He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

October 27, 2016 10:35 AM

8000 Match Chain Reaction — what better and more-satisfying way to encapsulate 2016 than with a red flower of FIRE? Imagine your least-favorite person or organization consumed by the flames of their own wrath... h/t Atlas Obscura
posted by Johnny Wallflower (12 comments total)

Very satisfying.
posted by tobascodagama at 10:46 AM on October 27, 2016 [1 favorite]

I've done a 500 match firework where you break off the heads of matches and put them in a small container with a metal lid that has a small hole in the top. Then you put a fuse down into that hole. And it sprays fire like a mofo.
posted by Annika Cicada at 10:50 AM on October 27, 2016 [3 favorites]

I want this to be my TV yule log this year.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 1:19 PM on October 27, 2016 [1 favorite]

Add music, and that's a Game of Thrones teaser.
posted by rokusan at 1:56 PM on October 27, 2016 [1 favorite]

Shut up, Beavis.
posted by ActingTheGoat at 2:47 PM on October 27, 2016 [1 favorite]

So that guy is clearly in the 'Provided, that one of them is a match' camp.
posted by Nanukthedog at 3:01 PM on October 27, 2016 [1 favorite]

Dammit, now I've got U2 stuck in my head.

♫ You plant a demon seed ♫
posted by a car full of lions at 3:26 PM on October 27, 2016

One of my favorite MythBuster moments involved matches, too.
posted by briank at 4:32 PM on October 27, 2016

The saucy announcer guy doesn't get enough credit for his contributions to Mythbusters, I don't think.
posted by tobascodagama at 5:24 PM on October 27, 2016

I want to see them start on one of the outer bunches.
posted by 922257033c4a0f3cecdbd819a46d626999d1af4a at 5:26 PM on October 27, 2016

(Obligatory)
posted by Nanukthedog at 7:41 PM on October 27, 2016

I bet that smells wonderful. I love the smell of matches.
posted by Hal Mumkin at 5:50 AM on October 29, 2016