A good topic for Mythbusters

They did that already.

- Chock.

S*it I missed it

Once upon a time I Caught Kate decided to write:

They should do a UFO thing. lol

From memory, they concluded that the mobile phone transmissions are not the cause, but static electricity build-up from clothes, etc being discharged on the pump nozzle.

- Chock.

Why? UFOs are real. Alien spacecraft aren't.

Once upon a time qwerty decided to write:

True

Well they might be, but we wouldn't know unless one landed and we got a look at it. For all you know "Aliens" may have seen our space pods exploring space and thought of them as UFOs as well. lol Perhaps UFOs are like these explorer pods without any being on board. ;-)

Once upon a time I Caught Kate decided to write:

They should check up on the whole Truman theory that Herc keeps on mentioning, to finally silence him.

Proof?

YEP I'm in for that... If the guys tour aus send em up really!

Aus Skeptics and all the rest are no shows.

Of course when you find out I AM the truman (why else call it TRUE) there'll be a change in pecking order around here.

Herc

Yup. The tip-off was that most pump fires have been started by women. You see, you normally discharge static when you step out of the car whil holding onto the door. But some women have a tendency to get back in the car to get their money out of their purses, then to get out again without touching the door, because it's already open.

Luke

Quoth The Raven "I Caught Kate" in snipped-for-privacy@internode.on.net

they did it already

Actually, I'd say you will RUE every psychotic post you ever made if they did investigate your claims.

HR

Weird. I rarely get back in the car to get my money, I get my purse out, then get out of the car and get the petrol...

He'd just claim that what they saw and heard was altered by the US government by sending signals from a satellite straight into their brains...

Quoth The Raven "Trevor Wilson" in snipped-for-privacy@news.comindico.com.au

nah, religion aint real, everyone knows that.

That's the way that I remember it as well. They tried several times to get a spark from a mobile phone to ignite some petrol fumes. I think 'Buster' (See note 1) eventually got toasted but by a spark from static electricity.

D.

Note 1: Does 'Buster' have a fan web site?

D.

Religion is real. 'God' is a debatable point.

D.

I thought that the theory was this: That under the right conditions a static charges will build up in a car. It was happening in mine and i fixed it by installing a static strap which grounds the car. However, if there is a charge built up in the car it can ground itself through the nozzle on the bowezer which results in a spark which can ignite vapours at the entrance to the fuel inlet pipe. I doubt that the sex of the person has much to do with it.

D.