For a while, that parent.com article comes across as the pajamas spontaneously igniting, but it sounds like what actually happened was that the burned kids got ahold of matches, a lighter, a candle, or another flame.
I've never heard this before. Clothing that doesn't burn well seems like a good idea, in general.
Yeah while reading the article I could not figure the source of ignition for the clothing. I grew up in dry New Mexico, I remember as a kid when I would get into bed I would see static discharge in my blankets. So I kept wondering if that was the source. Then finally they mentioned matches etc.
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nokturne213@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 1y
My son's cat sits like Bill. So I edited him into today's strip.
Kirk@startrek.website · 6 pts · 1y
...little did Berke know at the time the events set in motion by this strip...
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Milo knew!
Kirk@startrek.website · 2 pts · 1y
LOL nice find, I don't remember that moment.
Kirk@startrek.website · 0 pts · 1y
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Just as Opus was coming into his own, he was overshadowed by Bill.
limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y
I want a Bill plushy that stinks when squeezed
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 1y
I do have a regular plush, does not stink.
limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
I like it
deleteme@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Is this really the first appearance of Bill the Cat?
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 1y
According to Wikipedia and this strip, yes.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Flammable pyjamas?
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 1y
This is a long read: https://www.parent.com/blogs/conversations/2023-why-are-we-all-so-terrified-of-pajama-fires
https://www.cpsc.gov/Business--Manufacturing/Business-Education/Business-Guidance/Flammable-Fabrics-Act
limelight79@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
For a while, that parent.com article comes across as the pajamas spontaneously igniting, but it sounds like what actually happened was that the burned kids got ahold of matches, a lighter, a candle, or another flame.
I've never heard this before. Clothing that doesn't burn well seems like a good idea, in general.
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Yeah while reading the article I could not figure the source of ignition for the clothing. I grew up in dry New Mexico, I remember as a kid when I would get into bed I would see static discharge in my blankets. So I kept wondering if that was the source. Then finally they mentioned matches etc.