While schoolies is well-known for being a hot bed for debauchery and very poor decision-making, one kid has confirmed his status as eternal urban legend by severely burning his rear-end – in what is being billed as a “deodorant and lighter combo” accident.
While the language being used by mainstream media is currently being kept fairly ambiguous, we all know that the bloke was lighting his farts, and things have clearly gone very, very pear-shaped. The 17-year-old male was delivered to the Gold Coast University Hospital in Surfers Paradise to be treated for his, to use the appropriate medical terminology, “butt burns”, at nearly 4AM.
The Queensland Ambulance Service said 83 patients were assessed by paramedics overnight in the area, with eight transported to hospital. Police have also reported 52 liquor infringement notices being issued during the schoolies period.
Despite this, QAS special events coordinator Justin Payne has said that schoolies have been polite and well behaved this year. You know, aside from all those that are violently scorching themselves with their own flatulence. But who's to judge whether this guy's back-fire really backfired - especially if he's having a literally lit night, and making national news at the same damn time?
