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http://fmobserver.com/fargo-man-arre...flamethrower/#

Yeah, the story is from last year, but given the "Polar Vortex" situation....

Fargo Man Arrested For Clearing Snow With Flamethrower


Fargo, ND – Local resident Todd Fox has been detained for “reckless endangerment” and “illegal use of high-powered fire-breathing weaponry” for attacking snow with his flamethrower. Fox reportedly became so fed up with the week-long blowing snow epidemic in his area that he decided to KILL IT WITH FIRE.

The neighborhood was treated with quite a show last night as Fox unleashed an inferno upon the mountainous snow palace that was his front yard. Neighbors to his immediate right and left noticed a bright orange cloud and could hear what they thought was “puff the magic dragon spewing mayhem all over hell,” which prompted one of them to notify police.

Fox stated that he was simply “fed up with battling the elements” and that he did not possess the willpower necessary to move “four billion tons of white bull shit.”

Police say that Fox surrendered his efforts immediately upon their arrival and that his front yard “looked like a hydrogen bomb had gone off.” They think he was just happy to be done with snow removal, even if it did mean a trip to jail.

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Oh man...i want to see the video...

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I was going to ask if "illegal use of high-powered fire-breathing weaponry" was a real thing stipulated in our legal lexicon. Then a search proved that California had already one-upped it:

"any non-stationary and transportable device designed or intended to emit or propel a burning stream of combustible or flammable liquid a distance of at least 10 feet"

Fun fact: in most states it is perfectly legal to own a flamethrower. Just not to melt snow or your neighbor's cat with one.