Happy Birthday USA

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When you get hurt, they stop being fun. I can't imagine getting shot in the face. Although, I did lose my hearing for a few days after a black cat blew up next to my ear and I left a nasty mark on my finger for a few weeks after a black cat blew up on it. I also forgot to take the plastic wrap off of an artillery shell once. That was scary, but at least I didn't get hurt.

In reply to:I can't imagine getting shot in the face. eh,its actually not as bad as it sounds.

Lol, does anyone else have pop bottle rocket wars??

uhhh...no.

They are a type of fire cracker... You light them, and aim them at people (who also have them). I'm more of a spectator, but when I've played, I've had a blast (ha ha, get the pun... a blast... fireworks... Oh dear.)

hmm...sounds as fun as getting shot in the face with a roman candle.

My brother used to light them and them chase me with them as they were lighting off. He never hurt me, thank goodness. But that hasn't happend in like 10 or so years. I'm glad he grew out of that phase. lol*being shot with a roman candle would suck!!! sorry for your luck!!!

lol,thanks.it was my five year old cousin who did it so i couldn't be too mad.luckily,it didn't leave a scar or anything.

I love pop/bottle rocket wars. I did it last New Year's Eve, but I didn't do it tonight. My friends and I got fireworks, but it rained all night so we never shot any off. We're planning a get-together tomorrow to shoot them off. I really hope it's at night because all of the ones I bought are more of the night-type of fireworks.

So we had the annual fireworks show on South Beach. This year they didn't launch from a barge, but from the beach. There were people shooting off tons of illegal fireworks on the beach, and the polices just passively stood by. We live in libertarian times, at least when it comes to things that explode.We were very close to the launch site. Man, was it loud. There were a lot of people saying "Rah rah USA!" in Spanish...pretty funny.There was a strong on-shore breeze, so Ocean Drive was thick with gunpoweder smoke. It was nice to seen normal people (families and such) around here for a change.

My state finally legalized fireworks, the ones that have always been illegal, this year. But we have always been able to buy them, just had to sign a piece of paper that says we wouldn't shoot them off in the state, and our police didn't ever care either.

> just had to sign a piece of paper that says we wouldn't shoot them off in the state

As if.

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i blow shit up all year, I dont need a fucking excuse aside form wanting to do so.
I was out blowig shit up tonight infact. Right now Im working on blowig up my liver, or atleast pissing it off severely.

you crack me up hehehehe

"You declared your Independence from Britain. Woohoo. So have lots of other nations, and some of them didn't have the advantage of being about 3000 miles away. The War of Independence was more of a civil war anyway. It divided the colonies between 'Patriots' and 'Loyalists', split families in half."Somebodies got their panties in a wad. Somebody who probably lives under the freedom a lot of folks paid for with their lives. We aren't talking about Iraq or the Boston Masacre, so why bring them up?I'd like to see everyone have two days off...for folks like me who have to get up at 4 AM and head off to work on the 5th. But I'd rather folks had the chance to show their patriotism (those who still have any) than cancel it just so I can get an extra hour or two of sleep one night out of the year.I think folks who have no respect for holidays like the 4th of July need to go through some kind of experience that allows them to appreciate their freedom a little more. They should be happy to live here instead of whiney.

In reply to:I think folks who have no respect for holidays like the 4th of July need to go through some kind of experience that allows them to appreciate their freedom a little more. They should be happy to live here instead of whiney.Since democracy and freedom don't exist anywhere but the U.S., it doesn't matter where you ship them. Send them to a horrible dictatorship like Sweden or Holland. That'll show 'em.I'm all for respect for Independence Day, the sacrifices that were made centuries ago (if you'll indulge my living in the past just a bit), the sacrifices that members of the military make (and that all Americans should make), and so on. But I find blind patriotism very distateful, and very dangerous. Sometimes the line between patriotism and nationalism is hazy. And I'm sick of patriotic meaning "those who agree with my wonderful ideas", as if even questioning the war in Iraq is an act of treason.

"And I'm sick of patriotic meaning "those who agree with my wonderful ideas", as if even questioning the war in Iraq is an act of treason."Who, other than you, said anything about Iraq in this thread?

well just so its known i hate the fireworks not necessarily the message behind the holiday