Fourth of July Thoughts...from a grumpy old man
 

Just got back from watching a local small town Fireworks show. Some thoughts:

Why do people bring dogs to fireworks shows? Dogs HATE fireworks. All they do is growl and bark the whole time. It's not fun for the dog, or for the people sitting around the stupid people who brought their dog. Leave Fido at home. He can do without the loud noises.

Why do people bring toddlers to fireworks shows? See comments about dogs, same applies to little kids. They HATE the loud noises and they just scream and cry the whole time. Wait till your kids are old enough to understand what is going on. Otherwise, it's trauma for the kid, and a drag for everyone sitting around you.

Bring a chair that folds up quickly. Some of those camp chairs take ten minutes to get out of the bag, and 20 minutes to put back into the bag. Bring something simple, like a good old fashion blanket, or a old fashion nylon and aluminum folding lawn chair.

Also, why do people who can least afford to blow money always seem to have hundreds of dollars worth of bottle rockets, whizzing screamers and fountains? Oh sure, they have a 30 pack of Keystone and a carton of Generic Cigarettes, but won't be able to pay the light bill when it comes due on July 15th. Mostly because they blew the light bill on bottle rockets. Just go to your local fireworks show, and save your money.

God Bless America!

I'd like to shove an M-80 up Scooter's butt.

Nothing like celebrating your independence from a tyrant with a little BANG

I wouldn't be surprised if they started taking Foodstamps at fireworks stands.

I've never seen so many fireworks

This place is like a ****ing war zone

Dogs and toddlers fought in the revolution, too.

Oh, and these other people just talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and NEVER SHUT UP ONCE during the entire 45 minute fireworks show. Rude as hell, and they brought their dog and a couple toddlers.

I was hoping a stray shell would hit them, but no dice.

fyp

I took my dog. He was fine.

Oh say can you see
in the fireworks' light
Why the toddlers all wailed
And the kids were all screaming
The dogs are all barking
And all howling in fright
O'er the crying we watched
And were silently steaming.

And the chatters' loud blare
Conversation in air
Gave proof through the night
That the jerks were still there
O say does that star-spangled
banner yet flow,
O'er the land of the rude
and the home of the slow.

Now THAT's a patriotic work of art!

Yeah, I've never understood buying a bunch of fireworks. You're basically setting your money on fire.

I've probably spent $400 on them my entire life. Zero this year.

Douchebag post. You were sitting on your ass while other people were trying to entertain you. Are you serious?

Shoot them. After all, it's your right as an American to do so.

Unless your local municipality prohibits them of course.

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My kids are finally at an age that they enjoy fireworks. So, we spent a fair amount this year for the first time along with several other neighbors. We had a hell of a lot of fun.

What part of blowing stuff up don't you understand?

This Is an outstanding response. One worthy of remembrance in the archives.

Actually it's more like sending your money up into the sky and blowing it up in a colorful explosion.

'Merica damnit!

It's been my experience, there are some stupid people out there.

This should take your mind off that herrendous experience



better?

I do hear trailer parks have the best shows these days.

Why the **** do people in residential neighborhoods think it's a great idea to shoot off fireworks at midnight? ****ing douchebags.....you're waking up my kids.

I leave my dog at home. That's a bad idea taking them because they hate the loud bangs.

Seriously? You're bitching because some people got rid of their 1950s aluminum lawn chairs and replaced them with modern lawn chairs that are twice as comfortable, easier to carry, and have built-in cup holders?

You ARE a grumpy old man.

Overrated.

Swollen labia

I only have snakes and sparklers

We were sitting in our aluminum and plastic lawn chairs next to our plastic cooler when a big red fire truck came screaming down the road. Siren and lights all on full blast as it raced past us, my son said "Oh my God, somebody screwed up already."

Anal tongue darts

Some answers to last night's post:
1) I am not a douchebag. I appreciate my little local village having a municipal fireworks show, as it should be. The show itself was fine. Some of the people in attendance were rude and inconsiderate of those around them.

2) I don't think dogs or toddlers should be at fireworks shows where the booming makes them shit their blankets and/or pants.

3) The reason I don't like camp chairs in the bags is because there's always some dork who can't figure out how to put the chair back in the bag, and he holds up the line getting on or off the bus to the parking lot.

4) If you're poor, you shouldn't burn up your bucks, literally. Yesterday I saw a guy buying food with an EBT card, and had a bunch of fireworks in the back of his pickup. Nice.

All in all, the fourth is a great holiday. My wifey loves fireworks, and that's why I went. Happy wife is a happy life.

If it wasn't the bag chair, it would be something else. Stupid people are stupid.

Due to the points of toddlers and dogs hating fireworks, we stayed home last night. And yes, we had neighbors with too much expendable income firing off displays until close to midnight.

Fortunately, my kids inherited my ability to sleep through anything, but it was a challenge getting my younger one down with various fireworks going off the whole time he was trying to go to sleep.

As in they started at midnight? I guess I see midnight as about the time people should be shutting things down...or soon thereafter. Hell it doesn't even get real dark until 10 this time of year, do you expect them to shut down at 10:30? Just can't really see bitching about fireworks on Independence Day, they kind of go hand in hand.

I have a seven month old that loved watching the fireworks last night.

absolutely loved it
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1) no, you are not a dbag, you just live in Missouri. More reeruns per capita.

2) Kids... Eh... You live in Missouri. They are dumber and more scared of the unknown than their KS counterparts.

3) camp chairs. See #1

4) it's Missouri.

I love the 4th of July. I watched my neighbors blow shit up until after midnight. This is the first year I didn't buy anything. Still miss the days when you could procure home made m-80's.

Well, you can always ask Bwana for his "Bird Bombs".

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=63346

Problems worth getting upset about are all a matter of simple perspective.


For example...you could have just sat down to talk with friends and then a couple of seconds later found yourself doing a cannon ball into a pond with a flaming toddler and then spent the rest of your holiday in a burn unit.

Experience?
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You speak the truth.
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I have a daughter and dog who are neither scared nor hateful of fireworks. But I know that's not the norm. My dog will watch them with us. My daughter loves them starting from when she was a baby. As she got older, we got closer because my wife didn't want the sounds to hurt my daughter's ears (she was 2 months old the first time).

sorry for your loss

Meh, it's one day a year kids can blow shit up late at night. And kids are done with school unless you got newborns.

Probably because that is where they live and they don't want to go out and trespass to shoot off fireworks. They should be able to shoot them off from their home.

Another thing that pisses me off: In our neighborhood, there's a little lake at the foot of my street. Actually, it's too small to be called a lake, but too big to be called a pond. Anyway, These yahoos went down there and shot off all these fireworks and didn't pick up any of their remnants. So now the side of the lake is strewn with all these burned out fountains and roman candles and blown up firecrackers. It's a mess. Clean up after yourselves, yahoos. Otherwise its no more than common littering.

Heh, my wife and I had a good laugh over this one. I've got some family that's always complaining about never having any money.....yet on the 4th, they posted pics on FB bragging about the hundreds of dollars of fireworks they just lit off.

Yes they should, perhaps they did it to get back at a certain self admitted grumpy old man. Why don't you stand on the porch and yell at them next time? Seems like you didn't enjoy the fireworks show, you might enjoy that.

Either way if you are this grumpy in person I would just be cognizant of the potential for burning bags of poo on your front porch.

I hereby request that gcatlady get's a name change to Walt Kowalski

Reason # 134 on why I moved to a rural area.

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I thought the same thing.

Walt's Ten Things About Today's Game.