Tag: July 4th

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.

caption contest, papers on ground everywhere

It’s time for another caption contest.  Sorry for the lack of posts the past few days, but with it being the Fourth of July holiday weekend, there was an abundance of food, fireworks, fun, and fellowship.   (The Fourth was brought to you by the letter “F”.)  Now that the extended weekend has ended, things return to normal.  Monday may not be an exciting day, but that’s why we have the caption contest on Monday — to make it better.   All that said, let’s get to it.

This week’s photo features a small town street covered with papers.  What might be going on here?

papers on ground everywhere

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