US Independence Day stupidity

[brewer]

So far we have local reports of 3 people losing fingers. One sounds like someone dared one kid to hold onto until M80 until the last second.

One injury to someones face, no specific details.

All taken to ambulance to hospitals in critical condition.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Article 17, Section 8, Paragraph 2, Clause XVI, US Constitution:

Congress shall make no Law, nor shall the several States, prohibiting acts of Dumbassery by Citizens.

Boru

[Thumpalumpacus]

Dumbasses gonna dumb.

[Fake Messiah]

Yeah, listen to Fonz, people

[brewer]

Up next, a man who fell off a 4th parade float, immobilized and off to the horsepittle.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Up next, a man who fell off a 4th parade float, immobilized and off to the horsepittle.

Will we EVER stop pretending that parades are fun?

Boru

[Angrboda]

Up next, a man who fell off a 4th parade float, immobilized and off to the horsepittle.

Will we EVER stop pretending that parades are fun?

Boru

[MR. Macabre 666]

There are always a few Darwin Award winners on the 4th of July.

[Fireball]

Will we EVER stop pretending that parades are fun?

Boru

The uni I graduated from had a fraternity that lost their charter for various acts of stupidity. One sticks in my mind. They went to a wrecking yard and bought a junked car, to enter in a local parade. Painted it all stupid and drove it the same way in the parade. Named the "Stud Mobile". Reason it was in the wrecking yard? It had no brakes. Went up onto the curb and injured some people. Many years later, I was conducting a training for rifle range officers. As the training progressed, I kept looking at three of the trainees, and it finally clicked when I was handing out the cards saying that they had been trained. I said, "Oh yeah, I remember you guys from Zeta Beta Tau!" Which they denied and claimed to have been in the honor frat, whatever that TLA was. I was not in a fraternity, they just had that kind of infamy. I damned near took their cards back and refunded their money. It was 10+ years after I graduated, but those three got my dander up in a chem lab by squirting their wash bottles over the riser and giggling. I went over and took the ring leader's lab note paper, as it was dry and mine was wet. I could have had them kicked out for it, but wasn't that pissed. They couldn't understand why I didn't appreciate their 8-year-old type of humor.

[arewethereyet]

For several years the town where I live stopped having a fireworks display. It was sort of disappointing because when we moved here we found a good place to park and watch that wasn't in the middle of the crowd. We were also able to see fireworks in three different cities from that vantage point.

All dogs were Trazadoned on the evening of the third when town had a fireworks display again. That worked well but last night the amateurs were out in full force causing the dogs to lose their minds. I have a feeling that there will be more to come since it's a weekend. There may be Trazadone for all for the next couple evenings.