Hobo 2.0
It’s late at night, I’m exhausted and I have the urge to smoke so i pull out my trusty old baby blue bic and give it a flick. Sparks… just sparks. I can not get a damn flame from this lighter if it’s the last thing I do. So now I’m starting to get a little anxious, thinking it could be hours before I can make fire and inhale that deliciously satisfying death.
IChat
Me : Matt I do not have a working lighter.
Matt : Use the stove.
Me: The fuse is busted, the guy is coming tomorrow.
Matt : Hit some rocks together?
My stove / oven is temporarily out of comission so I decide its time to give up. I sit back down at my laptop and continue programming. The problem with programming is that you need to smoke a lot so I get back up and search the house again for a match, nothing.
I decided to get innovative, I saw the toaster and a candle, i thought i could make sparks or something and light the candle - then my brain kicked in; that wont work. So then I get this wicked MacGuyver idea to grab a shish kabob skewer, a glass of water and a small piece of kleenex. I then heated up the toaster, lit my paper and got the nearest candle to light — Success! I extinguished the blazing inferno in a coffee cup and was on my way.
There is a lesson to be learned here : Always have one of these.
