Yes, If You Set It On Fire It Will Burn

There's been a rash of arsons taking place in Maryland. Right now they're looking for a man driving a blue van. Given these communications with my younger son yesterday, I'd almost suspect something if it weren't for the van part:

Snippet of IM chat yesterday. D- was at home, I was at work:

D-: Do guitar picks have oil in them?
kemwhite: Oil? Uh, no. Well, maybe a little from the oils on you skin. GTG.

Snippet of conversation between D- and me later that evening:

D-: Are you sure guitar picks don't have oil in them?
Me: Well, I don't think there's any oil in them. They're just plastic. There's just the oil from your skin perhaps on the outside. You don't need to put any kind of conditioner on them as far as I know either. Why?
D-: Well you know how you can pass your finger really quick through a candle flame and it won't burn? Well I tried that with a guitar pick and it really burst into flame. *Whoooshhh!!!* I just thought it might have had oil in it the way it burned....

Well at least he's not imitating Jimi Hendrix.
K-