Not so cool...

On the Japanese news, as I understand it, is a couple of young men who managed to find a new and interesting way to get in trouble. It seems that one of them was using one of the crop of inexpensive "cool spray" that are being sold now. These are small pressure spray bottles, which supposedly cool you down if you spray them on -- or at least do a little deodorizing and fragrance.

So one young man was driving, spraying himself with one of these cooling sprays. His passenger apparently pulled out a cigarette and lit it with a pocket lighter. Nothing unusual, right? Except that apparently the spray is flammable, so they managed to have a small fire. Not quite a dust explosion, but... Apparently both men ended up with serious burns. And the news people are busily showing us how flammable these sprays are. Makes a nice whoosh of flame when the firemen light it up.

So, if you spray, don't smoke, I guess. Not really a joke, although it seems ironic that the cooling spray is a fire danger.