It might have been more effective if the cartoonist showed he actually knows how to light such a fire in reality!
Allegedly trying to ignite farts at source used to be a jolly jape in the old-fashioned, boys-only, English public-schools... but whether true or legend I have no idea!
@ArishMell I am not quite sure what you mean about an unlikely place to be mentioned. Everything is mentioned here and on YouTube if you seek it out. Your statement is confusing to me.
I wouldn’t try #2 because I’m afraid the valve might not shut off tightly and the fire follows the gas to the valve. One wouldn’t want to have burnt valve would they?
@HootyTheNightOwl Camp-fires of that type are not necessary anyway!
We've had heath and woodland fires in my part of England, and no doubts others, caused by disposable barbeques abandoned by with people having as much sense as the character in that second picture.
I can attest to the fact that polyester pants do not react well to the second method illustrated. The flames may start off as blue but when the trousers and leg hairs get involved all bets are off.
Don't know about anyone else but I never start a fire at the top of the kindling. I start towards the bottom. Fire tends to burn up much better than it burns down.
@hippyjoe1955 Good answer and yes logical, but the cartoonist did not have this literal fact, did they? Oops! I just worked with what I had and did not take it literally. Just a joke here.
