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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (96524)	4/27/2003 1:59:11 PM
From: w0z	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

"What is blue touchpaper?" Carbon paper...remember that? I'm dating myself... ;-)

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (96524)	4/27/2003 2:05:48 PM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 281500

What is blue touchpaper? In the UK, it's the old fashioned fuse for a firework, typically a rocket. The instructions usually were... "Light blue touchpaper and immediately retire to a safe distance" ps: "blue touchpaper" was notoriously unreliable. It was just blue paper with some gunpowder twisted in. It would often "go out" then relight it'self, often when the spectator wandered over to see what was wrong. These days UK fireworks have a more modern and reliable fuses.