Dave Smith wrote:
> blake murphy wrote:
>
>>>> blake
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sounds like fun. :-)
>>
>>
>> no real explosion, but a nice flash. this was before boy scouts took
>> marijuana on camping trips.
>>
>>
>
> If you want to have fun with a campfire, toss an unopened can of food
> into the fire. Stand back and wait a few minutes. There is no flame,
> just a very loud bang.... very loud.
>

Or, if you're particularly idiotic (or maybe just drunk), vent a tank's
worth of propane into an empty cistern. Stand back, strike a match and
say "Hey y'all, watch this".

Can you say "pillar of fire?"

The Y-Chromo types involved (high school seniors, all) escaped the
Darwin Award, minus their eyebrows, plus one concussion incurred as the
result of a collision with a tree while running away.