In another entry into our series of posts on dangerous-yet-awesome science experiments involving fire, we have a badass and simple video of a guy lighting a ring of hair mousse on fire. Yes, yes, we know it's flammable, but the results probably aren't what you're expecting. If you decide to try this for yourself I recommend doing it in your driveway rather than on your kitchen table, but hell, I'm no doctor. Do it on your carpet for all I care. [Spluch]
Fiery Ring of Hair Mousse Educates as it Entertains; Also, Burns Stuff
10:25 AM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By Adam Frucci
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not fiery enough for the deathmatch i'm sponsoring next week.
That stuff smells bad enough already, I can only imagine the stench when you light it on fire. Probably takes five years off you life too.
A video is officially cool when throughout the whole thing I think to myself, "How big can I go with this? A football field?"
What sorcery is this?!
That's the coolest thing I'm going to see today.
I love slot cars
Come on baby light my fire, try to set the kitchen table ON FIIIIRRRE.
Note to all the pyromaniacs rushing to Walgreens to buy hair products: please pick up hairspray and hair gel too, as I would like to see how they burn. Please videotape this for the entertainment of our fellow Gizmotians and your fire insurance adjuster.
Everyone sing along...
Love is a burning thing
and it makes a firery ring
bound by wild desire
I fell in to a ring of fire...
I fell in to a burning ring of fire
I went down,down,down
and the flames went higher.
And it burns,burns,burns
the ring of fire
the ring of fire.
The taste of love is sweet
when hearts like our's meet
I fell for you like a child
oh, but the fire went wild..
I fell in to a burning ring of fire.....[etc]
/Johnny Cash
@IUSEAMACSOSUEME:
forget the football field, think bigger! an entire city! an entire STATE! THE WHOLE WORLD!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
oh...sorry...
Pehh... Michael Jackson did this video years ago....
+ Watch video
Darn you, ANoel... now i'm going to have that song in my head all day!
[...ring of fire... bringing thing... ring of fire... agh!]
D.
Ok, that was way way cooler than I thought it would be. Awesome.
Crazy World Of Arthur Brown!
I am the god of hell fire, and I bring you
Fire, I'll take you to burn
Fire, I'll take you to learn
I'll see you burn
You fought hard and you saved and earned
But all of it's going to burn
And your mind, your tiny mind
You know you've really been so blind
Now 's your time, burn your mind
You're falling far too far behind
Oh no, oh no, oh no, you're gonna burn
Fire, to destroy all you've done
Fire, to end all you've become
I'll feel you burn
You've been living like a little girl
In the middle of your little world
And your mind, your tiny mind
You know you've really been so blind
Now 's your time, burn your mind
You're falling far too far behind
OOhhh
Fire, I'll take you to burn
Fire, I'll take you to learn
You're gonna burn, you're gonna burn
You're gonna burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn
Fire, I'll take you to burn
Fire, I'll take you to learn
Fire, I'll take you to bed
@scarbrtj: much better song reference than any of the others. It's a shame noone else noticed it.
You certainly get a nomination for comment of the day.
two words: flaming goatse
Darn Canadians alway's know how to make being drunk even more fun.
hehheh....
fire...
Fire...
FIRE!...
hehheh
That's gonna leave a mark...
And while we're making song references, how 'bout:
Fire (Uh) [Uh]
Fire (It's all about) [Uh, uh]
Fire (Woo, woo, woo)
Fire
The way you walk and talk really sets me off
To a fuller love, child, yes, it does, uh
The way you squeeze and tease, knocks to me my knees
รข'Cause I'm smokin', baby, baby
[snip]
Fire (What I said, child, ow)
Fire (Uh-huh)
Got me burnin', burnin', burnin'
Got me burnin', burnin', burnin' (Yeah)
Got me burnin', burnin', burnin' (Yeah)
Woo...hoo...hoo...baby
Start burnin, burnin' baby
Ooh. Ooh, ooh, ooh
Burnin, burnin' baby
Oh, baby
(Ohio Players)
:-)
interesting that in the end the flame was traveling counter clockwise...
I could see this being great for backyard wrestling matches. Next week: Flaming Mousse Table Match!
wow...I need to stop at the grocery store and get a can of mousse...I wanna try that shizz at home!
@Lizard_King:
TOTALLY. Looks like someone set my old John Player Special slot car on fire and sent it around.....
@Lizard_King: my thoughts exactly.
Hmmm... Weird... I just tried this and it didnt work at all. It all went up at once and the entire ring burnt simultaneously until there was only a non flammable clear liquid left behind. Actually smelled quite pleasant as well.
The way all that chaos settles down and stabilizes into a single flame front is awesome and interesting.
I think I know what I'm doing for July 4th. Imagine layering like 3 cans of that stuff around someone's car and driving it around town as it burns. That's celebrating independance.
This could be the next mentos and diet coke.
better yet, make a heart shape in the snow, walk your girl into the center in the middle of the night, then flick your cig to your ready to burn heart.
Cool! It looked like a little fire shark swimming in a circle.
@frndlybnny
thats the first thing that popped into my head.
oh, and i would reccomend puttin something under yur mousse before you do this i didnt see it in the video...
Now go try non-dairy creamer.
When I was younger we used to blow up tree stumps with non-dairy creamer.
(serious)
"Coffeemate" specifically. ^
Found a link for you: [www.madphysics.com]
They still sell hair mousse!?
@ANoel: I always thought that this song was secretly about haemorrhoids. You know... ring of fire and all.
Kewl.
Dear Mr. Frucci,
This, my good man, is why i am a follower of yours. That is an amazing video, but shit man, i almost spit milk out of my nose with your last statement... and i haven't had a glass of milk today.
You, sir, are a gentleman and a baller...erm... scholar. Nope. I was right the first time.
@frndlybnny: I just barfed in my mouth.Youve gotta be pretty messed up to think of that
Meh.
Acetone is much more flammable.
Does that work with squirty cream?
Wonder if it works on Mohawks and emo kids with Damien hair cuts
flamer
Why didn't I see this 4 hours ago when I was in the shampoo aisle ffs...the store is 24 hours though...hmmm...I like fire.
@superbad: It's a real live self-organizing probabilistic cellular automaton!
Pretty.
fucking nuts!
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