http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/bookburning Questions tagged with 'bookburning' at Ask MetaFilter. Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:12:03 -0800 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:12:03 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/43359/How%2Ddo%2DI%2Dsend%2Da%2Dbook%2Dto%2DValhalla Help me plan a Viking funeral for a hated book. Over the past few weeks, I've really come to hate the GMAT prep book that I'm working through. I've decided that, at a camping trip next month, I'm going to express that hatred by giving the goddamned thing a Viking funeral by building a little "boat" for it, lighting it on fire, and setting it adrift on Lake Superior.<br> <br> I need some help with the technical aspects, though: Mainly, I need to figure out a way to keep it afloat (and on fire) until it's completely burned away. I'd also like to minimize the amount of foreign objects I put into the lake, so I need to come up with a way to build the "boat" out of as little material as possible (or maybe out of something like driftwood).<br> <br> Oh, and the book in questions is roughly 9x12, maybe two inches thick, and printed on very cheap paper which would probably burn pretty well.<br> <br> Thanks for any engineering/pyrotechnic suggestions... tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.43359 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:12:03 -0800 bookburning gmatprep vikingfuneral COBRA!