As i write this message i am playing with a butane lighter and a pop bottle(i pump the butane into the bottle then light it).  I was just wondering why are people so amazed by fire. especially americans, who not only blow up things on the 4th and 1st of jan., but also at airshows, fesivals, sporting events.  my question is WHY.  people like me know its dangerous, but does that stop us-NO.

Cub I think its a case of humans being naturally attracted to things that are dangerous or forbidden. When I was at school I succeeded in blowing up a chemistry lab quite well, all the glassware went, along with the windows, the table I was using, my hearing (for 4 days), and my eyebrows!
Top tip, don't play with fire, getting burnt really hurts

Ozzy

Ozzy, your story reminds me off a boy in my class, who is not at all bright.  He and his brother where standing around a burn barel (if you don't know, a burn barel is basicly a old oil drum that us Americans use to burn our garbage.) in the middle of winter for warmth.  Before they went in his brother told him to put it out, and handed him a bucket of gasoline, and said here use this.  Well he pours it in and we all know what happens next.  Next day he's in school with small burns all over his face, no eye brows and a receding hair line.  We call him Burny or Boby now.  Although it was probably tramadic, and could of killed him, us kids still managed to make light of the situation.  

Being a Pyro myself, fire fasinates me.  I think it's that it has so many uses and is quiet frankly, bueatiful.  Just think about it:  Fire causes chemical reactions in substances that change their chemical make ups! It has a give and take relationship with us.  It can give warmth to keep us alive, or to cook the food that keeps us life, but it can also bring death and destruction.  (My kinda thing.   )  So I think we want to play with it and tempt death, to see how far we can go before it comes back to nip us in the butt.

Sock

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Oh no, no, of course not!     *cough, yes*   

I doupt Bob will ever live it down either.  Nobody really enjoys is company anyway.   

Sock

Being a self confessed pyromaniac I tend to burn most things I can. Over the summer holiday I burnt no less than three boxes of matches just for the sake of burning matches.

In chemistry lessons, we were rarely trusted with the bunsen burners. And when we did the teacher had to supply us with endless amounts of magnesium just so that we would set fire to the benches. And when we did the coursework on the combustion of alcohols, well, we unscrewed the tops off the little containers, removed the wick, poured the contents over the table or your friends stuff and lit it. Presto!

We've all read at least part of the anarchists cook book right?

  We used to only use gasoline to get our bonfires going real good, then once we were good and drunk we would throw cupfuls of blackpowder into the inferno, it causes an awesome !POOF! blinding flash and tremendous black cloud of smoke, lot's of fun.
  One of our favorite things to do during our anual 4th of July bonfire/drunkfest was to throw whole grosses of bottle rockets into the fire at once, they would shoot everywhere, if you ran away and hid you would be called a sissy-boy (or more offensive equivalent) by those of us who were brave enough to stand our ground, not very smart now that I think about it, but great drunken party fun!
  Of course it goes without mentioning that we would always have a fart-lighting contest at everyone of our drunken gatherings.
  Hmmmm......fire.....getting drunk....there seems to be a strong connection in my case, now that I don't drink, I also don't play with fire anymore either...go figure.

ok i just experience something i cant explain.  before when i pumped the butane into the bottle and lit it it was almost an explosion.  but this time when i tried it, it just burned(then i squeezed the bottle and flame shot out ). can anyone explain this?
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MAKES SENSE.  the time it burned i actually put more in because i burned for 30 seconds(melted the bottle)