Matchsticks

Pork and Century Egg congee ($5.50) comes topped with thin matchsticks of ginger and scallion rings, which send up a wonderful, healing aroma. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"One of my team-mates was sent off for uttering the word 'matchsticks' to the referee. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Meanwhile, cook 1 minced shallot with 1 strip of bacon, sliced into matchsticks or lardons in a skillet. ❋ Organic Authority.com (2012)

In Arahama, a coastal town in Sendai, tens of thousands of trees that lined the shore were stripped bare and snapped at the base like matchsticks. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The causeway was engulfed in fire and the towers burned like matchsticks. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

Homes are reduced to what look like piles of giant matchsticks. ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)

I am fashionable and fearless, my legs are as thin as matchsticks, I am more desirable than an Express ad. ❋ Casey McGrath (2011)

Your hair stands on end, so many matchsticks on a face coarsened by self-abuse. ❋ Mark Kerstetter (2011)

It took down at least two of the main masts I'm told and broke them like they were tiny matchsticks and washed three poor souls overboard too without so much as a last tearful goodbye to anyone. ❋ Darryl Price (2011)

We'd have to go right back to Sir Alec Douglas-Home and his fuddled attempt to explain how the economy worked by admitting he used matchsticks.9.25pm ET: I can't wait for the transcript of that Rick Perry brain freeze. ❋ Unknown (2011)

One of these happened in a DC suburb and the house was turned into matchsticks when it ignited. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In some French supermarkets, they sell a kit for making tarte flambée, including seasoned cream, packets of skinny bacon batons (matchsticks), and pre-made extra-thin bases. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Like the New Seekers and pampas grass and terrifying public information films reminding people of the dangers of doing things you can't believe any sentient human actually did in the first place – most notably eschewing plugs and simply jamming bare wires into sockets with matchsticks – sheepskin seemed to be everywhere in the 70s, then vanished. ❋ Alexis Petridis (2010)

His right foot was as long as his forearm, the rest of his limbs spindly as matchsticks. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Summer and early autumn varieties can be thrown into any stir-fry – a nice simple one could include batons of carrot (almost matchsticks), spring onions and little florets of cauliflower or broccoli. ❋ Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (2010)

-I [fucked] [the shit out of] that girl yesterday, literally! I was matchsticking like a [mofo]! ❋ Matchstickman (2008)

"but she's a [redhead]" "but [she a] matchstick!" ❋ Wat Eva (2008)

The [matchstick man] [cheated] the poor, old [schmuck] out of 50.000 dollars. ❋ J. Malik (2006)

"Man last night was so [off the chain] me and Andy did six flaming [matchsticks] before [2 am]." ❋ Urban Andy (2009)

Dude, don't give that guy any money. [His story] doesn't [add up]. He's totally just a matchstick man. Many a L. S. [Lowry] painting includes a matchstick man. ❋ Anonymous201000 (2010)

"John has a matchstick workforce avaliable to [suit] your [needs] at [anytime]" ❋ GrontleGums (2023)

The [ned] threatened him with a [matchstick Stanley] [to the face]. ❋ PsychMink (2015)

Guy 1: Hey man, you ready to go out? Guy 2: I dunno, I'm feeling a lil tired, and [my vagina] hurts. Guy 1: [No worries], I'll get ya a Matchstick Ignitor. Guy 2: What the fuck is a Matchstick Ignitor? Guy 1: Shut up and drink [the drink] bitch!! ❋ EggaWoes (2010)

"Hey [Damien], want to play [matchsticks]?" "[Crickey] mate, id be up for it!" ❋ Boomerang-Man (2017)

‘ I still [can’t] [pass] [Grim Matchstick]! Its so hard!’ ❋ A Random Poppy (2022)