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Bottle Rockets

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As it so happens there is little to do for fun in the small state of Delaware. As such my friend Jason and I often had to concoct our own forms of entertainment. Fortunately for us houses were still being built in the back of our neighborhood, so we did have something for our amusement. One day after having stolen a few caulk tubes we decided to have some fun with fireworks I had recently purchased at "Phantoms". After finding a nice empty basement in construction we had the brilliant idea of shoving one of the biggest bottle rockets into a caulk tube in the hopes of a larger explosion. Having lit many a firework I proceeded to the fuse. However to my surprise it never lit, instead the caulk which had come out of the tube upon inserting the bottle rocket caught fire. I recognized what was going on, however I was not fast enough to get the hell away. The bottle rocket exploded burning me slightly and resulting in some annoyed yells on my part. Jason and me started to book it without another word. Looking back however, we realized a huge stream of black smoke was spewing from the basement. Afraid something worse could come of leaving it go we returned to the now rather large fire. Since there was little but rubbish within our reach I decided to kick the fire out (it always worked on TV). In real life it caught my shoe and pant leg on fire. Luckily, Jason realized that dirt put the fire out. Sadly, he decided it was more urgent to put the bottle rocket fire out than the one consuming me. Fortunately stop, drop, and roll worked....enough until Jason helped put it out. There still is a humongous black mark on the floor and wall of that basement... unless they painted it.

Submitted on 12/28/2005

Submitted by: Christopher Joel Fromme
Reference: sorry none :(, 2002

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James said:
Neutral: Personal Account
An amusing tale to be sure, and one which I hope taught you about the dangers of misusing fireworks! Good write-up, and good enough for a PA. I wonder how old you guys were when this happened, but as we tend to bend the age rule when it comes to PA's, it probably doesn't matter...!

Charles said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I too am going to have to admit that I wonder about your ages at the time.

Jack said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
The write up is sufficiently amusing for me to give this a definite thumbs up. Thanks, Christopher, your story made me laugh!

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