Putting a Tiger in Your Tank

Speaking of being very careful about petrol, the Shanghai Daily reports :

A 14-YEAR-OLD boy drank gasoline for five years to obtain "energy" - just as his idols "Bumble Bee" or "Optimus Prime" do in "Transformers," the Sichuan-based West China Metropolis Daily reported yesterday.
After the boy, in Yibin City, southwest Sichuan Province, had watched the animated TV series, he began to drink gasoline to become a "valiant fighter" like "Optimus Prime," his father told the newspaper.
"He began to drink gasoline five years ago, when we found he liked smelling lighter fuel," he said.
The boy's mother owned a grocery stall, selling small goods such as lighters.

Now what has happened to this young man? Is he still chugging petrol or has he already burst into flames? Most importantly, has he been tased?

Mother sells lighters. Kid drinks gas. Sounds like an explosive combo.

And where did he get the idea that Optimus Prime was chugging Exxon like it was Gatorade? This is news to me. Are they showing a different Transformers cartoon in China? Is this their way of stemming population growth?

So many questions, so few answers.