# How to make fire more fun?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-fire-more-fun/670123>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 1, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-fire-more-fun/670123 "2013-10-01T19:15:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-fire-more-fun/670123/21 "2013-10-03T04:00:17Z")

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> [@j\_sum1](#):
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> I am sure you could use a can of butane and some bubble mix to good effect. The bubbles that drifted close to your fire would then make lovely little explosions.  
> Acetylene would also work nicely although it would be a bit sooty.

[This is what happens when you run propane through a water bowl](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201265611217876&set=o.310374366761&type=3) and set it on fire.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-fire-more-fun/670123/22 "2013-10-03T04:05:12Z")

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Little trick-or-treating kids, in variously colored costumes, are always exciting to throw on the fire.

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-fire-more-fun/670123/23 "2013-10-03T04:11:41Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> Little trick-or-treating kids, in variously colored costumes, are always exciting to throw on the fire.

Yeah, but it’s so hard to find all cotton costumes these days. Polyester just melts with an unsettling odor.

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-fire-more-fun/670123/24 "2013-10-03T07:38:04Z")

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> [@WhyNot](#):
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> Yeah, but it’s so hard to find all cotton costumes these days. Polyester just melts with an unsettling odor.

The burning children don’t smell so good either.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-fire-more-fun/670123/25 "2013-10-03T12:35:06Z")

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Why not find something that looks like a witch and set it up so that, from the street, it looks like the witch is on the fire?

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