Lawsuit claims exploding toilet burned man

[LostInSpace]

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia (AP) -- A man who says he was severely burned when a portable toilet exploded after he sat down and lit a cigarette is suing a general contractor and a coal company, accusing them of negligence.

The first thing that hit me about this when I first read the entire article was a flash back to the Space Quest Pc game where one of the objectives in the game was to ignite a methane filled bathroom.

Anyway, it's people like that that give smokers a bad name! Besides I don't think he's got a leg to stand on, it's says right on the pack of cigs that it's dangerous to your health and there are warnings on the lighters as well. I wonder if there was a no smoking sign (like most public bathrooms now) and he just ignored it.

Oh yeah, with that amount of methane in the porta johnny and the guy didn't smell it? Hmmm....

[Raziel]

Natural Methane is odorless. It's the sulfurs and decomposing organics that give off the funky smell.

[LostInSpace]

Since it was leaking from a pipe, I had assumed it was already processed with that distinctive odor like they add to propane.

I did find this not that long ago:

If farts are mainly methane, and methane is odorless, what causes the smell?

[Guest]

Surgeon's General Warning: Smoking may be hazardous to your a$$.