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Spunkball Warning March 2002 Spunkball??? Sounds like a bad movie. Pretty scary huh? At least until you think about it a little. Imagine trying to soak a rag in gasoline and wrap it in tinfoil. What would you end up with? A tinfoil ball coated with gasoline and reeking with gasoline fumes. Consider now what happens when you bring a lit match near it? Poof, the teen attempting to throw the Spunkball goes up in flames. This is a self curing prank. Actually, this is an old one that keeps coming back in different variants. Note that I contacted Allstate and they did not send this warning. A person at Allstate forwarded it with her signature attached, making it appear that it came from Allstate. Subject: Alert from All State Insurance Co Subject: Very Important Heard anything about this? Please keep all windows rolled up when stopped at traffic lights, as only cars with windows down are being targeted. Groups of teenagers have been caught, in alarming numbers, playing a new and dangerous game called Spunkball. ! Spunkball consists of a group of teens in a car pulling up to a stoplight, and looking around for a car stopped near by with an open window. When one is spotted, the teens shout, "Spunkball", and throw a gasoline soaked rag that has been wrapped in aluminum foil through the open window. On the outside of the foil attached a small firecracker, with the fuse lit. When the firecracker explodes, it shreds the foil, and the rag is ignited, causing a large flame that may catch the interior of the car on fire. Spunkball playing has already claimed two lives, caused uncountable injuries due to burns, and caused thousands of dollars in damage to automobiles. The best defense, say authorities, is to keep all windows rolled up when stopped at traffic lights, as only cars with windows down are being targeted. If you are at a red light and hear a shout of "Spunkball", and notice something come flying in your window, the best thing to do is to have all passengers immediately exit the vehicle. DO NOT try to retrieve the object, as it will ignite once the firecracker explodes. PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU CARE ABOUT. Bea xxxxxx, FCLS Allstate Insurance Co
Copyright 2004 by Jay Jennings
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