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before you throw that lighter away, you can get one last glorious shower of sparks from the unimaginably long flint inside that thing - as long as you have another lighter, too.
Take the metal bit on the top off, then grab onto the spark wheel, and carefully pull it out, making sure not to let the flint go shooting across the room - it's under a ton of pressure.
Now, taketh yon flint and the spring underneath, and stretch the spring out a bit to lengthen it before wrapping it securely around the flint. Give it a couple wraps, then twist the two ends together well - yeh don't want the flint sliding around. Now, go to a place with a hard, fireproof floor or wall - brick, concrete, asphalt... you get the picture.
Hold the spring from the very end, away from yourself. Using another lighter, or a torch if you have one, heat the flint until it glows bright orange throughout.... then throw it at the ground/wall and beholdeth! A huge shower of sparks, which will make you want to do it again and again! Time to save those flints....
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And that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be
banana-shaped.
This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again
how sheeps' bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.
Oh, certainly, sir.
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