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Out WIth A Bang

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About one year ago a group of my friends and I were celebrating a festive 4th of July. Since we were in MA and fireworks without a permit are illegal we decided to purches some home made ones from our local China Town distributor. Turns out that after we exploded a great number of rockets and firecrackers in the field we were in we knowticed a small box of firecrackes and about 3 rockets in the car we came in. It was still alittle early and we wanted more stuff to blow up like the pyromaniacks we were, my friend chris came up with the brilliant idea of removing all the powder from all the fireworks remaining and put it in a metal iron canister conviently sticking out of the ground 10 feet from us. I was pretty reluctant to do this project but everyone insisted it whould be fun. So as you might expect we filled the canister with the powder our fireworks cantained and tied their fuses togeather leading to the iron canister. Not knowing what whould happen me and my friends moved to the car to watch from a distance while Chris was left to light our newly built firework. So as you might have suspected he lit the monster and walked about 12 feet from it to get the best view. At first when the fuse reached it nothing happend, after a 10 second delay it finally went off will great colorful sparks emerging from the iron canister. If only Chris knew what the powder contained he whould have stood far back. After the second set of sparks a series of firery clumps of powder flew out hitting Chris first in the sholder then his crotch region, as it turned out the firery powder contained H2S04 and H2S6O when mixed togeather make a powerfull acid that will melt throught a 6 inch piece of steel. Chris was hospitalized and was treated for a ruptured penis, a quarter sized hole in his left testicle. This was the last celebration he will ever attend.

Submitted on 06/10/2002

Submitted by: Mike Shifrin
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Larry said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Impressive. The chain of events (gunpowder, pipe *and* standing too close) distinguishes the victim, and the dramatic story gives this account some oomph.


Gregory said:
Maybe Toss: Personal Account
Must be getting close to July 4th because the fireworks stories are coming out in force. This one is better than most, but still basically a dumb kids with fireworks story.


Mitch said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account


Glen said:
Neutral: Too Common
more fireworks does this suggest something we think about?


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