A corruption of a line in the song American Pie, used in past tense reference to getting dangerously close to a Boiling Liquid Evaporating Vapor Explosion. Such explosions are often delayed for some
time after the start of a
fire heating a closed vessel containing liquid. The
fire makes a telltale plume that draws spectators, who often bring their video cameras, and then the container bursts, producing the BLEVE.