What's the name of the thing for starting up a fire?

flobadob | 22:20 Mon 09th Feb 2009 | Society & Culture

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What is the name of those things that they used to use in olden days where you squeezed air out of them into a fire to get it to light?

Why did the smoking ban kill pubs?

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EmEd1984

weren't they bellows?

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Ice.Maiden

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Bellows.

flobadob

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Thanks guys. You know I tried googling and whatnot putting in fire and squeeze and start fire for about half an hour and couldn't find out. 1 minute it took here.

craft1948

I think the pensioners answer was better - I'd love someone to squeeze the air out of me!!

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craft1948

ooh robknot - nearly choked on my cocoa

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flobadob

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I never noticed the answer pensioners but I must admit I did actually have a wee chuckle there now.

GYMRAT

robknot
Mon 09/02/09
22:22

pensioners.

HAHAHA!

tamborine

my fires start with vcr tapes......great fire-lighters!

brionon

Aboves ?

beeseejay

Arsonists ?

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