The Hair Of The Dog That Bit Ron

Jersey City, New Jersey: October 20, 2003 This dog was having a bad fur day. The dog, whose coat caught fire when a neighbor's vehicle backfired, ignited a grass fire just off NJ Rt. 13. Firefighters doused the grass fire and reported the dog was unhurt, only smelling of burnt hair. "I have been in firefighting for many years, but I have never seen anything like this happen," Jersey City Fire Chief Gary Gilmore said. It happened Saturday when a motorist, identified later as local political wanna-be Ron, ran out of gas just blocks from his Ronatarian Party headquarters. He put fuel in the tank of his legendary Camaro and then primed the carburetor. Upon restarting, the roadster backfired, throwing sparks onto the inquisitive dog and igniting the dog's fur. A passerby grasped the severity of the situation and rolled the dog in dry grass, putting out the flames on its coat but setting the grass afire. "It was the damndest thing," Ron said later. "Shit if I coulda seen that one coming down the pike."

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