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Jun. 29th, 2004 08:01 pmEvery year the 'fireworks are dangerous' articles come out. This year they seem to be focusing on sparklers. They get really hot. Duh.
http://www.wtop.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=217629
I do like the pics in the article
Picture 1) Sparklers can quickly cause fires, especially if you duct tape them to your arm and let them burn down under the long sleeved shirt you're
wearing in humid 90+ degree July weather. If you do that, you're probably wearing kerosene aftershave too.
Picture 2) Confiscated fireworks. If they're fun, lookin, they're illegal.
Picture 3) A look at what's legal in Fairfax county: Boring things that sit there and spit a pathetic little trail of sparks. After all, everyone loves watching snakes slowly and silently exude a long piece of ash. (The 'S' is for sucks....)
Yes, every year in late July we get to hear the stories on the news about someone who stuck a roman candle in their mouth or something and got hurt. I've always put it down to a form of Darwinism. I remember doing stuff with fireworks that was less than safe, but throwing jumping jacks into a storm drain, pointing those roman candle things so the flaming balls go vaugely in the direction of your best friend, and converting an length of 1" pipe into a bottle rocket bazooka just aren't the same as sticking an m80 in your mouth. (which makes me think of the MST3K line '..sinus pain is like having a sparkler shoved up your nose...')
I'm not really going anywhere with this. I'm not proposing that folks be allowed to purchase dynamite or something to celebrate the 4th, but it's silly to go thinking that the people who end up hurting themselves aren't going to find some other way to do it if you don't let them get a string of Black Cats. The people who read/watch/hear these warnings are either smart enough to NOT blow their fingers off, or are going to ignore 'em and try to fire bottle rockets out of their butts anyway.
http://www.wtop.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=217629
I do like the pics in the article
Picture 1) Sparklers can quickly cause fires, especially if you duct tape them to your arm and let them burn down under the long sleeved shirt you're
wearing in humid 90+ degree July weather. If you do that, you're probably wearing kerosene aftershave too.
Picture 2) Confiscated fireworks. If they're fun, lookin, they're illegal.
Picture 3) A look at what's legal in Fairfax county: Boring things that sit there and spit a pathetic little trail of sparks. After all, everyone loves watching snakes slowly and silently exude a long piece of ash. (The 'S' is for sucks....)
Yes, every year in late July we get to hear the stories on the news about someone who stuck a roman candle in their mouth or something and got hurt. I've always put it down to a form of Darwinism. I remember doing stuff with fireworks that was less than safe, but throwing jumping jacks into a storm drain, pointing those roman candle things so the flaming balls go vaugely in the direction of your best friend, and converting an length of 1" pipe into a bottle rocket bazooka just aren't the same as sticking an m80 in your mouth. (which makes me think of the MST3K line '..sinus pain is like having a sparkler shoved up your nose...')
I'm not really going anywhere with this. I'm not proposing that folks be allowed to purchase dynamite or something to celebrate the 4th, but it's silly to go thinking that the people who end up hurting themselves aren't going to find some other way to do it if you don't let them get a string of Black Cats. The people who read/watch/hear these warnings are either smart enough to NOT blow their fingers off, or are going to ignore 'em and try to fire bottle rockets out of their butts anyway.