Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by signaturefish 1854 days ago
Hey, accident twins! I once had a Zippo lighter that was playing up - you could strike it and you could see the spark fly, but it didn't light. I sniffed the wick, yeah, definitely fuel evaporating off it. I struck the striker, yup, spark. Sniff, fuel, strike, spark. Sniff, strike and OF COURSE the thing lights up immediately, sending a cigarette lighter flame right up my right nostril. I'm told by bystanders that half my face lit up in an "electrocuted film character" way for a fraction of a second before I jerked it away, and I was smelling nothing but burnt nose hair every time I inhaled for about a week.
1 comments

FWIW, when that happens just blow at it slightly.