stupid things that girls do
By Elizabeth
@Poppylicious (11133)
December 5, 2016 12:57am CST
By stupid, I mean death-defying, and by girls, I mean me.
I left a candle burning all night.
If I believed in a parallel universe or two, I'd believe that the candle burning all night, on a bookcase, caused - if not my parallel universe's self's death - my house to become nothing but ashes. But I don't believe in a parallel universe or two, so all my non-existent parallel universe self's are fine, dandy and marvellous.
It wasn't an open flame; the little Yankee Candle was safely snuggled in a pink glass candle holder, which sparkles delightfully when the candle is lit. But still, I'm the first to grumble when telly shows depict candles burning unattended. And I do have to partially blame Yankee Candle's Chief Smell Decider for this one. If the candle released more of a fragrance {any would do, but at least a whiff of the autumn it was supposed to} I probably would have remembered to blow it out!
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@xFiacre (12597)
• Ireland
5 Dec 16
@poppylicious Where you subconsciously wishing to be rescued by a hunky fireman?
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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6 Dec 16
No, hunky firemen do nothing for me. I prefer moody geeks. Think Benedict's Sherlock. :)
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@xFiacre (12597)
• Ireland
6 Dec 16
@Poppylicious I've a friend who never got the penchant some people have for hunky firemen because her father was one and she thought it weird.
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
6 Dec 16
@Poppylicious Don't worry. In a parallel universe somewhere you are very clever!!
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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6 Dec 16
Well, I shan't lie. I could say that in a parallel universe it burnt down. They could reply that in the parallel universe the candles release more scent, so either way, it's still my own stupidity. :)
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
6 Dec 16
@Poppylicious And if the wick is too long, fresh soot too. 
@Poppylicious (11133)
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6 Dec 16
I like the linen scented ones. They just smell of fresh, whatever fresh smells like.
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But the candles these days....they really don't give out the intense aroma they claim to anymore.
@Poppylicious (11133)
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6 Dec 16
Ah, but you could get one with a faulty flicker or battery, and WHOOSH!!, the house still gets burnt to cinders. :(
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
5 Dec 16
Be careful dear... These things can be really harmful attimes
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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5 Dec 16
I'm usually incredibly careful about this sort of thing. Goodness knows how I managed to forget!
@mommymonky (325)
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5 Dec 16
I did that once when I was a kid with a jell candle, and when those things burn low boy do they get smoky. My mom came running down stairs thinking I had started the house on fire. In actuality, I am pretty darn lucky that I didn't die that night of carbon monoxide poisoning, because my whole room was filled with smoke.
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