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Fireworks really piss me off.
- Jul 1, 2009 at 9:37 PM
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Dear Asshat residents of my Asshat little town,
Once upon a time I thought they were pretty, well the colored kind that explode up in the sky at least. But this time every year they're gradually becoming the bane of my existence.
I'm tired of hearing people go on and on in this stupid town about how they have the RIGHT to set off fireworks! Well yippity-do, I suppose you do. I guess I don't have a right to have peace and quiet in my own home. I guess my 3 year old doesn't have the right to go to sleep at night without being almost in sleepy-land and then being yanked back into wakefulness by an M-80 going off. I guess my dogs don't have a right to not have to be cowering in corners in their own home, hiding from loud scary noises. I guess it's just tough cookies for me that I have a child with a disability who rarely sleeps as it is but I get to wake up with him at all hours of the night so you can watch something go boom-boom.
It's just total crap. I'm NOT trying to be a party pooper, I would be open to all kinds of compromise on this issue. But do fireworks REALLY need to be lit off here in suburbia, in your driveway? YOU can choose to set your fireworks off somewhere else, my family and I can not CHOOSE to get away from them unless we want to vacate our own home. Even if they are legal in the suburbs, do they really need to be legal for a week and a damn half before the 4th of July? I could probably withstand one night of this bull if that was all I had to put up with.
Not to mention that while I have ALWAYS found it insulting that people are comparing our current economy to the Great Depression, I find it to be even more offensive when suddenly an entire town of down trodden, financially oppressed folks come out in hordes with hundreds of dollars that they are basically planning to light on fire. Glad to see that you can't pay your freaking water bill but you can buy out the VFW's Blackcat stand there Cletus.
I could continue raving but now I have to go tend to dogs that are practically piddling themselves and catch a cup of coffee before my little boy gets woken back up by your Hilbilly Blaster 3000 Dynamite stick. You. Suck. Ass.
Sincerely,
Firework hatin', Party Poopin' biotch
Tags: seriously though my neighbors 6 and 9 year olds are in the driveway lighting off blackcats by themse, i smell a parent of the year award
Comments:
Fireworks are illegal to shoot off in residential areas here..only legal outside of city limits, except for the show at the local college. We go to the show every year - awesomely beautiful! :)
Sorry for your bad experiences..at least Independence Day is only one day a year
I love how you wrote this and I agree:
Not to mention that while I have ALWAYS found it insulting that people are comparing our current economy to the Great Depression, I find it to be even more offensive when suddenly an entire town of down trodden, financially oppressed folks come out in hordes with hundreds of dollars that they are basically planning to light on fire.
WHOO-HOO!! And here I was thinking that I was the only one to feel this way!! :-) Glad to see I am not alone! Although in our subdivision, the fireworks start in mid-June and end about mid-August. Last year they went on until 3:00 a.m!! In fact, starting about mid-June (when we first hear those suckers exploding) my husband and I start fantasizing about owning 200 acres in the middle of nowhere with our house smack dab in the middle and no neighbors in sight!! :-) We've even jokingly started calling it "The Compound." It started out being only for us, but maybe, just maybe since there are so many others out there who hate neighbors who set off fireworks too, we can open it up on July 1st for those families who also despise fireworks!! :-)
In my opinion there are many, many great local fireworks shows. If you really want to show your kids fireworks....then take them there. And I don't mind sparklers and other small ones....as long as they are done by 10:00 p.m.
Not to mention- have you ever stepped on a sparkler with a bare foot??? OUCH!!!
Maybe it is just me having grown up in the military where 4th of July was bigger than Christmas. I love fireworks. I'm sorry you don't. I wish you all the peace and patience in the world and I feel for your little one.
But will I stop celebrating the independence of my country. NO.
I feel like the only one that is pro-fireworks on this post. I'm prepared for the bashing.
But my family likes fireworks. And have been known to light them. But we do it in our large yard in the country, and we don't do it after sundown, but before 10pm. I also have pets, and recognize that the loud noises can freak some animals out, so we don't do it for long, or repeated evenings.
I dislike the implication of some prior posters that all people should stop being able to celebrate the holiday, just because some cro-magnons show lack of courtesy or common sense.
We all should respect our neighbors, and their right of personal space. And in return, get some leeway to celebrate responsibly a couple of times per year.
I'm not asking anyone to stop celebrating our country's independence. How that really relates to blowing stuff up I'm not sure, and I've never been sure, but anyways...I'm asking people to have some manners and be considerate. Thanks for the comments!
My daughter hates fireworks, well the boom kind anyway and the whistling ones. She has hearing loss but those sounds tend to make her head ache. I can understand why she prefers to stay indoors. I've had many dogs hide in the bathtub on the 4th too.
I say take it to the beach or the big cities.
I think these people are a bunch of chaos-aholics and I agree they can't pay their bills but they're willing to spend hundreds to burn. Asinine if you ask me.... People are wacked.
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I so agree with you on this one! I have two idiots in my neighborhood who actually try to out do themselves with fireworks. They have no consideration whatsoever. And lets not talk about the mess that gets left behind. Firecracker paper all over the streets!