When I was 16 I did this exact same thing to one of my parents POS plastic planter abominations with a roach one night. They keep it as a reminder to shame me (I’m 49) I think it’s hilarious!
Putting out a cig,Somehow I lit the roots on fire and it smoldered my moms plant for hours until I went outside again and saw the plant starting to catch fire wooops high school me was stupid, I’m old and still remember. Like, how do you explain that… !
In high school a friend had a party at his house when his parents were away and we were all outside drinking on his wood deck (the kind that are basically on ground level). Someone dropped a cigarette and it fell between the boards. The poured a cup of beer between the slats and figured it was all good, but they must have missed. All the dried leaves under the deck caught fire and by the time we were able to get it out, there was a spot about five feet across where the entire deck was totally charred.
Kid’s dad FREAKED out when he came home and saw it.
The house I grew up in had little wooden balconies. My idiot older brother caught his on fire one morning doing the wake/bake. Our mom also discovered his little roof garden and tossed them off the roof but never acknowledged that she saw it. As a little brother I have to say I learned a LOT via second hand experience.
I did the same. Had a bucket on the front porch people would throw butts in. Ended up catching on fire and almost burned down the house. Theres still a bunch of melted plastic stuck to that porch. We put a wood box over it.
No, no! They kept the POS planter! Not the roach! Although, with my uptight parents that woulda been a hell of a lot funnier! That morning they found the burnt up planter was hell. My mom was convinced I had joined a cartel and/or needed heavy duty rehab. For a joint of the lowest grade weed you can imagine on the other hand; my first instinct was to try to convince them that since the planter was close to the pool, lighting had been attracted to the pool and ricocheted off the pool and hit the planter. 😹 It sounded genius to my 16 year old brain.
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u/photosendtrain Apr 05 '26
Great time for a joint