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Once read the book Auto da fe by Elias Canetti. This thread is much more entertaining although to be fair that wouldn't be difficult. Because the book had been banned I assumed it would be racy. Wrong!

Aristo, remember the coincidence with the same theme being in Harper's May & the Speccie 2061?

It gets weirder. A minute ago finished the Sunday NYT I'd forgotten about. My last entry was DAFE resulting in a WTF? moment. Clue 75A: Auto ____. (click the puzzle)
http://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.ca/2012/04/wild-banana-sun-4-15-12-italian-holiday.html

Then noticed this thread had grown, & what do I find?
You & teenieleek using the term:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-da-f%C3%A9

Careful. Torquemada is casting an evil spell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tym0MObFpTI

Great clip, bring on the soft cushions.
(quake)
I'm a pyrophiliac.........

Hmmm - Just looked that up in the Urban dictionary - it puts a different slant on Love of Fire !

Just don't engage in pyropiracy:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pyropiracy

OOps, thought I'd made up the word "pyrophiliac". Naughty Urban Dictionary!

Syzzie: It occurs to me that General Motors already has the Chevy Volt, which has a reputation for spontaneously combusting. Perhaps they'd consider renaming it.
Re Monty Python skit: Quite the rack.
Rosalind: I must recast my image of you.