Fishandrods wrote:
In the 60s we called it a blue flame. We’re tent camping in 63 at la costa beach Ca for surfing,and one night a couple of girls were in the tent with 4 of us guys and one guy lit one off and the girls laughed the hardest. The next morning when we were dumping our empty beer cans their parents saw us and that was the end of the girls visiting our camp site. Oh to be a teen anger again!!! Fish
That tale reminds me of the time, my freshman year of college, and we're all sitting around the TV room in the dorm (all guys) and someone decided to light their fart. Most of us had not seen it done, nor thought of doing so.
Over the next few minutes, several guys managed to light one and we each got a chuckle out of the crude scene. My buddy Steve enters the room and takes note of the activity and proudly announces that he's "got a big one for us !". Sits in a folding chair, throws one arm around his knees, holding them up in the air, whips the Zippo lighter off the end table and says "Here 'ya go gents !", strikes the lighter.....and sure enough...biggest bluish flash of the evening......followed by a scream like a little girl seeing the biggest spider she's ever seen.
Seems that Steve had failed to consider that everyone sitting around had sweatpants or cotton gym shorts on...... Steve had a pair of bright orange (one of Baker Univ's colors) NYLON GYM SHORTS !
While they didn't burst into flames as one might imagine, they did manage to MELT JUST ENOUGH TO TOTALLY "SHRINKWRAP" HIS PRIVATES PERFECTLY !!!
So much for going "commando", huh ?.... hehehe.
As a college freshman ANYWHERE, you'd like to think that your first memorable impression that you make on your peers is one that places you in a good light. Not so for poor Steve. We were roommates at the fraternity house the next year (freshman live in the dorm) and the first night we moved in, the House president was checking on the sophomores, as they moved in. Stuck his head in the door and said "Welcome guys....and, oh... Steve, we often have girls watching TV with us, so please....NO GOING COMMANDO WHEN YOU ARE THERE AND CERTAINLY NO ANTICS LIKE I"VE HEARD ABOUT, OK ?
He's still getting ribbed about it, now 50 years later !
Thanks for the memory jog !