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Flared leg-wear with two layers: a fashionably patterned outer layer impregnated with vertical magnesium strips, and a fire- and heat-retardant inner layer.
At various points throughout the night, the magnesium can be ingited with a lighter. Within seconds, it will sear a path from your belt to your
platforms, guaranteeing that you'll stand out from the crowd.
Depending on the efficacy of the fire-retardant layer, your pants may gradually become tattered and fall of over the course of the night.
flashsuit
http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/flashsuit
Inspired by ~this~ from [Mr Piddlesworth] [vigilante, Nov 01 2004]
Combustion of magnesium
http://www.madsci.o...980275694.Ch.r.html
At 2,800C, you'd better have more than fire-retardant clothing. [Worldgineer, Nov 01 2004]
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[marked-for-deletion] pun. |
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I have to disagree [etherman]. The name's a pun, but there's an idea in there too - I always assumed the pun [m-f-d] was reserved for ideas that had nothing going for them but the pun. If you extended it to cover everything with a punny name, half the bakery would disappear overnight. [+] |
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True, Doc, but is the idea, once cleared of pun infraction an original idea? Does it differ in any meaningful way from other fire stunt suits beyond the specific choice of fuel? |
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I have to protest against the (very quick) m-f-d, for all the reasons the Doc mentions. [bristolz], I was concerned this might be seen as an overly-complicated stunt suit, but I think both the disposable nature of it, and the fast rate of burn, set it apart. |
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On dance night, use Thermite
Nothing else will do.
Mg flares, please beware
sub-standard sparks ensue |
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I think [vigilante] has a point - comparing mag burns to other fire suits is a bit like comparing a camp fire to a gunpowder explosion. However, [World] notes an interesting problem with the fuel choice which might scuttle the idea altogether. It looks ok to me bar the problem [World] has found, but I haven't been here that long so could very well be wrong. I shall watch from the shadows, and see what happens to this idea, and thus learn of punning rules. [scuttles off] |
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Maurice Gibb is turning in his grave |
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Both campfire fuels and gunpowder deflagrate (rather than explode or detonate) but just at very different scales so the comparison is quite apt. |
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Lovely word [bris]. I shall add it to my "learned at the HB" list for this week, behind elementary projectile physics and bagel recipes. Thank you. |
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"The VIG-I-LAN-TEE is on FI-AH tonight!" |
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Unfortunately, so too is everybody dancing around him. |
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