Matchbox Series

A striking collection, this is a limited edition of 40 unique matchboxes. It's a fire sale! Once a deal is struck for these distinguished gems, they're extinguished. Unique novelty miniatures of acrylic on paper matchboxes, complete with matches. Get 'em while they're hot. What!? Only $20.00 each!/of course, plus shipping. What are these magnificent miniatures worth? Come 2090, likely priceless. I like to ask, "What do you earn per hour?" Each required a day's labor, more or less. These emerged from a deep understanding of fire prevention (my first college degree, pursued after reading Desert Solitaire). Here they are, enjoy...

fIRED up

READY TO GO, FROM MY COLLECTION TO YOURS...

sHOUTING MATCH

"APPROACH THOU LIKE THE RUGGED RUSSIAN BEAR" -- ACT IV, L123, MACBETH, SHAKESPEARE (1606) THOU, CAN'T BEAR TO BE EGGED ON.

fIRE AND wATER

"...YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE A POOR MAN'S HEART BREAK." -- FREE

game, set, match

Sorry, NFS.

LOVILY STRKING, "THE GULLIKSON TWINS HERE. AN INTERESTING PAIR, BOTH FROM WISCONSIN." -- DAN MASKELL

fULL GLEAM AHEAD

STEAM PUNK. "AERODYNAMICS ARE FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T BUILD ENGINES." -- ENZO FERRARI

A FITTING MATCH

MERCURIAL VAPOR

cOURT AND sPARK

"STROKING THE STAR MAKER MACHINERY" -- MITHCELL

maTCHING OUTFITS 1

FOR THE HABITUAL SMOKER

GRUGE MATCH

"SOME PEOPLE WANTED CHAMPAGNE AND CAVIAR WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD BEER AND HOT DOGS." -- DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. NOTE: THE BOX IS A LITTLE DOG-EARED

disco inferno

"BURN BABY BURN" --TRAMMPS

sIDE BURNS

FOR THE MUTTON CHOPS ON THE GRILL, "YOU HEARD ME, HIPPIE." -- MR. BURNS, THE SIMPSONS.

lit

"DROP IT LIKE IT'S HAWWWT." -- SNOOP DOGG

MATCHING OUTFITS 2

"A FIRE, A FIRE IS BURNING." -- ARTHUR MILLER

LIGHT MY FIRE

"TRY TO SET THE NIGHT ON FIRE" -- THE DOORS

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE 1

"GOT TO TELL THE WORLD, YOU'RE MINE MINE MINE" -- JERRY LEE LEWIS

PISSING MATCH

"FACE TO FACE OUT ON THE HEAT" -- SURVIVOR

THE mATCH GAME

FEATURING GENE RAYBURN

steeerike!

"DUTCH STOOD UP AND TOOK A BAT OUT..." --MARK HARRIS

pERFECT MATCH

"PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT THE DEFINITION OF PERFECTION. I SAID IT'S NONE. THERE IS NO DEFINITION OF PEREFECTION." -- NADIA COMANECI

sHOOTING MATCH

"HAMILTON DID FIRE HIS WEAPON INTENTIONALLY, AND HE FIRED FIRST. BUT HE AIMED TO MISS BURR, SENDING HIS BALL INTO THE TREE... THEREBY HONORING A PRE-DUAL PLEDGE" -- JOSEPH ELLIS, HISTORIAN

MEAT, YOUR MATCH

"OUT OF THE FRYING PAN" -- MEAT LOAF

mEET YOUR MATCH

"AND HERE'S THE STAR OF OUR SHOW, JIM LANGE."

bAPTISM BY fIRE

"WORDS ARE ERE SOUND AND SMOKE, DIMMIG THE HEAVENLY LIGHT." == JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE

match made in heaven

"LET THERE BE LIGHT" -- GENESIS 1:3

LAMP LIGHTER

"WITH LANTERN AND LADDER HE COMES POSTING UP THE STREET" -- ROBERT LEWIS STEVENSON

bOXING MATCH

"I ALWAYS CARRY A BOX OF MATCHES IN MY POCKET. WHENEVER I AM CLOSE TO COMMITTING A SIN, I LIGHT A MATCH, WARM MY HAND WITH IT, AND ASK MYSELF, 'ALI, IF YOU CANNOT ENDURE THIS HEAT, HOW WILL YOU WITHSTAND THE FIRE OF HELL?'" -- MUHAMMAD ALI

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE 2

"I'M FLIPPING FIRE, AND I'M CHEWING GUM AND RHYMING AT THE SAME TIME... ON A UNICYCLE, WHILE PLAYING DRUMS." -- MF DOOM

HOLY SMOKE

"GOOD FOR THE WOOL. KEEPS MOTHS AWAY." -- BING CROSBY

NFPA Match Code

RED: 4 FLASHPOINT, BELOW 73 DEGREES, BLUE: 2 HEALTH HAZARD, HAZARDOUS, YELLOW: 4 INSTABILITY, MAY DETONATE, WHITE. SPECIFIC HAZARD.

MIX AND MATCH

"I THINK EVERY WOMAN SHOULD HAVE A BLOWTORCH." -- JULIA CHILD

LE VERT JURE AVEC LA JAUNE

ROUGHLY TRANSLATED: GREEN DOES NOT MATCH WITH YELLOW

CHARIOT OF FIRE

"BRING ME MY BOW OF BURNING GOLD / BRING ME MY ARROWS OF DESIRE / BRING ME MY SPEAR / O CLOUDS, UNFOLD! BRING ME MY CHARIOT OF FIRE." -- WILLIAM BLAKE

LUMEN RESOURCES

"IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO SET YOUR FEARS ON FIRE." -- CHARLENA E. JACKSON, OLYMPIC TORCH BEARER.

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE 3

"IF YOU LIKE THE STUFF I DO, MY CHANCES OF LIKING YOU GO UP." -- PENN JILLETTE

SHOVING MATCH

BUTSUKARI ぶつかり -- "

COLLISION. A JUNIOR WRESTLER PUSHES A MORE SENIOR WRESTLER (IN A RESISTANCE POSITION AND PRESENTING HIS TORSO) WITH FORCE ACROSS THE DOHYO IN ORDER TO BUILD STRENGTH AND LEARN HAND PLACEMENT (AS IN STRIKING A MATCH). A DEMANDING EXERCISE THAT IS REPEATED UNTIL EXHAUSTION. (from Wikipedia).

MATCH MAKER

"MATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER / MAKE ME A MATCH / FIND ME A FIND / CATCH ME A CATCH / NIGHT AFTER NIGHT IN THE DARK I'M ALONE." -- SONG BY MICHELE MARSH, NEVA SMALL, RASALIND HARRIS FROM FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.

IGNITION SEQUENCE START

THE TEMPERATURE FROM STRIKING A MATCH IS 360F. AND REACHES APPROXIATELY 700F. AN ATLAS ROCKET ENGINE, WHICH USES KEROSENE AND LIQUID OXYGEN, COMBUSTION REACHES 6,OOOF OR 3589k.

WHERE THERE'S SMOKE

...THERE'S FIRE, DATES BACK TO 43BC.

contextually, THE "DAWN OF MAN" SCENE IN 2001: A SPACE ODDESEY" IS SET AT 4,000,000 MILLION YEARS BC. (1968, STANLEY KUBRIC, DIRECTOR)

STRIKE!

"DONNY WAS A GOOD BOWLER, AND A GOOD MAN. HE WAS ONE OF US. HE WAS A MAN WHO LOVED THE OUTDOORS AND BOWLING...." -- WALTER SOBCHAK, THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998, ETHAN AND JOEL COEN).

OVER MATCHED

STAN: "Say listen, don't you think you're bounding over your step?"

POLICEMAN: "What do you mean bounding over my step?"

OLLIE: "Why, he means overstepping your bounds."

--LAUREL AND HARDY, THE MUSIC BOX (1932, JAMES PARROTT, DIRECTOR). LINK: Laurel & Hardy - The Music Box (1932) [re-edited with soundtrack]

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