tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post6026599676888339796..comments2024-03-04T05:26:22.273-08:00Comments on Propnomicon: Fear the FaePropnomiconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-61281621160285988382016-07-07T12:49:06.466-07:002016-07-07T12:49:06.466-07:00Cool post, good Sir...Cool post, good Sir...Dr. Thedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16437013120611829846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-53892880461849188562016-07-07T09:39:18.922-07:002016-07-07T09:39:18.922-07:00It’s no accident this happened in Sweden, which ha...It’s no accident this happened in Sweden, which happened to be the prime manufacturer of matches in the mid to late 19th century, starting in 1836. At one point, there were over a hundred companies manufacturing matches and shipping their product all over the world. So you see it was inevitable that the creatures would get their hands on matches and wreak havoc. I notice she has a box of the famous Three Stars Brand. So what’s Swedish for “Burn, baby, burn”?*<br /><br />See also http://www.swedishmatchindustries.com/en/Products/Swedish-matches/History-of-matches/ <br /><br />History of matches http://museumofeverydaylife.org/exhibitions-collections/current-exhibitions/history-of-the-match and http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmatch.htm <br /><br />*later attributed to H. Rap Brown, but we know that to be erroneous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_Baby_Burn <br />CoastConFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07250561260148656254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-62110533681344786882016-07-07T05:50:18.464-07:002016-07-07T05:50:18.464-07:00Very cool. Love the detail.Very cool. Love the detail.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18284333477254693796noreply@blogger.com