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azurelunatic) wrote2002-09-23 01:55 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2002-09-23 01:55 pm
Definitions:
"On without being lit."
This refers to the old propane stove at my parents' house, a brown affair that used to be self-lighting. It now requires the addition of external flame. For a while, however, during the transition from self-lighting to un-self-lighting, we would have to wait to hear the whoosh of the flame coming on, or lean over and watch for it, to make sure the stove lit. My mother was the worst offender, and when she would leave the stove on without being lit, we would turn the thing off and air the house out before doing anything more.
Later, the phrase took on meaning similar to "the lights are on, but nobody's home", with undertones of far greater potential danger.
This refers to the old propane stove at my parents' house, a brown affair that used to be self-lighting. It now requires the addition of external flame. For a while, however, during the transition from self-lighting to un-self-lighting, we would have to wait to hear the whoosh of the flame coming on, or lean over and watch for it, to make sure the stove lit. My mother was the worst offender, and when she would leave the stove on without being lit, we would turn the thing off and air the house out before doing anything more.
Later, the phrase took on meaning similar to "the lights are on, but nobody's home", with undertones of far greater potential danger.
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