I told my mom we're running out of fireworks and she said two things

[conuly]

1. "You really don't like fireworks, do you?"

...no, I really don't. I mean, I like organized shows put on by professionals who know what they're doing, where you know when they'll start and stop and you can leave if you like. But amateur hour? No, thank you. I'm not sure how she was in any sort of doubt on this front.

2. "Hah, maybe we'll run out of bullets next!"

Now, that's dreaming!

Comments

[aurumcalendula]

I get twitchy when amateurs shoot off fireworks (and sometimes with some supposed professionals too - a show in the city I grew up in went badly one year and someone was killed). It seems like people forget how dangerous they can be.

[dark_phoenix54]

Well, we all have our crazy wishes...

[offcntr]

The local BiMart (an employee-owned hardware/variety store chain here in the Northwest) has taken to putting a small whiteboard outside the entrance listing what's currently out-of-stock/unavailable. Early on, it was TP, alcohol, hand sanitizer. Lately I've noticed bleach and Lysol head the list.

Handgun ammo has been sold out since the very start, and continues to be on the list every time I come down to pick up our prescriptions.

I really worry about folks who've been stockpiling 9mm rounds with their toilet paper.

[conuly]

I really worry about folks who've been stockpiling 9mm rounds with their toilet paper.

They're more likely to shoot themselves than other people, if that's any consolation.

[brokenallbroken]

I like organized shows put on by professionals who know what they're doing, where you know when they'll start and stop and you can leave if you like. But amateur hour? No, thank you.

I'm exactly the same way, and not just because legal amateur fireworks are tiny and boring. I imagine it would be even worse if I lived in an area where "firecrackers or gun battle" was a legitimate question.

I complained on FB once about people setting off fireworks in the street with plenty of beer but not a fire extinguisher in sight, and someone said "fire extinguisher? I never would have thought of that". I mean, it's southern California, I'm not sure we should go hiking without fire extinguishers.

[conuly]

Never would've thought of a fire extinguisher!?

[brokenallbroken]

AND SHE'S USUALLY ONE OF THE RELENTLESSLY SENSIBLE ONES

[silveradept]

I would much rather run out of the bullets and forget to restock first.