How to start a fire with a can of Coke and a chocolate bar

Sunday 24 April 2005This is over 19 years old. Be careful.

The chances of my needing to ever use this technique are virtually zero, but the ingenuity demonstrated is worth it: Fire - Can of Coke and a Chocolate Bar.

This is a good example of overcoming functional fixedness, whereby people view objects as having only one use. In this case, the can of Coke is shown to be something other than a container for a beverage. It’s also a small parabolic mirror. The chocolate is more than a tasty snack: it’s also a mild abrasive.

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Pretty cool, but I prefer a flame-thrower to start my fires (paraphrasing "Rubin" from The Partridge Family)

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