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How to make fire using only a Orange (Original Post)
AsahinaKimi
May 2012
OP
They'll get my orange only by prying it from my sticky orangey dead fingers.
Ikonoklast
May 2012
#10
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)1. Wow! Orange oil?
Neat!
progressoid
(49,969 posts)2. Well, that's a new one to me.
WillParkinson
(16,862 posts)3. Misleading...
He used a stick, too!
That was cool. I had never even thought of it.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)4. Great--now TSA will be after my orange, too
First they came for my nail clippers, then they came for my orange...
suninvited
(4,616 posts)5. That is pretty neat.
But shouldn't it be called "How to make fire using only an orange, a rock and a stick"?
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)6. He said it was the citric acid that causes the orange to burn
Citric acid has nothing to do with it. It's really the essential oils within the orange which are combustible.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)7. Exactly. nt
lastlib
(23,204 posts)8. Dried orange or tangerine peels will burn REALLY hotly!
cool to watch it, too.
warrior1
(12,325 posts)9. the "fire" starts out of view of the camera
other dude probably through a match in there.
RZM
(8,556 posts)13. I noticed that as well
You would think that if he were really interested in showing off he would make sure to get that moment on camera.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)10. They'll get my orange only by prying it from my sticky orangey dead fingers.
When oranges are outlawed, only outlaws will be able to have a complete breakfast.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)12. LOL!...
Good one!
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)11. I'm going to have to test this method. n/t