disposable lighters = motorbikes

January 13, 2011 1:40 PM

disposable lighters = motorbikes [language slightly NSFW]
posted by the_very_hungry_caterpillar (15 comments total)

Hey parents! Here's a neat project you can do with your kids to make the most of your time while you are giving them cancer.
posted by Nanukthedog at 1:44 PM on January 13, 2011 [1 favorite]

> while you are giving them cancer

Will scented candles give my kids cancer?
posted by Burhanistan at 1:47 PM on January 13, 2011

Will scented candles give my kids cancer?

I just had a mental image of someone trying to smoke one of those 2" diameter scented candles.

It was awesome.
posted by verb at 1:49 PM on January 13, 2011 [3 favorites]

And I thought I was cool for fashioning a spring-loaded projectile cannon out of a disassembled ballpoint pen.

Hm. Come to think of it, I was kind of cool.
posted by Atom Eyes at 1:51 PM on January 13, 2011

Hm. Come to think of it, I was kind of cool.

Sounds cooler than this.

unless they scoot around on their own
posted by thsmchnekllsfascists at 1:59 PM on January 13, 2011

The imgur tagline is correct.
posted by yiftach at 2:00 PM on January 13, 2011 [1 favorite]

brb, going to see if I have any almost-empty lighters around.
posted by JauntyFedora at 2:19 PM on January 13, 2011

just made me smile...thanks!
posted by HuronBob at 3:09 PM on January 13, 2011

The true art of motorcycle maintenance.
posted by Evernix at 4:10 PM on January 13, 2011

And I thought I was cool for fashioning a spring-loaded projectile cannon out of a disassembled ballpoint pen.

We used to do this with Bic mechanical pencils, back in the 90's when they were made with that soft plastic that was far more comfortable in the hand and which could be broken or cut without creating a shower of shrapnel and splinters. We'd pack wads of paper into them, mess with the springs to give them more power, and take shots at each other in the halls between classes.
posted by Pope Guilty at 4:24 PM on January 13, 2011

I've seen a cog railway before, but I've never seen a cog motorcycle.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 4:42 PM on January 13, 2011

They are adorable and I want to hug them.
posted by selfmedicating at 5:01 PM on January 13, 2011

Here's something more fun you can do with a spent lighter and your kids:

1) Break away the metal flashing to reveal the wheel housing.
2) Pointing the lighter downward into your hand, work the wheel free of its mounts.
3) The flint rod and spring will eject into your palm. Discard all other parts.
4) Stretch out a length of the spring near the end so that the coils are expanded 2x
5) Wrap the flint with the stretched coils so that it's held firmly. One or two wraps should do.
6) Hold the other end of the spring between two fingers.
7) Heat the flint with flame from another lighter until it glows red.
8) Throw hard at any solid, inflammable object.

Your children will enjoy this trick much more than a piece of plastic that looks vaguely like a motorcycle.

9) Have fun later explaining to your insurance company what they did to your house.
posted by clarknova at 6:29 PM on January 13, 2011 [4 favorites]

WHERE IS THE FIRE?
posted by awfurby at 7:02 PM on January 13, 2011

FML yet another thing my parents never gave me, cancer.
posted by Ad hominem at 8:48 PM on January 13, 2011