by Artemis » Sun Jan 15, 2006 8:51 am
A: It's nervous. Candles comminucate by scent, much in the same way that dogs use urine to mark their territory (only much more complex, and not involving urination - candles are civilised beings, and know what the bathroom is for). A candle in an environment it's accustomed to, with other candles it knows, will continually broadcast a veritable symphony of chemical clouds, discussing with its peers such topics as the weather, politics, local sporting teams, and how lightbulbs are cheap and nasty and no substitute for a proper candle as a light source. But if you take a candle and put it in a strange room with no-one it knows, it will naturally shut up and cautiously assess the situation before speaking up to anyone.
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