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We almost set the house on fire! Literally!
When I was president out Pref Night chairs decided to hang white sheets from the floor to ceiling in the kitchen so that we could walk our PNM's through to the backyard and they wouldn't see all the furniture and other stuff hidden in back. To spice it up, they put rose petals and tea lights along the bottom of the sheets where they gathered on the floor (i know, what were we thinking!)
7 minutes before the doors opened for the first party, we were in the foyer when all of a sudden someone starts screaming - in 2.5 seconds the entire sheet had ignitied and was complete engulfed in flames. Our courageous house manager grabbed the fire extingusiher and put it out before the blaze got out of control, but we definitely damaged both the ceiling and the floor, while leaving the entire ground floor all smoky. We were running around frantically with fans and trying to cover the huge burn marks on the floor.
We opened the doors only 5 minutes late and still managed to pull off a wonderful evening!
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