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#84370 - 01/30/07 04:04 PM How to build a campfire
harrkev Offline
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Registered: 09/05/01
Posts: 384
Loc: Colorado Springs, CO
Here is an oldy but a goody. I thought it belonged here.

Ripped from http://webby.com/humor/ and posted here because that web site changes every day.
They have a daily e-mail newsletter -- lots of fun.


*Sixteen Steps to Build a Campfire*

1. Split dead limb into fragments and shave one fragment into slivers.
2. Bandage left thumb.
3. Chop other fragments into smaller fragments
4. Bandage left foot.
5. Make structure of slivers (include those embedded in hand)
6. Light Match
7. Light Match
8. Repeat "a Scout is cheerful" and light match.
9. Apply match to slivers, add wood fragments, and blow gently into
base of fire.
10. Apply burn ointment to nose.
11. When fire is burning, collect more wood.
12. Upon discovering that fire has gone out while out searching for
more wood, soak wood from can labeled "kerosene."
13. Treat face and arms for second-degree burns.
14. Relabel can to read "gasoline."
15. When fire is burning well, add all remaining firewood.
16. When thunderstorm has passed, repeat steps.
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#84372 - 01/31/07 12:12 AM Re: How to build a campfire
hailstone Offline
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Registered: 01/05/06
Posts: 37
Loc: Montana

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#84373 - 01/31/07 12:40 AM Re: How to build a campfire
KG2V Offline

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Registered: 08/19/03
Posts: 1371
Loc: Queens, New York City
here is a slightly better way to light a fire

http://www.doeblitz.net/ghg/grill.mpeg

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#84374 - 01/31/07 02:08 AM Re: How to build a campfire
OldBaldGuy Offline
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Registered: 09/30/01
Posts: 5695
Loc: Former AFB in CA, recouping fr...
Ya think ya used enough gasoline there Butch???
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#84375 - 01/31/07 03:12 AM Re: How to build a campfire
Blast Offline
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Registered: 07/15/02
Posts: 3760
Loc: TX
That wasn't gasoline, it was liquid oxygen!
WABOOM!!

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#84376 - 01/31/07 03:58 AM Re: How to build a campfire
OldBaldGuy Offline
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Actually, the one I replied to really looked like gas, the one below looked like LOX...
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#84377 - 01/31/07 04:23 AM Re: How to build a campfire
Blast Offline
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Registered: 07/15/02
Posts: 3760
Loc: TX
Oops, sorry. I didn't watch the first one.
Just checked it out. Daaaaammmmmmmn!

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#84378 - 01/31/07 05:43 AM Re: How to build a campfire
cedfire Offline
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Registered: 07/10/03
Posts: 659
Loc: Orygun
Wow! Now THAT is a bonfire!

The guy was squatting right next to it... with the amount of gas they used, it probably would have been better to stand back about 30 feet and throw a road flare into it. <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

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