Stupid Is As Stupid Does - Smoker Edition

Did you catch this little gem...

Police say a North Carolina man is dead after he accidentally drank from a jar of gasoline and then smoked a cigarette.

Havelock police received a 911 call about 9:55 p.m. Monday after 43-year-old Gary Allen Banning set himself on fire. Banning was transported to UNC Burn Center in http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifChapel Hill, where he died early Tuesday morning.

City spokeswoman Diane Miller said investigators believe Banning was at a friend's apartment when he apparently mistook a jar of gasoline sitting by the kitchen sink for a beverage. After taking a gulp, he spit the gas out and got some on his clothes.
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Sometime later, investigators say Banning went outside to smoke a cigarette and burst into flame.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/02/28/national/a152125S36.DTL&tsp=1


BTW the picture is from this story

http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2011/02/portland_geniuses_light_house.php