The day after the Fourth of July was just as fun as the days leading up to the event. Why? Because now you got to blow up stuff while your parents had to go back to work, for the most part leaving you unsupervised. We used to have wars with our green army men, blowing them to pieces. Old cars and other toys were not immune from those firecrackers. You know, it's a wonder nobody lost a limb. Suddenly, I realized that my friends and I were alot like Sid from Toy Story.... Don't worry, We were not all about destroying toys, no we would shoot bottle rockets at each other while we rode by on our bikes.
Who knew that one day we would all get to watch while we spend millions of tax dollars watching someone do the same thing we used to do as kids? I bet the guy in charge of the Deep Impact mission was one of the cool kids that had those illegal fireworks and M80's and Cherry Bombs and stuff. Some kids have all the luck.
Oh, yeah. Forgot about blowing up army men. So cool to put them in the flowerbed or some place with some dirt that might kick up during the mini-explosion. Or throw it in the back of a half-track with some soldeirs. That really dates me--nobody talks about halftracks anymore. Anyway, it was so cool. Oh, for the good old days.
I was thinking the same thing about the NASA guy whose job it was to blow up the comet this 4th of July: What a cool job!
See, here's the difference between boys and girls. I would take the burnt carcass of the pagoda firecracker and gently place it in a place of honor on my shelf, pretending it was a palace for an imaginary princess. Your way sounds like more fun.
You sound like my hubby, when he was young, oh who am I kidding, last year! he was out of town, so who took his place? My Oldest child..who works at a Fireworks stand. can I just say, Who was the coolest kid on the black this year huh? LOL
I loved that comet thing. Way to go NASA! I'm posting about a related story that I heard on the radio. Cracked me up!
Travis told me during our fireworks display last night that he wanted THAT job when he grew up...
high aspirations...
See, I thought that last paragraph was going to go something like:
Who knew that one day we would all get to watch while we spend millions of tax dollars watching someone do the same thing we used to do as kids? I bet the guy in charge of the Operation Enduring Freedom was one of the cool kids that had those illegal fireworks and M80's and Cherry Bombs and stuff. Some kids have all the luck.
Don't I feel silly.
You had way more fun than me! I used to flush my brother's little toy soldiers. Blowing them up would have been too cool! Hey, stop by will ya, so I don't feel so lonely? Still planning on doing what we talked about soon...
Woman: "Look at the beauty and marvel at the wonder of that comet..."
Man: "Let's blow it up!"
Kind of says it all.
In NJ fireworks are illegal, so the kids that had them were the serious bad boys. Not that this was a small group.
I thought this was a "free" country. If it is, why are so many things illegal in this country that are legal in the "less free" countries. I am beginning to think much of the so called "freedom" we Americans enjoy is nothing more than an illusion. Tell the American people enough times that they are "free" and they will believe it is so even if it is not.