Today, I was showing my 4 year old some of my fire magic tricks. I ended up getting 2nd degree burns on my left hand and burnt off half of her hair. FML
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1Username1 17
Why were you trying to show a 4 year old a magic trick with fire anyways? Hope you'll both heal soon.
CrassKal 27
I really hope it stopped at the hair and she didn't get burnt as well. No offense towards you, but I'm more sympathetic towards the child.
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Comments (57)
Crawyz 11
Today my dad tried to show me a magic trick with fire. He ended up burning his hand and my hair. FML
NickACD 27
Whoops, I accidentally clicked I agree.
Kevin5475845 15
hope you said Ta-Da at the end
townailz 16
Never letting you watch a kid again
NYGiants1925 22
I think we've found a bonafide idiot. If it works your telling the kid it's ok to play with fire, if it doesn't work someone gets hurt.
atlien247 16
There's nothing like the smell of burnt hair in the morning.
Luxray24 13
How do you guys know that it isn't his profession? He might be a magician that deals with fire in his shows.
MonstreBelle 29
Profession or not, what he did is still dangerous and irresponsible. If it is his profession, then he should know all about the importance of safety while doing tricks that involve fire. His daughter shouldn't have been so close to a flame that it was able to burn her hair. He is lucky her hair is the only thing he burned. She could have sustained much more severe burns that could have lead to hospitalization, surgeries, potentially life-threatening complications, months of painful recovery, and serious scarring.
Brandi_Faith 34
Even if he's a professional magician that uses fire in his shows, he should've been using the proper precautions that would've been used during his show (like someone standing nearby with a fire extinguisher, not being close to anyone or anything that could get burned, etc.) Plus, it's still a stupid thing to play with fire around kids, especially toddlers! He's basically teaching her it's ok to play with fire. A simple magic trick would've awed her enough. Heck, the simple pulling of the thumb, coin behind the ear, and sticking the tongue out and pulling the ears to make it move, all astonishes kids that age!
amileah13 26
You seriously played with fire around your child? Shouldn't you be teaching them that fire is bad to mess with, not playing around with it and showing the possible disastrous affects of it? YDI. Your child is probably scarred for life now not because she was burnt, but the images of you burning yourself and her hair being burnt off. Poor child.
writerchic85 26
Isn't "don't play with fire" one of the first lessons people teach their kids? Well, I guess this was one way to teach her.
jsrf 8
Always fear the flame