Funny Stories

[Eilonnwy]

I thought it would be fun to share funny RL stories. Doesn't have to be anything specific as long as it's not an inside joke thing or a "you have to be there moment". Just something fun, that makes you breakdown in laughter whenever you think of it or share it with others.

This topic was inspired when I was on my way to work and remembered something that made me laugh on my bike, and probably look like an idiot.

Anyway, the event happened last fall. I was at a convention in New Hampshire called Another Anime Convention. (This would be the one where you, Adrian, were skyped in for a hotel room party. -_^ ) Anyway, I bought some fireworks on the fourth of July and never set them off, so I brought them to a convention. Great idea, right?

Well on Saturday we decided to set them off, after having a few drinks no less. We ended up going to a walkway behind the hotel that was just before a wooded area. It was a bit damp from earlier rain. We had Roman Candles and my friend Harris he insisted he knew how to use them. So we let him light it. There were about 5 of us if I remember correctly. Our other friends were watching us from the hotel window. So Harris lights the thing, but there's a problem. He lights it holding the fused end towards himself, mistakenly thinking that the fireworks come from the other end. I try to correct him and he's like, "No, this is right!"

I back away and the first one goes off, louder than expected, and careens toward our friend Cory. A couple more shoot in our direction, we freak out, Harris panics and drops the damn thing. It continues going off, spinning on the ground tossing fireworks in all directions. We book it from the back of the hotel, all the while Harris screams repeatedly. "THIS WAS ILL PLANNED!!!" We get back into the hotel as fast as we can, meet our friends who had been watching us, they're laughing their asses off and crying, "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" Sure enough they watched the roman candle spin around and land in the woods. It almost started a fire, but the woods were damp so it went out.

It was scary as hell when the thing first went off, but it really has to be one of the funniest moments I've ever had. It was a terrible plan from start to finish, and we could have seriously hurt ourselves, but luckily nothing like that happened and now I have a funny story to share. Just imagining what we must of looked like, running and screaming from a loose Roman Candle must have been priceless from our hotel room audience.

So guys? Any of you have some good ones? I got another one, but I'll wait to share.