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What is "to shove a marshmallow on a stick in the furnace What's the meaning of "to shove a marshmallow on a stick in the furnace"? It seems like a joke but I have no idea[emoji]The previous sentence is: He wanted above all, like the old joke, to shove a marshmallow on a stick in the furnace,while the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and lawn of the house, from Part One, Fahrenheit 451.
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Like Peachey says, a furnace is extremely hot. In the US and Canada, we like to put marshmallows on a stick and roast them over a campfire, or at home in the fireplace. Such marshmallows are delicious, by the way, and can also be sandwiched between two graham crackers, although I prefer mine a bit charred, which doesn’t work so well for the sandwich thing. The sandwich is called a “s’more” (probably a contraction of “some more, please!”) Anyhow, the point is that we roast marshmallows over small, controlled fires, and only a very special person would do so over a large fire. I leave it to you to guess what kind of person that would be. Note also that “shove” has somewhat reckless or violent connotations.
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You'll need to give us some context. All I can say is that a furnace is extremely hot.
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