Another party goes up in flames

[rachelmanija]

Literally. This year's Hanukkah party was livened up when I smelled something burning. A search of the house (not my house) revealed that a decorative peacock feather wreath had fallen on to a sturdy metal candelabra and was merrily flaming away. I smothered it with a wet dishcloth.

A few Christmases ago (my step-family is Christian) I was at their place when a candle on a mantelpiece fell against a huge oil painting hung over the mantelpiece, setting that on fire. I smothered that one with a cloth napkin.

And then there was the incident which can be found by clicking the "naked and dripping wet" tag. There is a reason why I have a fire extinguisher in my car!

Comments

[larryhammer]

But just to confirm, you were neither naked nor dripping when at this year's party, right?

*whew*

---L.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Actually, I was dripping. Within two minutes of arrival someone spilled a glass of red wine down the back of my white sweatshirt, making me appear to have been stabbed in the back. My attempt to mop up with a blue napkin produced an interesting tie-dye effect.

[larryhammer]

Do we need to chip in to buy you a "clothed a dripping wet" tag?

---L.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Are you afflicted with a pyrotechnic poltergeist?

[wyrdness.livejournal.com]

I was just wondering that, what with burning decorations and flaming cars being a semi-regular occurrence it seems :D

[larryhammer]

icon <3!

[jeremytblack.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm, this sounds suspiciously like that "rescue syndrome" I've heard about, like the nurse who creates a health crisis in a patient so he could come "save them." (Of course, he failed to save about 35 of them.) Setting fires just to be a big holiday hero.

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

That's one way to liven up the holiday party.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Do they make flame-retardant clothes for grown-ups? Just...um. Curious.

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

The peacock wreath sounds pretty cool!