should we play with fire?

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Most of us are told as children not to play with fire (well those of us with sensible parents anyway, my friend Mike and his experimental parents may suggest different but thats another story) but what is so terrible about fire? nothing, it brings us warmth, cooks food, kills unwanted things, creates light, but that doesn't mean we should play with it because it burns. However what is life without a bit of risk thrown in? i was the other day doing a bit of fire poi, this is where you get two sort of chains and at the bottom are two flammable sort of flammable bits at the bottom, you then spin them around and it looks cool in the dark, it was great fun, except when you hit yourself it hurts. I was also given the chance to do some firebreathing but being a wimp i chickened out, so my question to you all is should i bite the bullet and breathe fire next week, or is it too dangerous? Also as this is a discussion site share some of the other fun experiences you can have playing with fire (in a responsible adult way of course)