Play with ‘Em, Impress with ‘Em, and Amaze with ‘Em

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Hell, no! This is neither about a person named Em nor a thing that we all have strategically placed between two appendages. And I am not talking about sex organs either - just the brain stuck between your ears!

Well, at least you will need your brain’s capacity to coordinate with other body parts, your hands to be exact lest we go into dangerous territory again, to perform Zippo lighter tricks that are bound to impress and amaze others. At least, that is what this site says!

UptownEnterprises.com promises that the Zippo lighter tricks featured, five to be exact, will impress and amaze your audience. Let us hope it is not because you set the whole place and your entire arm on fire, which will earn you new audiences like the hospital emergency room staff and the local fire department. Be very careful when playing with fire, literal and otherwise.

Of course, these tricks have probably been around when the Zippo lighter was invented way back in the 1930s (wow, 75 years is like more than double my age) but you can always learn them. You might consider it pointless - after all, what good is there in flipping a lighter 50 times before actually lighting the by-now-dizzy lighter, right? - but having some kind of talent during (painful) family reunions and (even more painful) class reunions can work to your advantage.

You can learn the classic double flip, which is touted to be the simplest and the coolest Zippo lighter trick. In just four easy steps, you will be a pro at this trick (or so says the site).

For a more macho effect, learn to perform the squeeze and flip trick. Then again, the simple fact that you smoke good quality cigars seems macho enough for some so this trick is pretty much just an add-on to the whole image.

For the topper, learn to do the flesh torch. Why is it a topper? How about risking the welfare of your fingers, not to mention the well-being of the whole establishment, when you set your fingers on fire? Of course, it is not enough to start a fire per se but stranger things have happened.

But of course, you will need the real McCoy that UptownEnterprises.com also sells to perform these tricks. The over-the-counter cheap lighters simply will not do.

That being said, I am going to go buy a Zippo lighter for my friend who has illusions of being the next David Copperfield. Better start him on these tricks, right?

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