# Fire IS Alive!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [April 17, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-is-alive/400499 "2007-04-17T17:51:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-is-alive/400499/21 "2007-04-18T00:07:16Z")
[QUOTE=essell] And for the record, I find fire arousing. [/QUOTE] Oh, move over, Rover And let Jimi take over … ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-is-alive/400499/22 "2007-04-18T00:21:59Z")
[QUOTE=essell] I find fire arousing. [/QUOTE] That’s hot. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-is-alive/400499/23 "2007-04-18T00:40:44Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] Then why do they call the wind Maria? [/QUOTE] Why, because “Maria blow my love to me”. :o ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-is-alive/400499/24 "2007-04-18T07:11:22Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] Then why do they call the wind Maria? [/QUOTE] You mean [Mariah](http://er.neoxer.com/lyrics/kingston.html), don’t you? Maria was in _Westside Story._ ---
**Author:** ![Outpits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4bbf92/32.png) [@Outpits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Outpits)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-is-alive/400499/25 "2007-04-18T12:37:56Z")
[QUOTE=picunurse] You mean [Mariah](http://er.neoxer.com/lyrics/kingston.html), don’t you? Maria was in _Westside Story._ [/QUOTE] You may call the wind Mariah, but the wind cries Mary ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-is-alive/400499/26 "2007-04-18T16:19:47Z")
This thread goes out to the one I love… ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-is-alive/400499/27 "2007-04-18T16:36:33Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] Whatever about oxygen - carbon, though. Carbon’s alive. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Our love is alive, you mean, right? [/QUOTE] Love is like oxygen ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-is-alive/400499/28 "2007-04-18T17:05:57Z")
I call her Black Mariah. Which is the colour of the wind after it’s been burnt. Creepy. ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-is-alive/400499/29 "2007-04-18T22:15:34Z")
[QUOTE=August West] Love is like oxygen [/QUOTE] It doesn’t matter till you can’t get any? ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-is-alive/400499/30 "2007-04-20T16:25:01Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] I call her Black Mariah. Which is the colour of the wind after it’s been burnt. Creepy. [/QUOTE] Or rather, crispy. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-is-alive/400499/31 "2007-04-20T17:18:17Z")
[QUOTE=essell] It doesn’t matter till you can’t get any? [/QUOTE] You get too much, you get too high Not enough and you’re gonna die ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-is-alive/400499/32 "2007-04-29T03:29:43Z")
[QUOTE=August West] Love is like oxygen [/QUOTE] Love is a burnin’ thing. And it makes a fiery ring. ---
**Author:** ![Roonwit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/54ee81/32.png) [@Roonwit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roonwit)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-is-alive/400499/33 "2007-04-29T13:04:50Z")
[QUOTE=picunurse] I’m not saying he is an arsonist, I’m asking that he examine how it makes him feel. [/QUOTE] The sky is burning. I believe my soul’s on fire. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-is-alive/400499/34 "2007-04-29T14:47:09Z")
[QUOTE=flySpyGuy] But fire IS a creative force … [/QUOTE] Bakunin? That you? ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-is-alive/400499/35 "2007-04-29T18:03:26Z")
[QUOTE=BMax] Love is a burnin’ thing. And it makes a fiery ring. [/QUOTE] “I’ve got it! Mexican trumpets!” – Johnny Cash. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-is-alive/400499/36 "2007-05-07T16:51:39Z")
[QUOTE=essell] And for the record, I find fire arousing. [/QUOTE] As long as you don’t wet the bed and you are kind to animals, we have no need to worry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-is-alive/400499.md?page=1)