Topic: The RhyDin Files #2

Paige Connelly

Date: 2010-04-24 06:36 EST
http://i738.photobucket.com/albums/xx21/dfenner_photo/Paige_3.jpg Paige Connelly Staff Reporter

Explosive Job Performance Otherwise Known As, Flaming Stupidity

RhyDin Field is home to some of the most interesting and advanced aircraft in the world and also the target for thieves. A private security firm was hired to patrol the grounds, protecting the aircraft and equipment from being stolen.

The thefts declined sharply the first month, but fuel consumption notably rose. The trend continued on, baffling Mr. Huckenchuck, the manager of the airstrip, until one night a call was put in to the RhyDin Fire Brigade about a plane on fire at the air field.

By the time the brigade reached the airstrip, the plane had almost completely melted into the tarmac. One of the firemen noticed a figure laying on the ground some twenty feet away. Upon inspection, they saw it was the securtiy guard. Medics revived him so the City Guard could question the man about what happened.

In his drug induced haze, he told the story on how he had been siphoning fuel from the small planes for his vehicle. The plane he had selected that evening, had a baffled fuel system making it difficult to do exactly as the security guard wanted. When he couldn't get the siphon hose into the tank, he lit a match to see what was blocking the hose.

And the rest' That's explosive history.

Paige Connelly

Date: 2010-05-20 22:10 EST
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Quick, Ethel! Get the marshmallows!

RhyDin firefighters were called to extinguish a car fire in Eastern RhyDin. When the firefighters arrived, they found a very agitated young man watching as flames consumed his vehicle.

After extinguishing the blaze, the firefighters inspected the small car to find out what had caused the fire. The first thing they noticed was that the whole car was completely stuffed with camping gear. There was barely any room for the driver. Every space was crammed. But they determined that was not the source of the blaze.

Then they opened the hood.

The driver had packed for an extended camping trip, but over-estimated how much space his tiny car actually had, he had run out of room in the small passenger compartment. So he decided to use all that wasted space under the hood, such as the space between the motor and the hot exhaust pipes.

Among the left-over items was a bottle of gas used to fuel the barbecue grill. Sensing where this is going yet?

Amazingly, the bottle of camping fuel did not explode, and the young man suffered only vehicular flamb' instead of being blown to bits as many of the fire fighters thought he deserved.