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I don't know about you, but setting one's arm on fire does not seem to me like the way to impress one's girlfriend:

http://www.thelocal.se/16590/20081227/

I am sure that nobody on this board has ever done anything similarly unwise, but would be interested to hear any "stupid impress-your-date" stories you might have.

Hot stuff.

When the flames of passion die, it takes a lot to rekindle them.

When the flames of passion die, it takes a lot to rekindle them.

Or as Jim Morrison put it, "Come on baby, light my fire." ;)

This thread is getting me all hot and bothered.

This thread is getting me all hot and bothered.

You know what they say, if you can't stand the heat...

Maybe he was going to make a burning engagement ring of fire?

Love hurts.

*Fails to pun* :(

I hope this thread is not going to be hijacked by ruthless punsters.

I did not intend to flamebait.

I hope this thread is not going to be hijacked by ruthless punsters.

I did not intend to flamebait.

That's it, I want a divorce!

In other words, you're fired from this relationship...

The Blessed Urban II is going to learn the hard way that ruthless punsters reign supreme in this place.

The Blessed Urban II is going to learn the hard way that ruthless punsters reign supreme in this place.

It seems I'm left holding the smoking gun in this case.

It seems I'm left holding the smoking gun in this case.

There's no smoke without fire.

He should have seen the smoke signals from a distance.

You have the pity the poor woman though. She really got burned in this relationship. My bet is she drops her boyfriend like a hot coal.

He should have seen the smoke signals from a distance.

Unfortunately he didn't... now he gets burned.

I could come up with more puns, but I'm all burned out.

I guess that's one way to show that you're hot for her.

I could come up with more puns, but I'm all burned out.

Good work so far. The OP may have ignited the thread, but your input has been, as it were, smokin'

I give up.

So, let's do song dedications to our favorite flaming Swede:

"I'm on fire"--Bruce Springsteen
"Burn, baby, burn" --the Trammps
"Am I only dreaming? Is burning an eternal flame?" --Susanna Hoffs
"You light my morning sky/With burning love" -- Elvis

I guess that's one way to show that you're hot for her.

He's cooking up some burning love.

Didn't G. Gordon Liddy do something like this, put his hand in a candle flame to impress a woman?

Anyway, what this guy should have done was not bother setting himself on fire but just sneak gunpowder into his girlfriend's drink. To quote another Nixon aide, "powder is the ultimate aphrodisiac."

The OP may have ignited the thread

The OP didn't start the fire... It's always been burning so long as the world has been turning.

I thought firearms were illegal in Sweden.

I thought firearms were illegal in Sweden.

/thread

I like this story (http://www.thelocal.se/16602/20081228/) better.

But anyhow, I have actually never done a stupid thing to impress a woman.. if she likes me then I shouldn't have to impress her deliberatly, I should impress her enough by doing what I naturally do.

I give up.

So, let's do song dedications to our favorite flaming Swede:

"I'm on fire"--Bruce Springsteen
"Burn, baby, burn" --the Trammps
"Am I only dreaming? Is burning an eternal flame?" --Susanna Hoffs
"You light my morning sky/With burning love" -- Elvis

Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire - Jimmi Hendrix Experience

This Fire - Franz Ferdinand

Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash


That guys relationship probably went up in a puff of flames.

Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire - Jimmi Hendrix Experience

This Fire - Franz Ferdinand

Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash


That guys relationship probably went up in a puff of flames.

It's ''Fire''.

I thought firearms were illegal in Sweden.

A simple Google search could have learned you that that's not the case. There are no European countries where it's illegal to own firearms, but it's not like you can buy a 7.62mm Dragunov sniper rifle in the supermarket together with your breakfast cereals. Also it's usually more expensive to get a permit to own a firearm.

It's ''Fire''.

Well quick, call emergency services!

Well quick, call emergency services!

I blame my grammar nazi-ness, which I got from here.

Oh, God.

Please make the puns stop, please...

You shouldn't have said that. Prepare yourself for a virtual firestorm of lame fire-related jokes.

The OP didn't start the fire... It's always been burning so long as the world has been turning.
You're just fanning the flames with your post, but still, the thread doesn't seem to be going down in a blaze of glory.

On topic, I have never experienced any flare of insanity such as the person in question, even if I've felt like my heart was going to be incinerated by searing hot passion. In the end, such emotions tend to make you feel like you've been reduced to ashes anyway, so it's best to keep a spark of sanity.

An incinerated heart usually does the owner little good.

Oh, God.

Please make the puns stop, please...

Feel like the inferno of flaming puns have burned you out?

And currently I'm listening the Cradle of Filth's Tonight In Flames. How appropriate.

That guy is an idiot, he should have used alcohol or water diluted alcohol. That will make an impressive flame and only feel warm on your hand. People have done it before. Petrol is that exact opposite. He is lucky his whole arm didn't get exploded off his shoulder.

As far as I know, the human body does not have too many explosive qualities.

Throw Down Your Arms!

I thought firearms were illegal in Sweden.

Odd because there are a lot of arms to be found in Sweden. Maybe its one of those wierd laws were its ok to posses arms however to fire them it is illegal?

Edit: Would this particular guy be considered armed and dangerous?

I don't know about you, but setting one's arm on fire does not seem to me like the way to impress one's girlfriend


Idk...If it came out with no visible injuries or sign of pain...

I don't know about you, but setting one's arm on fire does not seem to me like the way to impress one's girlfriend...
Seems like a good idea to me. Hang on, let me see if I can go pick up hot burn-unit nurses by setting limbs on fire... you do meet people when you go to the hospital.

The next person who makes a pun is going to burn.

We should stop this thread, and let it die in a blaze of glory.

No! We can't let it go out like that!

No! We can't let it go out like that!

Then I must fan the flames.