"I'm burning, I'm burning!" --Wicked Witch of the East

Ouch, fire!

…girl we couldn’t get much higher, Come on baby, light my fire;
I can take you higher; Oh oh oh, I’m on fire;
You say you don’t like it, but girl I know you’re a liar,
‘cause when we kiss, fire.
I fell into a burning ring of fire…and it burns burns burns, the ring of fire.
We didn’t start the fire, it’s been always burning since the worlds been turning.



Could anybody know the entire list of songs singing about Fire?
No way, there’s bunches and oodles.

Fire !!!

It’s been around before something B.C.; before the wheel; before the cigar; before love or the back hoe; before macaroni & cheese!



It’s Fire, and it’s Hot! It’s the latest fad, here to stay…
But other than the occasional Boy Scout or Tom Hanks, how many people out there can really make fire from scratch?
Here is my mother’s recipe for Fire, handed down over the generations; it’s a big secret, but what the heck, here it is:
--Buy matches from the grocery.
--Keep matches in a cool dry location.
--Strike match tip on provided striker strip.
--Run like hell!

Fire is good for more stuff than I ever remembered to forget.

Some of the good stuff:
1)roasted wieners
2)roasted marshmallows
3)sparklers
4)Micheal Jackson Pepsi commercials
5)magic wand duels
6)keeping firemen employed
7)machine gun effects and explosions!
8)scaring away bears
9)jack-o-lanterns
10)leisurely strolls over hot coals.





Some favorite presidential moments involving Fire:



*George Washington chopped down a cherry tree, but did you know he burned down a Dutch Elm?
*Andrew Jackson rode around with a flaming arrow through his hat during an entire Indian raid; his troops snickered the entire time.
*T. J. (Jefferson) set Benjamin Franklin’s wig on fire for kicks. Often.
*Madison burned down the White House trying to spark a pilot light, and blamed it on the British.
*Lincoln carried around candles in the dark and made scary faces to scare the staff.
*Teddy Roosevelt haphazardly set Smokey the Bear aflame, but made reparation by appointing Smoky lifetime Forest Fire spokesbear.
*FDR supposedly began the famous Fireside Chats because Eleanor was a closet pyromaniac.
*JFK burnt his big toe on a bath side candle at Marilyn’s apartment.
*Jimmy Carter famously roasted peanuts in the Oval Office.
*Clinton eshued fire for his George Foreman Grill, weirdly over conspicuous of his love handles.
*George Bush loved flipping missile ignition switches and yelling: “Boom! Yeah baby!”
He also commonly flashed his nuclear codes and firing key at summits. It was so cute.



So, what’s your favorite Fire story?



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