I've just taken a looong bath (2 and a half hours) with my other half. We surrounded the bath with candles, we drank champagne and just enjoyed relaxing together in the usual Valentine's romantic style.

Vomit worthy? - yes!

However, there's something about candles that make me feel all calm and peaceful within.

Personally, I always find myself staring into the flames and taking myself into that realm of total peace and tranquility.

Likewise, whenever there's an electric power-cut, I love lighting candles and filling the house with that romantic, flickering light. It comes to a point when I don't want the power to come back on - I just want to spend the entire evening just relaxing in that dimly-lit, stress-reducing light.

So, what does everybody else feel about candlelight? Does it make you feel all soft, dreamy and romantic? Or can't you stand the constantly moving, dim half light that candles force upon us?

Or, are candles only any good if you ram them up your vagina/rectum?

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[This message was edited Fri Feb 14 13:32:35 PST 2003 by Haystack]

Ho hum, another charity thread, please give generously.

(Note to self: Stop trying to be serious!)

You just couldnt do it! Ya couldnt do it! You had to trash the end of the post...

I'm just glad to see you got rid of that hairy nipple. Perhaps the candles burned the hair off?

But are candles really good for ramming? If you're not careful, they break off...so I hear...and then you have the embarrassing trip to the ER...now who needs that?

Nothinbutjoy said:

Nothinbutjoy said:

At least you could light the candle, to see your way to the ER.

I had to get my avatar in this thread somehow...

If you are really going to ummm "ram" it, be sure to blow it out first

I like scented candles around the bed with the lights completely off. Can really set the mood for some wild shit.

i like to get the house nice and clean and get the kids off to bed...then i can trun on my music or watch a movie in peace.
i light about 20 candles in my house almost everyday...i am a candle lover...and for the scent... i like the new one by YANKEE candle company - fresh linen... smells like nice clean laundry

i definately love the candle light though it is calming and sensual

Candles are wonderful, they calm me...

Candles are just wonderful. Thank the person who created them!

They are responsible for adding a great deal of romance to the world.

Yes, I love candles. But I don't love to take long baths, hate it when the water begings to become cold. So I do choice the shower. Long showers!

I adore candles...

I think candles are pretty cool. I like the soft light they give off and the faint scent they have. I'm more into burning incense though myself. A combination of both is really cool!

I love candles. Very inpiring, I think that is how I will fill my evening tonight. Some candle light, some soft music, a visit to the org and a bit of grog and my hand

reminds me of that old joke:

There's two nuns in a convent,

One says to the other..
"Where's the candle?"

The other one says..
"Yes it does rather doesn't it!"

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Therapy said:

Only a bit?

Candles are for hippies and poor people.

EricCartman said:

Sweet.

Candles can be very romantic but sometimes the crackle of the flame might ruin the flow.

This reminded me of the following Two Ronnies sketch:

In a hardware shop. Ronnie Corbett is behind the counter, wearing a warehouse jacket. He has just finished serving a customer.
CORBETT (muttering): There you are. Mind how you go.
(Ronnie Barker enters the shop, wearing a scruffy tank-top and beanie)
BARKER: Four Candles!
CORBETT: Four Candles?
BARKER: Four Candles.
(Ronnie Corbett makes for a box, and gets out four candles. He places them on the counter)
BARKER: No, four candles!
CORBETT (confused): Well there you are, four candles!
BARKER: No, fork 'andles! 'Andles for forks!
(Ronnie Corbett puts the candles away, and goes to get a fork handle. He places it onto the counter)CORBETT (muttering): Fork handles. Thought you said 'four candles!' (more clearly) Next?
BARKER: Got any plugs?
CORBETT: Plugs. What kind of plugs?
BARKER: A rubber one, bathroom.
(Ronnie Corbett gets out a box of bath plugs, and places it on the counter)
CORBETT (pulling out two different sized plugs): What size?
BARKER: Thirteen amp!
CORBETT (muttering): It's electric bathroom plugs, we call them, in the trade. Electric bathroom plugs!
(He puts the box away, gets out another box, and places on the counter an electric plug, then puts the box away)
BARKER: Saw tips!
CORBETT: Saw tips? (he doesn't know what he means) What d'you want? Ointment, or something like that?
BARKER: No, saw tips for covering saws.
CORBETT: Oh, haven't got any, haven't got any. (he mutters) Comin' in, but we haven' got any. Next?
BARKER: 'O's!
CORBETT: 'O's?
BARKER: 'O's.
(He goes to get a hoe, and places it on the counter)
BARKER: No, 'O's!
CORBETT: 'O's! I thought you said 'O! (he takes the hose back, and gets a hose, whilst muttering) When you said 'O's, I thought you said 'O! 'O's!
(He places the hose onto the counter)
BARKER: No, 'O's!
CORBETT (confused for a moment): O's? Oh, you mean panty 'o's, panty 'o's! (he picks up a pair of tights from beside him)
BARKER: No, no, 'O's! 'O's for the gate. Mon repose! 'O's! Letter O's!
CORBETT (finally realising): Letter O's! (muttering) You had me going there!
(He climbs up a stepladder, gets a box down, puts the ladder away, and takes the box to the counter, and searches through it for letter O's)
CORBETT: How many d'you want?
BARKER: Two.
(Ronnie Corbett leaves two letter O's on the counter, then takes the box back, gets the ladder out again, puts the box away, climbs down the ladder, and puts the ladder away, then returns to the counter)
CORBETT: Yes, next?
BARKER: Got any P's?
CORBETT (fed up): For Gawd' sake, why didn' you bleedin' tell me that while I was up there then? I'm up and down the shop already, it's up and down the bleedin' shop all the time. (He gets the ladder out, climbs up and gets the box of letters down, then puts the ladder away) Honestly, I've got all this shop, I ain't got any help, it's worth it we plan things. (He puts the box on the counter, and gets out some letter P's) How many d'you want?
BARKER: No! Tins of peas. Three tins of peas!
CORBETT: You're 'avin' me on, ain't ya, yer 'avin' me on?
BARKER: I'm not!
(Ronnie Corbett dumps the box under the counter, and gets three tins of peas)
CORBETT (placing the tins on the counter): Next?
BARKER: Got any pumps?
CORBETT (getting really fed up): 'And pumps, foot pumps? Come on!
BARKER (surprised he has to ask): Foot pumps!
CORBETT (muttering, as he goes down the shop): Foot pumps. See a foot pump? (He sees one, and picks it up) Tidy up in 'ere.
(He puts the pump down on the counter)
BARKER: No, pumps fer ya feet! Brown pump, size nine!
CORBETT (almost at breaking point): You are 'avin' me on, you are definitely 'avin' me on!
BARKER (not taking much notice of Corbett's mood): I'm not!
CORBETT: You are 'avin' me on! (He takes back the pump, and gets a pair of brown foot pumps out of a drawer, and places them on the counter) Next?
BARKER: Washers!
CORBETT (really close to breaking point): What, dishwashers, floor washers, car washers, windscreen washers, back scrubbers, lavatory cleaners? Floor washers?
BARKER: 'Alf inch washers!
CORBETT: Oh, tap washers, tap washers? (He finally breaks, and makes to confiscate his list) Look, I've had just about enough of this, give us that list. (He mutters) I'll get it all myself! (Reading through the list) What's this? What's that? Oh that does it! That just about does it! I have just about had it! (calling through to the back) Mr. Jones! You come out and serve this customer please, I have just about had enough of 'im. (Mr. Jones comes out, and Ronnie Corbett shows him the list) Look what 'e's got on there! Look what 'e's got on there!
JONES (who goes to a drawer with a towel hanging out of it, and opens it): Right! How many would ya like? One or two?
(He removes the towel to reveal the label on the drawer - 'Bill hooks'!)

I remembered it being funnier. Anyway...

EricCartman said:

Not onlyyy!

BorisFishpaw said:

Hey Boris, why did you change your avatar?!?! I miss Ren and Stimpy.

I love candles, but recently my cat walked by a lit candle and set her tail on fire.

Luckily my husband saw her and extinguished the fire quickly before she was burned.