Back in the days when Crimplene was popular (in beige, especially!) I was in hospital for an op (never you mind!) The chap in the next bed was having a ... sorry, I've blotted this from my memory ... removed. He'd bee smoking (also popular back then), and had accidentally knocked the lit end off his ciggie. It dropped into his lap, went straight through his trousers and set light to the contents of his underpants. Bad enough, eh? And he was doing 70-odd up the M6 at the time! My face still goes the colour of those trousers when I think about it ....

A lighter note ... I heard when I was a little lad (about 1960-ish) that the bloke who invented Terylene had his jacket lined with the stuff. He went to a business demo, announced his new fire-resistant material, opened his jacket and applied his lighter to the lining ... which went up in flames: he'd put the wrong jacket on!

Steve
PS Is there a River Tery? Or was that his name?