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Willy - is bad for your health...
Written by: beth
They also said to the group 'who wants to firebreathe?' several people put their hand up and the safety briefing they gave was, tand i quote 'dont swallow it and dont breathe it in'. The first guy (the president of the society) to breathe did it towards the crowd, the wind was blowing that way but he didnt ask the crowd to move and didnt move to the side himself.
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Written by: Beth
Im considering quitting the society but it does things like street luge, sky diving, bungee jumping, and i really want to try a load of their activities but im worried that if they show such a disregard for safety towards Fire Breathing that they will towards everything else.
Are you up for it?
;)
Jake the Juggler
Written by: UglyCowsOfFrance
This question has come up a few times on HOP, and I still stick by my original answer;
You CAN extinguish your lit fire poi in your fuel (I have only done this with paraffin and NOT white gas or Colemans so I know it works). For that to happen, you need to quickly dunk the entire head under the surface of the paraffin, so that no oxygen can get to the flame on the wick, so that combustion cannot happen.
The reason we use paraffin in comparision to other possible fuels, is that is has a relativly high flashpoint (the temperature needed to cause the parafin to ignite). When you dunk your lit fire poi or staff in, the temperature of the flame is nowhere near hot enough to heat up the entire ammount of parafin to reach its flashpoint, and thus ignite.
Does tht make any sence?
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Written by: Doc Lightning
There comes a point when Darwin must take them under his rather chaotic wing.
If they won't read, won't learn, and are too arrogant to admit they might just possibly not know everything about everything, then maybe...just maybe...they will have to learn the hard way.
Written by: JtJ
i agree. its awful that people see fire breathing as such a simple thing. its scary the amount of times ive met pissed people at parties who claim they can fire breathe and that it is 'easy'.
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But you can make the Bastard work for it."
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"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
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True- if they're unwilling to face the facts then they may well have to learn the hard way.
Unfortunatly, they're currently in a position of trust where they're encouraging young people to engage in risky behaviour, and misrepresenting it as safe.
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Written by: Charles
On the face of it, that makes sense, Dave.
But that viewpoint is once again basing itself on the premise that your belief (that firebreathing is dangerous) is not only right, but obvious to anyone who looks at it.
Written by: Charles
What we have here, is at least one individual, and likely dozens, who are mired in the university social and political scenes. They have much more clout than this one new person, and if challenged officially, are likely to be ostracised from that group, and not get their message through.
Take the word of someone deep in the polical mire of the University, who says he's been doing something for 15 years and nothing has gone wrong, and pitch an offical complaint about him by a very new student.
Who do you think is more likely to get their point across to the Powers that Be?
We aren't talking about asbestos, or something else that has huge amounts of solid evidence to back up its theories, nor something that a large number of people ever fully understand.
As mentioned before, the thought of this practice continuing is absoluely abhorrent.
However, if changes are to be made long term, I personally believe the slower approach has a good chance of changes happening.
Written by: Charles
Even if the union did stop the practice, this person and his colleagues would continue to spread the dangerous 'this is safe' message outside of the university, and also have many barriers in their mind to anyone else who suggests otherwise.
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
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"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
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Aim high and you'll know your limits, aim low and you'll never know how high you could have climbed.
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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