There is nothing funnier than a full grown adult having a tanty about something small and insignificant. It is especially when that person happens to be a close friend and throws a tantrum in front of a group of people on New Years Eve. And when that person immediately regrets throwing the tantrum that you may or may not have been directly responsible for causing.

Basically a certain female someone was attempting to light the gas bbq after accidentally turning the gas down so low that the flames went out... nothing major, except for some idiot in the group constantly giving pieces of stupid safety advice. Advice that went something like this:

"Careful, if the gas builds up too much it might pop and explode and you will burn your face", and "Hurry! Quick light it before there is too much gas and it might get dangerous!" and "Don't stand too close, when it catches alight it is going to boom".

That on its own would drive anyone to a temper tantrum of epic proportions, but not this rather forgiving individual. She took it and took it, right up until a point of no return. I waited until her face was very close to the hotplate of the BBQ, and then clapped as hard as I could, making a mini booming sound. She thought the hotplate was exploding with her face in rather close proximity.

She paniced, dropped the torch, and then threw the lighter over our heads onto the grass on the other side of our little new years eve bbq setup. She could have hit an endangered Bilby with that stray lighter.

As soon as she threw the lighter away, she realised her mistake of showing her fear and frustration, and almost before we had realised she had chucked a tanty like a misbehaving 6 year old child, was across the other side of the area retrieving the lost lighter. That girl is always cleaning up after herself... so efficient. Even cleans up after her own temper tantrums. Good kid.

So I thought I would interpret and exaggerate the nights tanty through the majesty of badly drawn cartoons. As you can see, I called it "When Lighters Attack". Classic 'B Grade' comedy.