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Flash Powder

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Over a month or so one of my friends and I had been plaing with explosives. After a while we finall worked out where to get chemicals from and how to make working mixtures. One of our favourite mixtures was flash powder. The results of our first batch was a slow burning powder making lots of heat and light. Because we found the recipe on the internet we assumed that the might have exagerated the speed that the powder burnt at by saing it would just make a ver quick flash. After we had burnt up our first batch we were pretty dissapointed but still decided to make a second batch. Thats when my friend had the brilliant idea of filling a small container with the powder and usin a sparkler as a fuse so it could be thrown up into the air and start burning. We went about filling our first lot of containers and then tried them out. The first ones would just go up and make an impresive fireball. Our second batch of powder was obviously working differently. Alot of the containers went off a while after they landed on the ground after been thrown due to the slow burning sparkler fuses. I decieded that I wanted mine to go off in the air properly for once so I held It in my had for a little longer than usual before throwing it. When the sparkler was about a milimetre away from the container I made a move to throw it but it went off just before it left my hand. Luckily it worked more like a rocket and blasted out of my hand and into a neighbours yard. It happened so fast that I was just left stunned on the ground. I felt a bit better after I was sure all m fingers were still atached to my hand but I had a strange sensation on my scalp. My friend came to my aid and told me that the container had gone off just before it left my hand and rocketed away but had made a large flame just above my head. Then he pointed out that most of the hair on my head was badly burnt and singed and had fused together at the ends a little. And that I also had burns on my shoulders. We had to cut my hair so our parents wouldnt find out so I had to get around looking like a hobo for the next few months but it didnt really matter, I was just glad that I still had sight and that my face wasnt badly burned.

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Bill said:
Maybe Toss: Too Common
Exactly Charles: standard teen fireworks hijinks.


Jack said:
Maybe Toss: Personal Account
Poorly written (personal bias against people who don't use a spell checker!)


Jorge said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
Keep trying!!!


Bert said:
Neutral: Personal Account
You have no idea how luck you are, kid. Usualy your first flashpowder accident is also your last.


Charles said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I don't know if this passes the maturity test, but it is a good account of standard teen fireworks hijinks.


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