We've all heard the phrase "speak softly but carry a large stick." Well, this applies to acolytion as well, sort of. We'd like to reword it "walk slowly when carrying a large stick." In other words, if you're "lightin' it up" you really need to walk slowly to get to your proverbial candles. Otherwise, your flame will burn out on that walk down the aisle. Then, you'll look like a tool, and have to fake light a bunch of candles ceremoniously. Now THAT is embarrassment.
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My grandpa used to take the baggie of guts that comes inside frozen whole turkeys and nibble on them raw. Just enough to make my mother turn four shades of nauseous, though, so it was really for entertainment value.