Have you ever started a fire?I went to sleep with candles burning - woke up to a circle of flame on the rug. Thought, "Tits. Better put the rug in the bath and turn the taps on." TIP: Don't put a burning rug into a fibre glass bath. I caused about £5000 of damage to the house and was coughing up smoky black phlegm for a few weeks. Can you beat that?
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rob, Tue 2 Mar 2004, 17:48)
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Roman candle fight!I can't think of a better time I've had. Buddy and I grabbed some cheap bootleg fireworks from the nice Pakistani man at the flea market, and headed down to the ravine. We played it safe, and shot at each other across a small creek shored with rocks. And some lesser men came along armed with super soakers, since they thought we were bonkers for even thinking this whole thing was a good idea.
The trick is to keep moving, but try and count the interval between bursts so you'll be able to aim it in time. We didn't try to actually hit each other, more make the other one jump out of the way amusingly. Of course, if you've ever seen a rocketing ball of burning explosive material hit a slab of granite, you'll know that there's no dodging the resulting fireburst.
Would I do it again? Hell, we're making it an annual event. Going to videotape it this year. And aim at more rocks.
(, Thu 4 Mar 2004, 3:16, Reply)
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