ORIGINAL: Wild Foamy
... ive just read the comments about flipping the prop by hand with the ignition live, its kinda like putting your fingers into a giant blender whilst you plug it in, if the engine fired and the person didnt have a hard enough grip on the prop, whats going to be in the way when it starts turning? (yep, your hand!)
you should be able to feel wether its flooded or not by turning it by hand without the ignition live, plus this si much safer.
watch the fuel line, as soon as you see fuel enter the carb give it 1 or 2 more flicks, back the prop up so that its against compression, turn the glow on and crank it over with the starter (not by letting it run before you stick it on the spinner, as mentioned above you could cause damage)
I think they were reffering to starting the engine with a gloved hand (unless a couple of posts where deleted that I didn't see)
a common practice with very large glow and gas engines. I have never done it myself but most of the members at my club do on their big engines.