Brian Elliott wrote:
> And one strange thing:  Back when the flints on the sides of matchboxes 
> were made more substantially than they are today.  Peel them off the 
> sides of the matchbox.  Strip as much cardboard off their backs as you 
> can, to get the brown flint/phosphor patch on the thinnest paper layer 
> possible.  Place it face-down on a cold tin lid.  Burn it.  It fizzes a 
> bit like a match head, but the flame is smoky and smelly.  Blow off any 
> ash. You find an orangeish semi-liquid condensate on the lid.  Dip a 
> forefinger tip in it, then rub your thumb and forefinger together.  
> White smoke rises from your fingers. In the dark, it glows when you do 
> this.

I'm begining quite concerned about the people I'm hanging round with... o_O

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