Comments on: Kids and Fire: A Bad Match

By: Headphone Reviews

Headphone Reviews — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:15:31 +0000

It was a fun project to start with. But I guess, teachers nowadays are scared to teach their students with that project. For some reason, I think it has something to do with responsibility and follow up on each student. The possibility of doing it unnoticed is a big risk someone has to take. However, I think it is amazing how we survived those days and all those projects we did.
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By: JD at I Do Things

JD at I Do Things — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:36:41 +0000

Your God is a demanding one.

I vaguely remember something like those burnt-matchstick crosses, but I don’t recall actually lighting matches. I do remember, however, a fascination with fire that led to my plastic wastebasket melting and setting off our fire alarm. After that, I don’t think I had access to matches — for craft projects or anything.
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By: Mom To The Power Of Three

Mom To The Power Of Three — Sun, 30 May 2010 11:16:54 +0000

I don’t think I ever made projects with fire but I do remember making ashtrays for Father’s Day. I couldn’t imagine schools doing that now. Our playground at school was also built on cement and there were a lot of concussions back then.
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By: Saturday Night Link Up | I Hate My Message Board

Saturday Night Link Up | I Hate My Message Board — Sun, 30 May 2010 03:21:55 +0000

[...] Once I lit an empty lot on fire trying to make a burnt sacrifice of minnows. That wasn’t sanctioned by anyone though, I came up with that idea myself after reading the Bible. Kids and Fire: A Bad Match [...]

By: Corrina

Corrina — Fri, 28 May 2010 19:47:53 +0000

Isn’t it amazing that ANY of us survived our childhoods? It seems more children get hurt these days, with all the “safety precautions”, than we ever did. I remember laying in the back window of my mom’s Buick while she ran errands and no one thought anything of it! I was about 5, so this was around 1978. I was all OVER that car when she drove. She’d be in jail, today! HAHA

For being such a dangerous undertaking, that cross sure turned out nice! Could you IMAGINE giving a box of matches to 8 year-olds today?? LOL We survived!

By: Mike Golch

Mike Golch — Fri, 28 May 2010 03:22:29 +0000

I was born in the 50′s as well.I think we did a good job of growing up.our parents had a pretty good idea where they could find us if not one of the other parents did.we played in each others yards on on heaven for bid concrete playgrounds.
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By: We survived | Beetle's humour - Memories of 50's & 60's

We survived | Beetle's humour - Memories of 50's & 60's — Fri, 28 May 2010 01:40:39 +0000

[...] Ranting the other day, called ‘How did we survive’. I read another post by Kathy at The Junk Drawer, called ‘Kids and Fire: A bad match’. It got me thinking of what things were like [...]

By: cardiogirl

cardiogirl — Thu, 27 May 2010 09:17:56 +0000

Exhibiting your burning love for Jesus? That sounds about right.
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By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 26 May 2010 22:23:26 +0000

Bruce — Hee! But I wouldn’t want to be that kid who burned his house down. Seriously. The kid’s going to have issues the rest of his life.

V — Jesus loves me. Wait. What? You confessed? Wow, that’s a lotta guilt you must have been carrying around. I’d totally only confess if I burned something valuable. I’m a cheater like that.

Regan — I’m pretty sure too. Girl, times have changed since I was a kid. You won’t get to do anything fun in your school(s). Of course, you could try lighting something on fire in the bathroom and throwing it in the toilet, but then you would probably get expelled and your mother would never forgive me for suggesting it.

meleah rebeccah — The baby face down in the crib is remarkable. Like it’s been Photoshopped that way or something. I can’t imagine this happening now, for sure. Everyone’s too afraid of litigation. Oh, and of having kids burn their houses down.

Arafat Hossain Piyada — You gotta be kidding me! I’ve done the soap thing, but only because I said a bad word one too many times.

SuziCate — I’m glad for that. I feel sort of bad for all the kids who can’t do what we did, at least not school-sanctioned. Geez, do they even let ‘em cut up frogs in biology class?

injaynesworld — I would never put “Catholic” and “fun” in the same sentence, but if you say so. Like my niece Regan said (see above), they don’t even let them use real scissors for crying out loud.

Amy — I’m going to faint. Are you kidding? OMG. How bad was it?

Jenn of Many Cabbages — A crucifix ablaze is overkill, huh?

Medical Assistant — Dam. I mean, damn. That is one horrific vision. Boys will be boys?

Cashier — What is it with the hairspray? Who even thinks to do it? I’m scared.

Grace — Aw, see, now that’s lovely. How soon after you got them home did you throw them out?

By: Grace

Grace — Wed, 26 May 2010 21:01:06 +0000

I obviously led a very boring childhood – of course I went to public school, K through 8, happiest years of life, and belonged to the Congregational Church and our biggest craft project was making weird looking snowmen of apples and marshmallows to take to the old age home…
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By: Cashier

Cashier — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:17:49 +0000

Ahh, I remember my guy friends lighting hairspray on fire in hotel rooms we stayed in. Thanks for the memories! lol
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By: Medical Assistant

Medical Assistant — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:11:28 +0000

Boys do seem to have an unhealthy obsession with fire and explosions. My father-in-law likes to tell a story about going fishing and using C4 putty for the first time on a log barrier in the river he couldn’t pass in the canoe. The logs soared well above the treeline. I always wondered what it would be like to be hiking in those woods and see the flying trees. He’s lucky one didn’t land on him when they inevitably fell back down.

By: Jenn of Many Cabbages

Jenn of Many Cabbages — Tue, 25 May 2010 19:31:10 +0000

Hm. I don’t recall the part about Jesus’ crucifix being set on fire. Just the nail-and-thorn schtick.

Maybe it was standing too close to the Burning Bush and got some backdraft.
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By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 25 May 2010 19:02:36 +0000

When I was a baby my brother set his leg on fire. He begged my sisters not to tell on him. Like Mom wouldn’t notice the smell of burned flesh and smoke that “encircled his head like a wreath” when he came in the house.

By: injaynesworld

injaynesworld — Tue, 25 May 2010 18:13:07 +0000

Wow. Your Catholic school was way more fun than mine. You’re right about a teacher never doing something like that these days. It’s freakin’ amazing any of us survived.
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