Fire!We were all in my aunt's kitchen at the back of her huge rambling Victorian house. I was only small and had wandered off to go to the loo, but given up after finding the hall full of smoke. "That was quick," my mum said after a few minutes. "Yes - it's all smoky," I replied.
I've never seen adults move so fast.
So, like my cousin who'd managed to set fire to the roof, tell us your fire stories.
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chthonic, Thu 3 Nov 2005, 9:11)
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Indoor FireworksNot exactly a story, more a couple of tips for upper-middle-class pyromaniacs: if you have an Aga, there are two fun things you can do.
1. Turn of all the lights (this works best at night, of course) and sprinkle a small pinch of flowers of sulphur onto the hotplate. Lovely blue sparks, but don't do it for too long or the resulting SO2 kills you.
2. Hold the hotplate lid just slightly open, and throw half a teaspoon of sugar underneath and slam it down to contain the smoke. After a second or so, open it up. Whoomph. The resulting mild backdraft will raise the lid a couple of centimetres as the smoke catches fire.
Of course, kids, don't do this at home. Drag your Aga out into the middle of a field.
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Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Fri 4 Nov 2005, 14:01,
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