In keeping with our policy of keeping you abreast of the latest in safety in the home, I humbly submit this bit of advice.
As usual, this is based upon scientific, tried and true testing in the home kitchen of Jenny Marsey in Hartlepool, northeast England.
Sunday the meal that Marsey’s nephew and a cousin were cooking caught fire. One could say Marsey’s nephew, Jeremy Lines thinks out of the box. Lacking another way to staunch the fire, he grabbed the nearest thing in a pile of laundry to put it out, which happened to be his aunt’s now famous ‘billowing, powder blue, size XL underwear.” Lines quickly doused them with water then tossed them onto the flames, successfully smothering the fire.
A spokesman for the Cleveland Fire Brigade said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with department policy, that Line’s swift thinking saved the kitchen. As far as I know, the department has not issued preferred types of underwear for this purpose, but it does appear that an XL or above is a major bonus, a thong is probably not worthy of much other than decoration. “Clearly it depends on what size you are – but I don’t want to go there, though the principle of using a large, wet cloth to cover a grease fire was a sound one.”
Jenny Marsey stated “It could have been a lot worse, my family could have been in hospital but the kickers saved the day. I’m just grateful to the boys.” I might add that her scorched underwear played a major part and deserve credit as well.