Wanna strike a match inside a fuel tank? Be my guest!

By George ILIEV
Brexit Metaphor No 80

Once there was a man who lit a match to see if a fuel tank was full or empty. He won a Darwin Award.*

Once there was a man who asked a whole country to vote on EU membership. He won a cosy retirement.

Who knew that when you light a match inside a petrol tank, it would explode?

Who knew that when you hold a referendum to ask a simple question on a complex matter, a whole country would implode?

Explosion of fire (Source: Wikipedia)

* Darwin Awards recognise (posthumously) individuals who have killed themselves "in an extraordinarily idiotic manner" and have thus contributed to human evolution by selecting themselves out of the gene pool.

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