Gingerbread House 2010

My friend and I caught her yard on fire yesterday. Yeah. That huge black blob in her yard is the area where the fire spread. There at the edge, you can see her dad's boat. Yes. We got that close to burning her dad's boat. Now, I'm sure you're wondering what in the world we were doing to catch the yard on fire. Well, we were burning a gingerbread house, of course.

Now you're thinking, "Why in the hell were they burning a gingerbread house?!" I'll start at the beginning. Five years ago, my mom bought me a gingerbread house, so I took it to my friend Katie's to assemble it. We started to decorate it, and we got bored. So, of course, we would cover the snowman we made in red food coloring. Red food coloring? Yes, red food coloring. He became the snowman who was shot around the back of the house. We were just a little morbid. After we murdered the snow man, we realized how bored we were. At this point, I suggested we burn it. We took the house outside and put matches to it. Nothing happened. Discouraged, we grabbed the lighter fluid and doused the house. Again, we put matches to it. It didn't burn. We covered it in paper towels and soaked those in lighter fluid. Nada. Feeling defeated, we continued to try to burn a gingerbread house every year thereafter. Each year we tried something new. 

This year we bought 91% isopropyl alcohol, and doused the house. It's was all good at first, but the fire quickly spread. See, here in Arkansas, it's been dry. Therefore, the grass was dry. It was also windy. Hense the aftermath. Now, the best part is, the house remained nearly untouched.