ILPT: When burning down your house for the insurance money, don’t be smart - be stupid

Juts make sure u get outta there before it starts. My dad reminds me of a story from when he was younger. He’s from a small community in Newfoundland if u know where that is. Cooking ur fries in oil after a few drinks or smth was common practice. Once night his cousin and his cousins buddy went home after a night of drinking and they decided to cook some fries. Anyways they ended up falling asleep and a fire broke out. Luckily they both woke up in time to safely get out of there before the fire was too out of control. Once they where safety outside, my dads cousin remembered the fries and figured if he got the pan out of the house, it will be easier to stop the fire. So he runs back into the house to try and grab the pan with the fries. He must’ve breathed in the fumes or smth . Whatever it was it knocked him out completely. He never ended up making it back outside, and died in the fire.

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