fire eatting

[Mr.Taxi Trix]

It could be a seriously awesome analogy if she died laughing. Are you willing to amend the original version?

Think of the charred lungs and scarred fairgrounds you might spare the planet before you answer.

[Rachel Peters]

Oh! I forgot to mention, she died laughing.

[Mr.Taxi Trix]

Now that is seriously awesome. Am I right or am I right?

[Rachel Peters]

...I thought you were going to tell me what it means as an analogy to fire eating or something. I'm slowly getting lost. I've forgotten what my point was in opening my mouth. Where am I?

[jesus]

...

well...what the hell.
I saw a how to book on fire eating in a Charlotte NC magic store yesterday.
May its the diablo of the '00s.

[Mr.Taxi Trix]

Oh, sorry, the analogy, yes. First off, lets assume the old lady is a decent human being, and supports Obama. If she had chosen to ignore her natural impulses, and squashed her urge to create something in the bathroom, she would be alive to talk about it today. But like Palin, she would be constipated.

Other people, who might say attend festivals, and have similar urges, might be safer and uneclipsed, but where would that put a nation already slave to the port-a-johnny?

Hope this clears everything up.

[jeep caillouet]

And if she ain't a decent old lady(my kind) what then?

[Rachel Peters]

And where does the pit bull with lipstick come in to all of this?

[fire gnome]

Fire eating book

if you you want to learn to eat fire get this book http://tinyurl.com/78wupa it also has some other math tricks you can use to gather a crowd the only bad thing about it is that half the book tells you not to eat fire because it gives you liver cancer.

Also the wick dose toch you tonge but since heat rises it is cool and you cant burn ur tonge.

[Isabella]

Yes, very cool. Of course you can't burn your tongue, that would just be silly! Ha ha!

[Stretch]

NAFAA fire breathing safety survey

This just in from the Circus-Arts list.

Fire-Breathing survey Posted
by Eric B:
READ AND FORWARD, please. Fire Breathing Survey A couple months ago, a boston area man entered the hospital with burns from learning fire breathing. Unfortunate for him, but the accident may lead to some good. An attending surgeon has taken an interest in fire breathers and has been working with NAFAA (North American Fire Arts Association, www.nafaa.org) to produce some clear information regarding fire breathing and the various fire arts. We ask that you support this effort in any way you can, so that we can benefit from the results of actual, scientific research in our area. The first step is a survey for fire breathers. If you have breathed fire in any capacity, you are encouraged to fill it out. If you have not, please forward to any fire breathers you may know. Here's the link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?s...s_2bcP4w_3d_3d (If that gets truncated or split, use http://tinyurl.com/ajlonb) All data will go directly to research, it is voluntary, and completely anonymous. Original post by Tedward, NAFAA This iteration forwarded by Eric Bagai For further information on NAFAA see http://www.nafaa.org

[DreddPirateBob]

bad experiences

i've had a couple of bad experiences with fire equipment but not with fire eating.

Really bad toxic poisoning from fire breathing (according to a doctor you swallow a third of what you hold in your mouth and parrafin/kerosene will give you pneumonia due to it being water resistant. also VERY carcinogenic) at a party. Hangover like you can't imagine.

and a metal wrapped fire torch (cheap and i was just starting) welded itself to my hand when i caught the wrong end.

the reason i dont eat fire (and i am always tempted because of the HUGE reaction and the money you can pull in) is an old hand who told me "really? just dont." and then went on to tell me an horrific story he witnessed.

my tuppence

[Doctor Eric]

Other than death, I've gone through all of the bad situations you can deal with via eating fire for a living. For the most part, Taxi is right, the way I teach people is "take a deep breath, Tilt your head back, exhale slightly, and shove that fucker in your mouth". Fire eating CAN be very dangerous, but not with the size torches that Taxi uses, otr the ones that you'll probably make. I also think the act looks like hell that way. The torches I use are roughly the size of the inside of my mouth, I usually have to push them past my teeth. Start small, you can work up to them later.

TADA!

[thayr]

Fire-eating props made easy...

BBQ skewers, kevlar wick, pliers.

Wrap the wick around near the end but leaving an inch or so of the skewer end unwrapped, use the pliers and bend the end of the skewer back over the wick, wrap the wick around some more covering the metal. Un-weave some of the wick so you have some of the threads, use those to tightly tie and bind the wick. Light a few times to burn away stray threads and frays. Done.

*Do not try at home, seek professional advice and guidance... or, just go for it!

[Doctor Eric]

you don't need to unravel wick anymore, Todd at Renegade sells kevlar thread, yarn, rope, basically kevlar wick in any diameter you would need it.