Quest for fire

[Badfellow]

I would like to take a moment to wonder where my lighter went, and to give remembrance to all those lighters lost...

My first Zippo. The Zig Zag disposable that miraculously provided sacred flame for over 2 years and went AWOL one fine New Years Eve (I'm convinced it was a case of stolen mojo). And now my favorite Bic wrapped in the aluminum sheath of a can of Grain Belt Beer.

Woe, friends, for the flint of the ages. Right now I'm lighting old smokey off the old, trusty electric stovetop. Difficult to carry around in one's pocket, but on the up-side it's almost impossible to misplace.

Nothing is static. Everything is falling apart.

Got a light?

[calx]

i've had a zippo since 93 but i never use it for some reason. anyhow, here:

[msz87]

I have a cheap Zippo knock off which I never use. Its cotton fuel reservoir is useless, its wick has long since burnt out. Not worth the effort, I only keep it because it is a souvenir from a good road trip 5ish? years back.

Just cheapo fire for now. But I find I always wake up with either: a) every Bic from everyone I spoke with the night before, or B) rubbing two sticks together, no fire at all. There is no middle ground.

[Badfellow]

That'll singe the hair off your knuckles.

I have confirmed that the lighter is NOT in the toilet. Also for the 12th time that it isn't in my pocket.

[calx]

did you check between the couch cushions?

[Badfellow]

did you check between the couch cushions?

A logical suggestion, sir. $1.26 in change and a vintage pretzel. But no lighter.

I just used, at great overkill, a hurricane match to light my smoke. Not the best of ideas.

Lighter, lighter, where art thou?

[Mad Lion]

This is why I own, at any given time, at least 3 fresh lighters. I travel with 2, and keep at least 1 at home. I ALWAYS have a light.

I'm also horribly addicted to cigarettes, can you tell? :)

[Gin McGuinness]

Got a light?

Darling, you are the light... it is only fire you seek.

[peetie44]

did you check between the couch cushions?

A logical suggestion, sir. $1.26 in change and a vintage pretzel. But no lighter.

I just used, at great overkill, a hurricane match to light my smoke. Not the best of ideas.

Lighter, lighter, where art thou?

Bf,

Check wherever you put your empty beer bottles; or maybe the trash, where you'd throw an empty cigarette pack?

Also, always check the fridge and the bathroom.

[cloud8]

Nowdays I don't smoke anything, but in college I smoked Chesterfields. I used to kindle them with kitchen matches. In the Shakespeare seminar, one of us was required to give a presentation each week. When my turn came up I spent the night before practicing lighting matches one handed with my thumbnail.

I arrive in class a bit late, and the professor says, Mr. Cloud, would you read us your paper? My paper was crap, but I figured I could BS my way through it if I created a diversion. Holding the paper in my left hand, I began to read. Meanwhile, I extracted a cheroot from my shirt pocket with my right (yes you could smoke in class in those days. There were even ashtrays on the tables.). I fished out a match, lit it in the way described, and put it out with a flick of the fourth finger. No one is listening to my paper. They're all watching my performance.

The paper was three cigarettes long. I have no idea what I said. The prof gave me a good grade anyway.

*Smoke 'em if you've got 'em.*

[peetie44]

Got a Monte Cristo #4 goin' right now!

[Frankennietzsche]

"It's on yer head!"

[ivan]

The Zig Zag disposable that miraculously provided sacred flame for over 2 years and went AWOL one fine New Years Eve (I'm convinced it was a case of stolen mojo).

When I smoked, I almost exclusively bought shocking pink Bic lighters.

I didn't care what I used, and even the most hardcore lighter kleptos would never just pocket mine.

Also, anytime I bummed a light from someone, I'd take a quick peek at the bottom of the lighter. If I saw a charred black circle, I knew they smoked pot. Even in the Army, where it's, like, actually illegal. Never got anybody busted, but did tell more than I thought necessary to knock that shit off...

[Frankennietzsche]

Zippo used to make a fisherman's line of lighters; they had a D-ring attached to the hinge where you could put it on a necklace or lanyard. They also had a bigass embossed fish on them. They wre the shit for never losing one's light. Unfortunately, they are rare.

[Chimneyfish]

A couple years ago the group of friends I'd always drink with would assign a color to each person and all the Bics you bought had to be that color. You always knew if you pocketed someone's else's lighter or if someone took yours. The heavier a smoker a person is, the more likely they are to habitually slip your lighter into their pocket and you'll always be too drunk/engaged in the conversation to realize. And I'm convinced that my girlfriend steals a lighter every single time she comes over.

I never had much luck with Zippos. I own one really nice butane torch lighter for cigars and it never leaves my apartment and a handfull of Bics at any given time.

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