The Most Random And Entertaining News Ever On BBC

Listen up everyone, here's a little story.

On Friday the 16th of September 2005, Frank Clewer was making his way around the little Australian city of Warrnambool, on his way to a job interview.

He was clad in a nylon jacket and woollen shirt (and trousers, I assume).

As he entered a building, the freaking carpet ignited. Reason being, Frank had 40,000 Volts of static electricity built up in his clothes. After leaving the place, he even managed to scorch a piece of plastic in his car. Apparently the charge was building up to the point where things around him would have spontaneously combusted. Pretty cool, huh?

For the full story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4252692.stm

Now where'd I leave my nylon jacket?

Jason