Miss Teskie
Last weekend we had a “Miss Teskie” farewell bonfire for our friend Ash. She is going to work for Nader in DC and to save this nation from the corporate tyrants.
This explosive tradition was discovered by Peter Ransom as a child in Kenya. While starting a fire with candles, Peter and a friend noticed that the wax had begun to burn and decided to throw water on it to put it out. The gigantic explosion that ensued became an instant favorite activity for them and they named it after a grade school teacher they hated the the International School of Kenya, Miss Teskie.
Exhibit A: The wax
Here is Ash holding a large slab of wax purchased at a craft store. Don’t ask me what crafts you can do with wax, but it sure can make a mean fire ball.
Exhibit B: The fire
Here Peter preps the fire while I hang around looking like Violet Beauregarde after an experimental piece of “three-course-meal” gum.
This is the teensy fire from whence came the flames. The wind was blowing approximately 1,000 MPH that night, so Pete had to start it under the shelter of a boulder.
Exhibit C: Just add water
I cannot tell you the chemistry of the thing. All I can tell you is that when equal parts of H2O are added to a pot of boiling wax you get the above pictured result. Glorious, glorious flames. It is always more impressive than you think it’s going to be. You can see Peter and Dave making a run for it after they dump the wax.
3, 2, 1… MISS TESKIE!
I found this video on Youtube from a previous Miss Teskie. We don’t know the author of the video or how they found out about Miss Teskie, but they yell it before they fire… so we assume this is a testimony to the growing popularity of the Miss Teskie phenomenon.
