See that photo up there? You folks do NOT like that stuff.
Oh, maybe in theory you do. Many people I’ve talked to said they like to watch fireworks, especially when the pros shoot them off. But when it comes to the next door neighbors shooting them off 24/7, well, you weren’t quite so enthusiastic.
“Got blasted out of bed Sunday night by a huge bang that I swear shook our house,” said Jeanette. “I tend to get a little cranky when woke up in such a manner.”
The vast majority taking the poll agreed. Eighty four percent said Michigan should go back to the days when snakes and smoke bombs were the only things big brother state government allowed.
Me, I can’t say I blame them. And I LOVE fireworks. But only when I’m the one firing them off. Because, as we all know, I’m the only responsible adult out here. It’s a true fact.
The rest of you, I’m sorry, you’ve got some growing up to do.
Image credit: Ryan Snyder
Or the jerks that have a hundred bottle rockets and fire them off one at a time for 2 hours, get a life people! That is not fire works! Annoying as crap to listen to a whistle and a faint pop! ugh . .
Let’s just take the fun out of everything. Kids can’t even play cops & robbers or cowboy anymore without the “anti fun” police suspending them from school or worse, for holding your fingers like a gun and saying bang.
I watched the so called violent cartoons in the 60’s news 70’s and had toy guns, played with firecrackers and bottle rockets, played cops & robbers, and I’ve never killed anyone, or even gone to jail. This is ridiculous. Some people won’t be happy until we go back to horse and buggy, and live like the Amish……
Not that there’s anything wrong with that. It’s too bad I even had to write that last sentence.
I tend to agree, Brett, but like with everything else, the a-holes have ruined a good thing.
I live close to where Jackson, Michigan, hosts their Memorial Day, Fourth-of-July, and Labor Day fireworks. It’s an easy 1/4 mile walk down to the firework display … and we usually do. This display also tends to draw the “private” fireworks to that area … so that people set them off there (mostly before the main show, but sometimes afterwards). This tends to mean that we aren’t bothered by odd-hour fireworks.
My son’s family isn’t so lucky. They’s not only had fireworks shot off at all hours of the day … but they have had fireworks hit their house … and one time … break a window … Of course, nobody owned up to inflicting the damage …
Bottle rockets actually are a lot of fun. You do not actually have to put them in bottles. American boys sometimes shoot bottle rockets from their hands. Have you ever been involved in a bottle rocket fight? Much more fun than a Silly String fight! A great deal more fun than a Presidential Debate. Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, and Bottle Rockets!
Bottle rocket fights were fun when we were young and they weren’t even legal in Michigan, not among the safest activities I’d recommend but far from as dangerous as other things we did.
Used to read you in the Saginaw News. Just found your blog. Keep up the writing, love it
Welcome back, Deb! I need to advertise in Saginaw to let others know.
Fireworks were legal in Michigan before the law change, the only difference is now you can buy them retail in the state and there are designated times when they are legal to use. I don’t have a problem with fireworks or the new law, I think what we need is a major publicity campaign to educate people on the proper etiquette and safety of their use.
The problem is before you’d have to order them or travel to buy them, some people think near instant access to replenish your supply means you can use them 24 hours and go get more. They don’t have that problem south of us in Indiana and Ohio, at least not to the degree we have today. I bet they don’t have the same problem in southern Michigan areas close to the state line that always had quick access to fireworks.