Tag: accident

fireworks show gone wrong — two levels of epic fails

July 4th is a day we celebrate America’s independence with grilled food and fireworks. Many people go to community events to watch organized fireworks shows, which is usually a good time. But it’s also fun to shoot your own fireworks. It’s also quite dangerous. It’s easy to take it for granted that no one will get injured, yet kids get to play with little bombs.

A basic safety rule of fireworks is to not have the fireworks-for-later pile near the fireworks-in-use pile. This should be obvious. But obviously it’s not. LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING! (Referencing Fire Marshall Bill here, from the TV show In Living Color. He didn’t make this video, but this is about how it would’ve turned out if he had been there.) Watch this:

That’s an epic fail at a front-yard level — way more epic than anyone should experience. But what if a whole warehouse of fireworks caught fire? It happened just a few days ago in California. This video is a LOT of fireworks going BOOM.

fireworks show gone wrong

Didn’t get to shoot any fireworks this year because of the state-wide burn ban.  So watched some on TV, which just isn’t the same. What I saw was good, but do you ever wonder how it looks when a big fireworks show has problems?

Here’s a video of a fireworks show in Thailand.  What’s special about this video is that the big, high-dollar fireworks are launched closer to the ground than normal, which is exciting, scary, and dangerous.  The crowd seems to enjoy it at first, but then when one of them gets detonated while still on the ground, it’s pretty cool to see.  Wouldn’t want to be there, though.

Here’s one more July 4th video.  It’s kinda random…

 

caption contest, train wreck through building

There wasn’t a caption contest last week because of Thanksgiving and my busyness, but this week things are back to normal.  So let’s kick it off with a bang… or, rather, a crash.

This week’s photo features a train wreck.  But this isn’t some normal derailment — this train went through a building.  And the tracks aren’t even in the picture!  So something extraordinary happened here.  It’s up to you to write a story or joke to go with this.  Here’s some starting points to help you think of something: Why did this happen?  How could this have happened?  Who was involved?  What do the owners of the building think?  What about the people watching?  Or the cleanup crew?  Remember, you can embellish the story however you want, or even just make it all up.  The goal is to be funny, not necessarily realistic.  Have fun with it.  Let your mind wander.

You can click the image for a larger version.

(To see our other caption contests, click on the “Say What?” category in the sidebar.)

caption contest, epic fail at dancing

Last week’s caption contest featured people standing around, so this time let’s have a group of people with something going on.  Although I’m not exactly sure what’s going on — whether it’s dancing or an accident or a prank or what — you get to decide.  So figure out something funny to say about this picture or to explain it.  Remember that you can create your own backstory, even using flashbacks, to setup your humor.  Let your creativity flow.

(To see our other caption contests, click on the “Say What?” category in the sidebar.)