My friend nearly exploded

A Mighty Warrior · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:52 am

My and me mates were had a bonfire going in my garden, and we were setting off fireworks. The stick on one of the fireworks broke, but my mate decided to try set it off anyway. The firework went up slightly in the air and started spireling around my garden, it wasn't even that high up it was level with us. The firework then exploded right next to one of my mates who was watching. We thought he [omitted] got hit by it! I never [omitted] myself so much in my life. Cool thing is... i videoed it. =D It's 700kb and 23 seconds long, so download it.
For those who can't be bothered, here's the gist of it:

Matt: "Get away from Lee."
Heather: "[omitted] how close to the ground do you want it?
Lee: "Shut the [omitted] up!"
Heather: "Run!"
A Mighty Warrior: "Lee if this goes wrong i swear to god..."
Heather: "[omitted], i'm [omitted] it."
*firework fires off into the air and spirals out of control"
A Mighty Warrior: "[omitted]!"
Heather: *screams*
*big [omitted] loud explosion in the direction of Matt as the firework hits the ground*
Heather: *screams again*
Lee: "[omitted]!"
Heather: *A thud noise as she falls over*

At this point the video ends, i must of pressed stop be accident. We all run over to see if Matt's ok and he emerges from the smoke. Scary as [omitted] that was, but was hillarious when we was discussing it afterwards.

Here's the vid: http://www.shadowsoft-games.com/demi/Movie.wmv

[Edit by InterruptorJones: You have no idea how close to getting banned this post took you. You'd better start watching your language as closely as I'll be.]

khan earl · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:55 am

did anybody get hert?

Nintendork · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:58 am

Your mate? And geez, you Brits just can't help yourselves with swearing, can you?

A Mighty Warrior · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:59 am

Nope, nobody got hurt. And yes, Nintendork. My mate.

khan earl · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 1:08 am

geez, how bad?

A Mighty Warrior · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 1:11 am

wtf? I said nobody got hurt.

khan earl · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 1:12 am

oh sorry, missread it.

Stu · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:12 am

I got my own fireworks video... check it out and let me know what you guys think

(The guy lighting the fireworks is me on prednisone)

http://www.cs.utah.edu/~swilde/vid/holycrap.mov

(It's 17 MB, you are going to need quicktime)

Helmut · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:36 am

I haven't seen that many mates outside a ship

Next time, get yourself some Snakes and Safety Sparklers and call it a night.

Mr.KISS · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:46 am

EDIT: dis-regard this

Anyways, back to the topic at hand... Fireworks are cool. PERIOD.

StrongRad · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 6:03 pm

Stu wrote:

I got my own fireworks video... check it out and let me know what you guys think

(The guy lighting the fireworks is me on prednisone)

http://www.cs.utah.edu/~swilde/vid/holycrap.mov

(It's 17 MB, you are going to need quicktime)

Wow.. That totally didn't end like I'd expected. My first thought was that something was going to go very wrong very quickly. I was waiting on one of the first ones you threw to fly back into the box or something. We had something like that happen back several years ago on New Year's. Someone dropped a sparkler into a big bag of fireworks. We had bottle rockets, firecrackers, mortars, etc in that thing.. Thankfully, we could dive over the hill.
The next day, we were cleaning up the yard and, like we always do, we took all the stuff, and threw it into what was left of the bonfire from the night before. Usually, this produces some flashes, and whistles, maybe a pop or two, not this time, though. Apparently, there was one of those festival shells/mortars in one of the boxes that didn't get set off the night before. If you've ever seen one of those things go off on the ground, you know the chaos that ensued.

This fourth of July weekend, we had another incident.. The sober people lit all the fireworks (good idea, right?). My cousin Mark (who, to this day, I don't understand how he was standing) kept telling them that the ground was too soft where they were lighting the fireworks and that one would fall over. They kept ignoring him (what does the drunk guy know, right?), and, sure enough, one fell over and shot about 3 or 4 fireballs at everyone that was watching at a rather high velocity. My chair has a burn mark on it.
That's just proof that sober rednecks shouldn't be trusted with fireworks.
:-)

Funkstar · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 6:13 pm

Nintendork wrote:

Your mate? And geez, you Brits just can't help yourselves with swearing, can you?

OOOoooOOooOHhhHH!! Now just because were brits means that we are potty mouths, ehh??

So every single person in Britain is a foulmouthed idiot? So even the babys swear?? Well why don't I just say that every American is foulmouthed? And racist?

Do you know why not? Because I show some respect to people.

Now you know not to mess with the guy with the Union Jack in his signiture.

StrongRad · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 6:26 pm

FunkMAN wrote:

So every single person in Britain is a foulmouthed idiot? So even the babys swear?? Well why don't I just say that every American is foulmouthed? And racist? \.

Because you'd be wrong. 2 wrongs don't make a right.. Chill.
I think you took that wrong.. I'm sure he didn't mean it that way.

Funkstar · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 6:30 pm

StrongRad wrote:

FunkMAN wrote:

So every single person in Britain is a foulmouthed idiot? So even the babys swear?? Well why don't I just say that every American is foulmouthed? And racist? \.

Because you'd be wrong. 2 wrongs don't make a right.. Chill.

And I quote:

Quote:

Do you know why not? Because I show some respect to people.

A Mighty Warrior · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:21 pm

FunkMAN wrote:

Nintendork wrote:

Your mate? And geez, you Brits just can't help yourselves with swearing, can you?

OOOoooOOooOHhhHH!! Now just because were brits means that we are potty mouths, ehh??

So every single person in Britain is a foulmouthed idiot? So even the babys swear?? Well why don't I just say that every American is foulmouthed? And racist?

Do you know why not? Because I show some respect to people.

Now you know not to mess with the guy with the Union Jack in his signiture.

I agree up to the point where you called me an idiot.

Ju Ju Master · **Joined:** Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:01 am **Posts:** 6245

A Mighty Warrior wrote:

FunkMAN wrote:

Nintendork wrote:

Your mate? And geez, you Brits just can't help yourselves with swearing, can you?

OOOoooOOooOHhhHH!! Now just because were brits means that we are potty mouths, ehh??

So every single person in Britain is a foulmouthed idiot? So even the babys swear?? Well why don't I just say that every American is foulmouthed? And racist?

Do you know why not? Because I show some respect to people.

Now you know not to mess with the guy with the Union Jack in his signiture.

I agree up to the point where you called me an idiot.

..When did he call you an idiot?

Sui · **Joined:** Sun Oct 24, 2004 10:17 pm **Posts:** 396

FunkMAN wrote:

And I quote:

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Do you know why not? Because I show some respect to people.

Okay, look, Funk, make your points, but don't lie along with them to make yourself look like the good guy. I've seen you fail to yield to perfectly valid arguments and be outright offensive to others, so you can hardly state that you show respect.

But I do agree with you on the point of stereotyping the Brits-for one thing, it's rather insensitive (and not to mention incorrect) to stereotype, and for a second, it's not even a stereotype that actually exists. XD Well, not as far as I know. Don't know where Nintendork heard that Brits supposedly cursed like sailors, but regardless of whether it's right or wrong, it has no place here. Currently, AMW's the only one being a foul-mouthed idiot. And yes, I'm calling him an idiot, on the grounds that he's violating rules every user is directed to, and to whom the rules are advertised at the top of every page. I'd say that it's no far cry from the truth to call it idiocy to ignore a sign right in front of your face. In closing, grow up-your volume of profanity indicates immaturity.

A Mighty Warrior · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:45 pm

Ju Ju Master wrote:

A Mighty Warrior wrote:

FunkMAN wrote:

Nintendork wrote:

Your mate? And geez, you Brits just can't help yourselves with swearing, can you?

OOOoooOOooOHhhHH!! Now just because were brits means that we are potty mouths, ehh??

So every single person in Britain is a foulmouthed idiot? So even the babys swear?? Well why don't I just say that every American is foulmouthed? And racist?

Do you know why not? Because I show some respect to people.

Now you know not to mess with the guy with the Union Jack in his signiture.

I agree up to the point where you called me an idiot.

..When did he call you an idiot?

He implied it, maybe he didn't mean it directly at me. =P

Ju Ju Master · **Joined:** Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:01 am **Posts:** 6245

A Mighty Warrior wrote:

Ju Ju Master wrote:

A Mighty Warrior wrote:

FunkMAN wrote:

Nintendork wrote:

Your mate? And geez, you Brits just can't help yourselves with swearing, can you?

OOOoooOOooOHhhHH!! Now just because were brits means that we are potty mouths, ehh??

So every single person in Britain is a foulmouthed idiot? So even the babys swear?? Well why don't I just say that every American is foulmouthed? And racist?

Do you know why not? Because I show some respect to people.

Now you know not to mess with the guy with the Union Jack in his signiture.

I agree up to the point where you called me an idiot.

..When did he call you an idiot?

He implied it, maybe he didn't mean it directly at me. =P

Maybe you shoudl read the post. He was sayign peopel shouldn't judge all brits because some swear. He was defending you, you should be more careful of what you read.

A Mighty Warrior · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:39 pm

Ju Ju Master wrote:

A Mighty Warrior wrote:

Ju Ju Master wrote:

A Mighty Warrior wrote:

FunkMAN wrote:

Nintendork wrote:

Your mate? And geez, you Brits just can't help yourselves with swearing, can you?

OOOoooOOooOHhhHH!! Now just because were brits means that we are potty mouths, ehh??

So every single person in Britain is a foulmouthed idiot? So even the babys swear?? Well why don't I just say that every American is foulmouthed? And racist?

Do you know why not? Because I show some respect to people.

Now you know not to mess with the guy with the Union Jack in his signiture.

I agree up to the point where you called me an idiot.

..When did he call you an idiot?

He implied it, maybe he didn't mean it directly at me. =P

Maybe you shoudl read the post. He was sayign peopel shouldn't judge all brits because some swear. He was defending you, you should be more careful of what you read.

For chirsts sake.

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So every single person in Britain is a foulmouthed idiot?

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So every single person in Britain is a foulmouthed idiot?

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So every single person in Britain is a foulmouthed idiot?

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So every single person in Britain is a foulmouthed idiot?

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So every single person in Britain is a foulmouthed idiot?

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So every single person in Britain is a foulmouthed idiot?

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So every single person in Britain is a foulmouthed idiot?

THERE! And like i said, maybe he didn't meant it directly at me, which he probably didn't.

Obomaru · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:42 pm

AMW, that was sarcasm.

And Stu... That was a weird video. Where did you get the idea of burning the whole box? :eek:

The Noid · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:48 pm

You do know that he is British, right? He was using SARCASM.

Heh, that vidoe sounds funny...I'll go watch it.

StrongRad · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 10:17 pm

Obomaru wrote:

AMW, that was sarcasm.

And Stu... That was a weird video. Where did you get the idea of burning the whole box? :eek:

I don't claim to be in Stu's mind, but my guess is that the logic goes something like this "If one is cool, then the whole box should be cooler".

Ju Ju Master · **Joined:** Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:01 am **Posts:** 6245

Mighty Warrior, do you see the question mark? He's saying. Oh, so you think everyone person in britian swears?" not that he thoguht they did.

Stu · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 11:52 pm

StrongRad wrote:

Obomaru wrote:

AMW, that was sarcasm.

And Stu... That was a weird video. Where did you get the idea of burning the whole box? :eek:

I don't claim to be in Stu's mind, but my guess is that the logic goes something like this "If one is cool, then the whole box should be cooler".

Actually, it was more of... "We bought this box a few years back, and we are bored of making small explosives and rockets out of them... Why don't we just light the last 400-500 of them all at once"

As for the non-firework discussions... get back on topic! :eek:

StrongRad · **Posted:** Sun Nov 06, 2005 12:34 am

What were those things, anyway? They looked like really big jumping jack type fireworks

SEAN'D! · **Posted:** Sun Nov 06, 2005 2:22 am

heh heh heh...
You sound like one of the Beatles.

Stu · **Posted:** Sun Nov 06, 2005 6:42 pm

StrongRad wrote:

What were those things, anyway? They looked like really big jumping jack type fireworks

Ground flowers

I live in Utah... no fireworks that travel more then 10 feet off the ground

StrongRad · **Posted:** Sun Nov 06, 2005 7:36 pm

Stu wrote:

I live in Utah... no fireworks that travel more then 10 feet off the ground

In Kentucky, pretty much EVERYTHING is illegal.. I think the general rule is that, if it explodes or leaves the ground, it's not legal. Doesn't mean they can't be bought, though, right out in the open, from obvious stands, on the side of main roads!!!

Ground flowers are cool, though. I don't think I've ever seen 3-400 go up at once like that. Neat stuff. Only intentional "multiple ignition" of fireworks I've ever done like that involved about 4 bricks of bottle rockets.. It was cooler than your's, only because we lit it at night. If that vid would have been at night, wow... It'd be like pyrotechnic nirvana.

Funkstar · **Posted:** Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:02 pm

Wait, how tight are those firework bans? Because in the UK you need a liscance (which are easy to get a holf of if you have the money) but the will only give you a warning if you use fireworks without one.

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