I did set quite a large section of Seaburn Dene alight as a child
Too much dry grass + inquisitive sportscow + matches = fire brigade and running away
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 5 Oct 2011, 10:18, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

When I was a young un..
..my older cousin and I were hanging around a bus station. Out of boredom he set fire to a crisp packet or something in the corner of the bus station on a concrete floor against a concrete wall. We ran off home after lighting it and I spent the rest of the day terrified that we'd burned the whole town centre down.

I was a very conscientious child*

*a phrase that cropped up on a vast majority of my school reports when teachers wanted something more flowery than 'a bit quiet'
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Wed 5 Oct 2011, 10:23, Reply)

If indeed they want more flowery words

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 5 Oct 2011, 10:25, Reply)

I managed a good 5 or 6 replies in this thread..
..before you broke the streak.
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Wed 5 Oct 2011, 10:31, Reply)

It was a touch lame, I'll concede

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 5 Oct 2011, 10:32, Reply)