Fire!We were all in my aunt's kitchen at the back of her huge rambling Victorian house. I was only small and had wandered off to go to the loo, but given up after finding the hall full of smoke. "That was quick," my mum said after a few minutes. "Yes - it's all smoky," I replied.
I've never seen adults move so fast.
So, like my cousin who'd managed to set fire to the roof, tell us your fire stories.
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chthonic, Thu 3 Nov 2005, 9:11)
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where do i begin....i seem to have grown up with fire. in a sense.
when i was younger i managed to set fire to a track of land next to railway line. i think the devastion raged for about three of four miles. i'm not proud. it involved a number of fire crews from different areas.
i received serious burns to the hand while making 'caramel' - well. setting fire to sugar. whilst in a tent. did i mention the sugar was on a mound of paper? jesus. i'm sounding really dumb right now. but, i was younger. like that is an excuse.
set fire to a bush trying to smoke out a frog that we'd chased. i must have been about eight and we all know how quickly those frogs can shift. blamed it on the action of metal rubbing against metal as to not get into trouble. surprisingly, that didn't work.
deoderant cans on bonfire night. less said about that the better. my nightmares still echo with the booming, sweetly scented rockets that detonated that night. along with the screaming and blind panic of those assembled at the bonfire.
homemade fireworks. for when regular fireworks just aren't good enough! fancy a lengthy police chase? well, stuff a milk bottle full of the really loud booming things found in repeating air bombs and detonate outside a police station. it's a laugh for about eight tenths of a second - then it's all running, screaming and resisting arrest.
i'm not proud. and there is probably more where those came from.
lh
(, Fri 4 Nov 2005, 23:21, Reply)
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