it was a pile of newspapers. Why was it there? We have no clue. It could have been started by someone dropping a lit cigarette onto it, or on purpose.
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on 2006-02-20 02:41 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2006-02-20 02:49 pm (UTC)miracle on delamere terrace
on 2006-02-20 02:57 pm (UTC)you could print up t-shirts and everything and have delamere terrace pilgrimages and charge people 5 quid to view the ashes... sell burned foods at outrageous prices... go with it ollie!!
i say it was most definitely some kind of miracle... is your inner ear infection cured?? bet it is!!
TESTIFY! ~~~~~ wave arms ~~~~~~ TESTIFY!
Re: miracle on delamere terrace
on 2006-02-20 03:31 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2006-02-20 06:22 pm (UTC)be careful, I guess there's someone else behind this.
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on 2006-02-20 09:18 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2006-02-21 03:42 am (UTC)Ah, those Delamere Terrace zealots have been getting a little carried away burning paper offerings at the shrine of Ollie and Kevin. They could just leave an orange...or cash.
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on 2006-02-21 08:13 am (UTC)The little devils that live around here are terrible: tracksuits, sneers, large numbers -- sometimes you have to cross to the other side of the street if you don't feel like being harassed. However, they did make me laugh when once, late at night, one of them said to me: "you should have gone to SpecSavers..."
I turned to him and replied "Oh I have, thank you."
Both Kevin and I laughed because he didn't know what to reply to that.