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Chris -- 2018-04-11
My sister: “Let’s build a BOMB fire!”
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Very nice alternative posts for bomb fire are those by Peter Forster and booboo. Another, encore by Haughey6.
Today, some variants: beach barn fire, bahn-fire, bond fire and Bonn fire.
Church blog:
Bond Fire & Cookie Bake – Anyway the bond fire at Kristen’s house is this Saturday starting at 5pm
(http://912oxygen.blogspot.com/2006/11/b … -bake.html)
nice bit on bahn-fires and barn-fires here: http://books.google.ca/books?id=wSDZU4c … t&resnum=2
Myspace video for musician Deez Beatz:
DB has really mastered a modern day Hip Hop aquatic vibe, that is as wild and fun as any beach barn-fire party (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu … =384619610)
Myspace blog:
hey theres gonna be a beach barn fire party saturday if your interested?
(http://www.myspace.com/ironwilledfuckup)
A geographical Annie Lehmann
Yahoo answers:
Question: Ideas For a Beach Bonfire? I am thinking of having a Bonfire on the beach but im not sure what to do about games
Best answer: Great Idea,,,a Bonn-fire can be so much fun at the beach
(http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index … 839AATWEEw)
Himalayan rafting tour: Lunch is served en-route on the river beach. On arrival at Kaudiyala dinner with Bonn fire and overnight at the camp.
(http://www.incrediblehimalayas.com/raft … prayag.htm)
Indian hotel bookings: A large sunny terrace, overlooking Lal Tibba- the highest peak of Mussoorie and the mesmerizing snow clad Bunder-Poonch – is just perfect place for breakfast or lazing around and enjoying the ever changing moods of mother nature or for jam session with your friends around a Bonn-fire.
(http://www.bookhimachalhotels.com/hotel … soorie.htm)
The mesmerizing snow clad Bunder-Poonch!
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And let’s not forget the heat that heals:
Let me see 3 more months to my birthday yayyy i am turning 15 . so i might have a balmfire for my birthday.
I went to the beach with a bunch of friends today it was really fun , we were there most of the day then came home and had a balmfire lol but , I can’t wait …
Or the following mondegreen:
I remember a song from church, Balm of Gilead, which I heard as Bomb of Gilead. When singing this song I thought it was pretty cool that a bomb had been …
www.inktankforums.com/showthread.php?p=12704
The writer continues, ”...a bomb had been made that would make things better instead of destroying them. But I also wondered how it healed things while blowing up.
Here are the lyrics I used to mishear:
There is a balm in Gilead
To make the wounded whole;
There is a balm in Gilead
To heal the sin-sick soul.”
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I stumbled upon an instance of “bond fire” that might indicate more clearly its alternative imagery, as a fire where people bond.
Why would they send their armies if everyone was singing songs in front of bond fires and holding hands?
Yahoo questions forum
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