On Mon, 12 May 2003 16:31:01 +0100, "Andy Chequer"
<andy@(youdontwantthisbitinit)thisisasparagus.com> wrote:
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>> Andy Chequer <andy@(youdontwantthisbitinit)thisisasparagus.com> wrote in message
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>> > > Happened to stop to do a little snow coloring, when i spied a shiny object about 3" in front
>> > > of a ski.
>> >
>> > Interesting coincidence. I found a brass zippo when writing my name in
>the
>> > snow once.
>> >
>> > ;-)
>>
>> Ouch?
>
>It wasn't lit. Or anywhere near my nob, either.
>
>Zippo lighters are the fourth most overrated thing in the world, after
>
>VW Beetle (aircooled) - don't go, don't stop, steer at their discretion rather than yours, sound
>farty and ****, no space to put anything big, but has headroom for a 7 foot circus freak. Nice to
>see VW have worked the practicality problems skillfuly into the very useful, tasteful and nice Golf
>IV to sell to impressionable trendy people as the new Beetle.
Agreed
>
>WD-40 - Doesn't clean contacts as well as proper Switch Cleaner, Doesn't smell as nice as GT85,
>doesn't penetrate siezed threads as well as deb Duck Oil.
Also agreed!
>
>Marzocchi Bombers. Their legendary reliability doesn't seem to stop them expiring a lot. Pffffffff,
>new seals please......
After 2 1/2 seasons on one I strongly disagree!
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>As for the Zippo, once you've fitted a nice new bit of wick, filled it up with lighter fuel and
>changed the flint, striking it will elict a fireball that engulfs your hand and removes all
>traces of hair.
Uh, that would be called "OVER" filling Dr. C. As a owner of several Zippo lighters, I can safely
say that would be classified as OPERATOR ERROR.
The following day you
>will find that it has lost all its fuel because there's no proper sealing and you've got to refuel
>it and do it again.
BAH!! I fill mine up once and it lasts all week. And this from someone who uses lighters QUITE
frequently. You must be trying a knock off...if you even tried one at all....
>P.S. while I'm ranting, people who do Hollywoodesque tricks with Zippos think they're cool, but
> they're actually sad wankers.
I can do some, I might be a sad ******. But I ain't the one letting a lighter kick my ass am I?
Dave (Zippo's rule, the Good Doctors opinion not withstanding!)