Fire Works Corner

Tealeaf · 29-09-2004, 16:09

Well, folks, it's coming round to that time of year again and after last years escapades I'm sure that once again we would all want to compare notes on this wonderful annual ritual. So lets hear all the stories...dogs going crazy, cats running out the door never to be seen again, bangers through your letter box, rockets down your chimney......

pendy · 29-09-2004, 16:15

Why don't we make this year one to remember - blow up the Houses of Parliament!

WINGY · 29-09-2004, 16:25

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Well, folks, it's coming round to that time of year again and after last years escapades I'm sure that once again we would all want to compare notes on this wonderful annual ritual. So lets hear all the stories...dogs going crazy, cats running out the door never to be seen again, bangers through your letter box, rockets down your chimney......

Sounds like you have the same idea's as me T. I live annoying the neighbours too!

Tealeaf · 29-09-2004, 16:35

you got the neighbours from hell as well?

Acrylic-bob · 29-09-2004, 17:00

I know where we need to shove a rocket...can you guess?

pendy · 29-09-2004, 17:13

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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

I know where we need to shove a rocket...can you guess?

That wouldn't be anything fundamental to do with HBC, surely, A-B?

Bazf · 29-09-2004, 17:26

Keane targeted by yobs

Tuesday September 28 2004

Roy Keane's off-field problems have continued with a crate of fireworks daubed in anti-Irish slogans being set off outside his house.

Just days after he appeared in court on three charges relating to an alleged assault on a 16-year-old boy, Keane's £1.5m Cheshire mansion was targeted by yobs who left a crate of two-foot-long industrial fireworks outside the gates.

There was little damage done in the attack on Sunday morning, which happened when Keane, his pregnant wife and four children were inside the house.

A police spokesman told The Sun: “Fireworks were set off outside Roy Keane’s home and language of a racist and abusive nature was daubed on the crate.

“The disturbing message was directed at the footballer and our inquiries are continuing.”

The message is thought to have contained the words 'Irish tw*t' but there is no indication whether the attack was motivated by racism, politics, football or the ongoing court case.

yerself · 29-09-2004, 18:49

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Originally Posted by pendy

Why don't we make this year one to remember - blow up the Houses of Parliament!

Didn't some bloke with a beard try this a few years ago?

Ceejache · 29-09-2004, 19:20

Why on earth isn't there a ban on fireworks until the week leading up to the event. I'm young(ish) yet I still walk precariously past the entrances to back-alleys under threat of some 'little angels' setting off a rocket on a low trajectory!

Bonfire night and the weeks surrounding it is nothing but a pain in the arse...bah humbug...youth of today...blah blah blah...

Busman747 · 29-09-2004, 22:49

Whats all this rubbish about pets being frightened by a few fireworks?? I am quite confident my german shepherd "Merky" will snooze contently this year as he has done in the past while loud bangs are made in the sky.........

Busman747 · 29-09-2004, 22:50

OK, So he is almost deaf, but.....

lettie · 30-09-2004, 06:58

Haven't had much trouble yet but I know it's going to happen. My dog hates them. We have had the occasional firework going off in the distance and this has heen happening since about May. My friend informs me that this is how the drug seller announces his presence and that the drug sellers also do this in Blackburn..

Ifty · 30-09-2004, 07:35

Also used for other celebrations.

WillowTheWhisp · 30-09-2004, 09:15

It seems a strange way for a drug seller to behave. I'd have thought they'd be better off keeping a low profile.

We get fireworks going off at all times of the year around here for people's own personal celebrations. I think it would be far better if they were only used at organised events and not on general sale.

Mind you, I have a cat and although she isn't deaf (she likes to pretend she is at times) they don't seem to bother her. We used to have a yorkshire terrier years ago who actually enjoyed watching the pretty ones. She was certainly an exception.

Acrylic-bob · 30-09-2004, 09:15

I like fireworks. Splendid Invention. Well done those Chinese blokes! The perfect accompaniment to celebrations of all kinds and an excellent expression of exhuberance and joy. A pity that there is not more of it around. Sadly, however, my dog disagrees with me. Sudden loud noises frighten the crap out of him - literally! He understands that when I clap my hands that I require his attention, but that is about as far as I dare push it in the loud noise department. So I do tend to get really annoyed with the type of brain dead morons who insist on letting fireworks off just to cause a nuisance, because thay cannot think of anything better to do. It is also damned inconvenient when they insist on letting the damned things off while I am having dinner thus compelling me to leave the table to start shovelling and disinfecting!

Can there be any connection between this growing nuisance and the increasing number of Asian shopkeepers prepared to sell anything to anyone irrespective of the law? And if there is, then what are the Trading Standards Office doing about it?