All I wanted was a hamburger

My roommates and I were gonna cook hamburgers on our grill and the ignitor is broken. None of us smoke and the lighter we had used to light the grill before was out of gas. We were on our way to the gas station to pick up a new lighter when i decided it would be  good time to do Ms. Selmans assignment. We were going to try to light the grill without a lighter. We knew we could use the stove to light some paper and bring it to the grill, but we thought that would be cheating. In stead, my roommate Zach found his flint and magnesium he uses for camping. That stuff is a major pain in the ass. It was a little windy outside and every time we got a flame to light some paper the wind would blow it right out. We tried farting on it. If your thinking about trying that let me be the bearer of bad news, it doesn't work so well. Eventually we got a good flame and got the grill lit. I don't know how we would have done it without the flint though, ill sure never take fire for granted again. It took a little longer, but it was an adventure.