# What's your favorite way of (literally) playing with fire? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 15, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-of-literally-playing-with-fire/536211 "2010-04-15T14:21:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-of-literally-playing-with-fire/536211/41 "2010-04-16T02:47:34Z")
I like to try and burn leaves when no one is around in a chinea with a mesh top. I love the smell of burning leaves. My son recently brought up our 3 alarm brush fire we had some years ago. I cleared one side of the property of brush and put it in the middle of the yard. I invited over a few friends who brought beer. It was a nice controlled burn until someone thought it would be fun to throw an aerosol can in the fire. Then someone threw in a lighter. then my neighbors asked if they could burn some broken furniture. The fire department showed up and said that is enough people are complaining about it in Maine! I was still hosing the ground down three days later as it was still burning under the ground. I ended up planting a rose garden over the crater. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-of-literally-playing-with-fire/536211/42 "2010-04-16T03:28:41Z")
My friends and I once lit a basketball on fire. Buddy dribbled it a few times while the rest of us laughed. Yeah, we were dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-of-literally-playing-with-fire/536211/43 "2010-04-16T05:39:29Z")
Fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire!!! aaahahaahahah!!! FIRE! ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-of-literally-playing-with-fire/536211/44 "2010-04-16T07:56:20Z")
Dried up christmas tree on the bonfire. YESSSS!!! My brother’s favorite thing to do is to burn army men in the camp fire. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-of-literally-playing-with-fire/536211/45 "2010-04-16T09:44:15Z")
Fire-breathing in my back garden. Great for stress-relief and it reminds the neighbours that we are not to be messed with. ---
**Author:** ![RedBloom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dbc845/32.png) [@RedBloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedBloom)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-of-literally-playing-with-fire/536211/46 "2010-04-16T13:33:26Z")
Lighting up a cigarette after a long day. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-of-literally-playing-with-fire/536211/47 "2010-04-16T13:37:49Z")
Lighting the end of an empty toilet paper tube is really cool ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-of-literally-playing-with-fire/536211/48 "2010-04-16T15:42:46Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire!!! aaahahaahahah!!! FIRE! [Fire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOErZuzZpS8)! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-of-literally-playing-with-fire/536211/49 "2010-04-16T15:45:29Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Lighting the end of an empty toilet paper tube is really cool You wait till your off the throne, right?😛 ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-of-literally-playing-with-fire/536211/50 "2010-04-16T17:02:28Z")
Pour lighter fluid on blue jeans, then light. You can quickly put the flame out by running your palm down your leg. Wait till roommate is in shower. Fill toilet with lighter fluid. Turn out light. When he gets out to turn light back on, light match and toss in toilet. Let burn a second, then flush. Spray Lysol on ceiling. Light. Hold can of Lysol and spray. Light. Light candle. Lick thumb and forefinger. Snuff out light by pinching the flame. ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-of-literally-playing-with-fire/536211/51 "2010-04-16T18:59:40Z")
Haven’t done either of these recently, but I’ve had a great time doing lampwork (glass beads) and blacksmithing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-way-of-literally-playing-with-fire/536211.md?page=2)