Come on bady light my ... tights

Found the video below of a real jerk, who seems to be trying to warn these girls of the dangers of pantyhose on a plane.  Apparently they melt to your body.  What is this guy on.  Is it a chat up line?  Does he get turned on by the thought of nylon melting on a girls legs?

Well I tried it - tights do melt and burn.  OMG I nearly suffocated in my flat - had to open all the windows to let the smell out.  Well that's another reason why I'll get cancer.  Here is a video of some burning tights - not mine I was too busy choking to record it.  This guy also doesn't have the sense to do it outside and gets thrown out of a pub / hotel?  But the tights do make a pretty fire.

And another one, this one did have the sense to do it outside.

Here's a bit of the chemistry of tights burning found on a blog by Dave.

"Incomplete burning (actually, melting) of thermoplastic nylon, the material used to make the fibers in sheer hosiery, leads to production of small but extremely toxic quantities of cyanide gas. Lycra (which is a form of polyurethane) that makes pantyhose more stretchy also produces similar results when melted. That's because both contain carbon and nitrogen (e.g. nylon = repeats of hexamethyl diamine + adipic acid), as well as hydrogen. Under conditions of high heat, nitrile groups can form and if fused with a proton, you get hydrogen cyanide. So heat + sheer hose = nasty coating of melted thermoplastic and toxic gas covering the wearer's unfortunate skin (and if dramatic enough, leading to the victim's untimely demise). Once skin and nylon become fused, it's like permanent pantyhose. (And they thought permanent makeup was a bad idea)"

You can imagine the scene in some disaster movie:

 "Air crew Amber Benson and Claire Dart remove their heels as they usher passengers to the emergency shoot as the flames spread from the front of the plane and the temperature rises.  Amber's blue regulation pantyhose are sticking to her in the heat of the cabin and sweat is forming on her brow.  But she ushers the frightened passengers towards the shoot telling the business women in their smart suites to kick of their shoes and make their way in their stocking feet.

Can't hide from the fire

Amber looks over at one of the business women who has taken her shoes off and is making her way in her tan tights feet.  It looks as though the toes of the tights have ignited.  Amber realises that they have.  The flames race up the woman's nylon clad legs, igniting her clothes and then her hair.  The air is filled with screams and the smell sharp smell of burning synthetics and the smell of burning flesh.  Amber thinks of roast pork, she always liked roast pork.  The woman's skin bubbles, blisters and blackens.  Her arms and legs fold in the heat.  There is a further burst of heat as the woman's fat ignites, and her charred skeleton crumbles to the floor.

 Amber's eyes meet Claires'  They both have had the realisation that if pantyhose spontaneously conbust in this heat one of them will be next.  To Amber's relief it is Claire that ignites first.  Amber had always been envious of Claire's big natural tits.  Amber has implants.  She is pleased to see how Claire's tits blaze like volcanoes.

Dangerous clothing?

Amber knows she has minutes maybe only seconds before she goes up to.  she pulls her skirt down and off. Her hand goes down inside her tights and knickers.  First her hand rubs her bush and then slips inside her clit.  She is surprised how moist she is.  Perhaps she enjoyed seeing Claire go up in smoke.  As her fingers work their magic she sees her the thicker blue nylon around her toes is starting to melt. 

A goo is forming on her toes.  Then it starts to burn.  The flames creep up her legs as her fingers tease and please.  As her blouse, long red hair - which has now fallen down from its neat bun - burst in flame she sheiks in a mixture of pain and orgasmic pleasure.  As Amber's skeleton collapses the two sacks that were her implants ooze on the cabin floor. 

Those passengers who did not spontaneously combust in their tights or other synthetics have now escaped.  The heat goes up and up.  The inside of the plane has now become a cremator.  Amber's bones dry out, the organic material in them burns and they crack and fragment.  These fragments will be washed away by the high pressure hoses now on the plane and all that will remain of Amber is melted silicon gloop attached to a piece of wreckage."

OK back to reality.  Maybe your tights won't combust in the plane. But friction on a plane escape shoot could melt your tights.  Here's a bit from an air travel safety (paranoia) site:

"Polyesters and other man-made fibers melt. Do not wear pantyhose. In the event of an evacuation in which you must jump onto an escape slide, pantyhose could melt and burn you. Do not wear high heels. They could damage floors on the aircraft and rip older escape slides, making them useless."

Shoes off.  Tights off as well?

This speculation is all very well, but has anyone actually been burnt by their tights?  Well five minutes googling reveals this from Justine Edmeades

"My worst injury was having my nylon pantyhose catch on fire about 20 years ago at a nightclub. funny thing is that is was called the Firehouse at the time."

 So girls being hot in your tights clubbing might give you more than you expect.  Nylons and long hair - a fire risk?

Who will burn best when the club catches fire

Don't be caught in your stocking feet if the bar burns down.  Are those nylon knickers flammable?