Rather alarming occurrence while smoking...thoughts?
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Ok, so I've smoked easily hundreds of cigars, and never once have I seen what just happened to me..
I was smoking a Gurkha Empire VI, and rather enjoying it. The cigar overall provided no major problems, and I had the band removed. Coming into the end of the last third, not far from where I'd normally set it down, the ash dropped in my lap (I tend to have a problem with this lol). As this happened, the end of my cigar blazed up in a large, evident flame - to the point that I was concerned about burning my hair. I immediately tossed the stick into the ashtray, and the flame went out. I have NEVER had this happen, nor seen it before... what the hell just happened?
I was smoking a Gurkha Empire VI, and rather enjoying it. The cigar overall provided no major problems, and I had the band removed. Coming into the end of the last third, not far from where I'd normally set it down, the ash dropped in my lap (I tend to have a problem with this lol). As this happened, the end of my cigar blazed up in a large, evident flame - to the point that I was concerned about burning my hair. I immediately tossed the stick into the ashtray, and the flame went out. I have NEVER had this happen, nor seen it before... what the hell just happened?
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Basically you have a fire that's not combusting completey due to a limited supply of oxygen, but that has ample heat energy and fuel to combust more. Rapid introduction of oxygen then allows the uncombusted gasses to burn, causing a flare-up. Same thing can happen with smoking with wood chips, where you create a large draft and an otherwise nicely-smoldering chunk o' wood will flare up.
Not sure if having a long ash, tight draw, hot burn, long rest time, etc would affect this, but since it happened when the ash fell off I'm guessing it was the sudden availability of oxygen that caused this.
That, or Mr. Hansotia just played the best practical joke in the world on you
you and Pete Puma now have something in common....
from "rabbits kin" cartoon (audio slowed down to understand the little rabbit)
Boy, I'm sure glad I didn't say that.......
Marty
He's pioneering a new technique to detect nuances of flavor: the recto-hale.
needless to say we were disappointed. the match head did not flame up in the manor we expected. He said it just blew out his taste buds for a few days.
a valiant effort anyway.
Now thats some FUNNY S-H-I_T Right there! Im thinking more Bevis and Butthead!
+ 1 on that one ! How many Lumps would you like there Petey..... oooooohhhhhhh THREEEE ORRRR FOUUURRRRRR Bonk Bonk Bonk Bonk .,,,,,,,, OHHHHH those are some BIIIGGGG LUMPS
ROTFLMAO! I am NUTS !