fireworks fight 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
Ok now,
I read the site quite well, but might have overlooked the story. Don't think so though.
It happened around new year's eve, I think on 31 of december, two or three years ago.
A boy from I think the Hague, the Netherlands, appeared on Dutch national television from a hospital. He was being treated for burns in the face and minor lacerations, also in the face.
He might have been around 15 I think. Thats young but he was extremely thick.
The surgeon asked the boy to tell, in front of a television crew, what had happened. The boy, both politely and proudly told the following story:
"Well, me and my friends (there were more!) went for a "fireworks fight". We have metal pipes, sealed at one side. Then we insert a lit "striker", and then another. Then we aim the pipe at our friends, the first striker explodes and propels the other one to our adversaries, the latter will explode near them."
(A striker is a firecracker that's completely illegal in the Netherlands (not so in Belgium, hence the problems) because of the fact that it WILL take of your hand or more if it explodes prematurely, which is even more likely than for regular firecrackers because the fuse is internal.)
Now that's stupid. Using firecrackers is, to a degree dangerous. That is is you like your fingers. Using strikers is more dangerous (and illegal), if you like your hands and face and eyesight. But there's more..
A striker will not kill you less you stick it in your face. Of course, in the above mentioned fireworks fight (severely illegal), that might just happen.
Still it didn't.
The boy reported, looking at the surgeon: "One striker exploded, but nothing came out. I then looked into the pipe to see what had happened, that's when the second striker exploded." At this moment the surgeon looked into the camera.
"See what we have to deal with?", he seemed to be thinking. And rightly so.
The boy came to nothing more then light harm, at least not from this feat. Still it might have killed him. So at best it's an honorable mention, also considering the age.
Still, it's impressive.
Submitted on 09/19/2003
Submitted by:
d.j.veer@zonnet.nl
Reference:
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