If it wasn't for videogames, this whole family would....

drathbone · Joined: 19 May 2011 Posts: 278

probably be dead.

http://www.wmctv.com/story/21199664/x-box-saves-family-from-fire

Score one for gamers.

Longo_2_guns · Ruler of the Queen's Navy Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 14039

The part they don't mention is the xbox starting the fire in the first place.
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drathbone · Joined: 19 May 2011 Posts: 278

Seriously? Oh the irony....

Longo_2_guns · Ruler of the Queen's Navy Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 14039

Probably not. It was a joke. You know, since xbox 360's tend to be really hot?
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UghRochester · Fattest Jedi Around Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 5541

This story sounds pretty similar to what happened my family's house in 1996. My older brother and I snuck downstairs to play Mortal Kombat. I remember asking him if he smelled smoke and he shook his head. I looked over and there it was coming in like cops surrounding the president. We woke our parents up and got the f*ck out of there.

Our local news station was there and called us heroes, but the truth is we weren't' heroes at all. My brother apparently is the one who started the fire, but the fire marshal said it was caused by electrical.
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intoTheRain · Doesnt Like to Get Wet Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 3186

it says in the article it started in the attic.
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LinksOcarina · The Anti-Fanboy Joined: 08 Nov 2005 Posts: 11113

I say the kid was lucky he was up playing Xbox at 4 AM.

Although I got to ask, why did you let your six year old stay up so late? Did they even know he was awake?
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UrbanMasque · Don't Feed Him Joined: 16 May 2007 Posts: 5274

^Presidents day. No school. You'd make your child go to bed?!

Thats part of the awesomeness of vacation days.
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De-Ting · Formerly Known as Prince Joined: 11 Nov 2006 Posts: 7262

I've detected two water-related disasters early at my house, because I have insomnia. I would have detected a third if I had just stayed awake an hour longer.
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Yo.

drathbone · Joined: 19 May 2011 Posts: 278

I wouldn't sneak awake until I was much older. At 6 I was probably waking up at 4am to get an early start on vids.

LinksOcarina · The Anti-Fanboy Joined: 08 Nov 2005 Posts: 11113

UghRochester · Fattest Jedi Around Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 5541

used44 · Joined: 08 Mar 2002 Posts: 19256

I'm with Links. That's unacceptably late

TheNesMan · Retired Footninja Joined: 22 Nov 2003 Posts: 21774

4 AM and he is six? Jesus, I don't think I've done that in years.
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MasterRabbi · Joined: 16 May 2007 Posts: 141

"That's my tater-bug" Grandma of this poor sap.

Now I am not a fan of nicknames to begin with, but this one is just low. She's comparing her grandson to an insect that consumes crops from the inside out, reproduces rapidly, and can ruin a harvest in days...

used44 · Joined: 08 Mar 2002 Posts: 19256

And are the scariest looking thing ever.

intoTheRain · Doesnt Like to Get Wet Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 3186

Lethean · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:58 am Post subject:

intoTheRain · Doesnt Like to Get Wet Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 3186

Yeep im sure the parents just didnt know he was up.
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