How to Make Fire Using a Potato

Fun and pointless. But useful?
I don't think so.

Yea, right. I'm calling BS on this one.

All these new how-tos that are coming out lately are like hiccup cures: intended solely for the entertainment of those watching.

Amazing. How did they ever figure that one out?

that might be useful for survival reasons, but it isn't practical one bit to light a cigarette for a hot girl.

Great - If I'm ever at a bar and I find myself without a lighter or matches when a pretty girl asks for a light, I'll be sure to pull out my potato, salt, toothpaste, toothpicks, wire, knife, spoon, and cotton!

A toothpick is enough for McGyver and Chuck Norris would only use a stare...

I like it when nice girls assk ;)

That was pretty cool. You can also turn on a small lightbulb with a potato or a lemon.

aren't those wires being used? so you need wires too?

I could've run out to the Kwik-e-mart to buy a cheap lighter in that amount of time.

Who wants to fool around with a girl that smokes?

Oh boy I wish I had read that disclaimer before hitting play!

that pretty much explain why nerds that have all the time to figure out such things are single, coz the stupid good looking guy would just bring out his lighter while the nerd guy takes 10 minutes to assemble his homemade potato lighter.

This one had me laughing the whole way through. In the 10 minutes that it took to make the fire, the guy could have:
- asked a neighbor for a lighter
- used his stovetop
- rubbed two sticks together (or used steel wool)
- etc.

I was just waiting for him to pull out a lighter and light the whole contraption on fire. Interesting little battery, but rather ridiculous concept to use if trying to "impress" a girl.

It might not impress a girl, but it certainly is something to try for the bored geeks at home.

I should try it sometime-- it's not practical, but it's immensely awesome.

Big deal.

can anyone explain why this works?

With a little ingenuity, you could probably bake the potato itself.

It saddens me slightly that I already knew how to do this... A better trick for picking up girls in bars is getting the bartender to give you a small glass of 151, soaking a hundred dollar bill in it and lighting it on fire. It won't burn (test this first if you've never done it, just in case) and, even if she's not impressed by your useless chem knowledge, she'll know you have enough money in your wallet to cover her tab for the night...

i like eek's idea, harness the power of the potato to cook it

Tell her if she wants to smoke, get her own light and go outside.

The how-to should have been how to get a real bikini girl to pose for your movie rather than filming a magazine pic.

In the immortal words of Lois Griffin, "If she smokes, she pokes."

siktir lan, didn't burn

i cant see the vid coz im using a psp but the comments are funny

um can anyone tell me hwy dose the toothpaste work ??

this takes so much time ..

Useless .. Sorry ..

it dont work

It's a simple half-cell galvanic reaction. Essentially the potato and salt act like the inside of a battery and placing the wires together creates a flow of current with a combination of heat and a spark (that's why you wait 5 mins to "charge" up the cell. The cotton merely catches the spark and creates the flame.

Just by seeing the ingedients he uses, you can already tell that its not going to work ... how would salt and toothpaste mixed together inside a potato and 2 wires start a fire ,,, it makes no sence ,,, however, out of bordem and the possiblity that it may work , I tryed. Twice lol haha and guess what it didnt work...no big surprise there.... and for the guy that made the comment on the glass of 151 and the 100 dollar bill... That wont work either your bill would burn....It's rubbing alcohol and a little bit of water.. the alcohol burns off as the water preserves the paper...

so funny bringing toothpaste,salt and etc. in a bar..LOL

all these comments are funny. my friend wanted to try it but i said it wouldnt work.he said it would he got all the stuff and tried and it didnt work( obiously) and he took my lighter and went to his pond tied a string to it used my lighter to light it and threw it in there.he took it out and threw it away and the whole time from after 4mins 50secs i was lmfao!