KhymChanur
Since: Apr, 2009
Oct 12th 2013 at 8:12:43 PM
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Disposable lighters do not stay lit by design. A cigarette, cigar, or flare just doesn't fit the scene.
Aren't flares designed to stay lit even when tossed?
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casualobserver
Since: Jul, 2013
Oct 13th 2013 at 7:19:39 PM
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They are, but they are by design... disposable and therefore do not fit this trope.
Is it the case that Mythbusters or Brainiacs or one of those shows tested this proposition - I vaguely remember a leaky petrol pump in a fuel station forecourt, a puddle of petrol, and the probability that somebody smoking at the pump could drop a lighted item that would ignite the petrol. they discovered to make it work - 95% of the time, they found nothing would happen - you'd need a lot of petrol and reliable flaming item, such as a Zippo
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