Candles are nice, but occasionally have a little too much feminine quality to them. A friend of mine recently inquired whether I could invent a "manly candle." I immediately responded that the "manly candle" was invented centuries ago and continues to endure.
The famous Italian bottles of Chianti with the wicker bases (which help stabilize the top heavy bottle design) are technically called, fiascos. Fiasco is the Italian word for flask, or bottle, but ironically led to the English word meaning, a complete failure or disaster. Whether the evolution of the word is related to the unstable shape of the bottle itself, or the fact that those who drink too much of its content are similarly "tipsy" is unclear but players of the Commedia dell'Arte who flopped on stage, were said to have "made a fiasco."
Etamology aside, you should buy a few of these bottles. Drink, cook with, or dump the contents depending on your attitude toward "table wine." The empty bottles will make excellent candle holders. Heat up the bottom inch or two of a candle and jam it in the mouth of the bottle so that there is no risk of the candle making its own fiasco. These holders can last you the rest of your lifetime. As the years go by they will become covered with inches of lovely melted multi-colored waxes. Se bellisimo!
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