https://phys.org/news/2019-10-arsonists-snack-foods.html
"Also, someone looking to start a fire who is carrying a can of petrol stands out. No one's going to look twice at someone with a bag of crisps, and the evidence destroys itself. This is especially helpful if someone is trying to make a deliberate fire look accidental. Criminals have presumably worked this out and told each other."
"Crisps encourage fire—they feed it—because they are hugely calorific and fatty. As the video shows, a packet of crisps—either the potato ones or the puffy, maize or corn-based ones—can set a car seat on fire within 200 seconds. Plenty of time for someone to get away."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 13 2019, @09:50PM (2 children)
I also heard that clowncels like potato chips. Ban snack foods!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 13 2019, @10:37PM (1 child)
You joke but the whole notion of a ban on objects is pointless. People with bad will are the problem.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 13 2019, @10:46PM
Ban people with bad will then. While at it, ban TMB too, even if he's not of the people species.