Man's attempt to down fiery shot ends in predictable disaster

Well that escalated quickly.
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Sam Haysom
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The idea of downing a flaming shot may sound sort of exciting, but -- like with many things in life -- the reality doesn't quite match up to the expectation.

Take the video below, for example. It starts with a Scottish man tentatively raising a shot glass to his mouth, and ends five seconds later with panicked yelling and someone frantically patting fire out of the guy's shirt.

Oh dear.

Goes without saying, not to be tried at home.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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