Wow, this was stupid. I have no luck.

[TonK]

So I got my annual quota of explosives for the 4th yesterday.

They are home made by a demolition engineer.

Come in sizes comparable to TNT. 1/4 sticks, 1/2 sticks, 3/4 sticks and full sticks.

I got the 1/4 sticks.

So, I was sitting on my 83 year old neighbors porch just relaxing after my daughters softball game.

Told him about the fireworks - he loves 'em - I've been setting them off for 6 years, and he wants to be there every time I do it.

So he asks me to set one off.

Walk down the driveway, look both ways, no cars.

Set it down to light.

Look again, no cars. There is a 15 second wick on these.

Light it, run up the driveway, sit down and wait.

A FUCKING COP is driving up the street.

That thing couldn't have timed it more perfect.

HUGE explosion just as the cop was driving by.

He pulls right in the driveway.

I'm like "fuuuuuuuuuck"

Old man is laughing his ass off.

Cop gets out and was like "those are illegal"

I apologized, and after a few more words he took off.

I wish I had it on video, it would have gone viral.

 

[cdamm]

hysterical.

 

[ki_atsushi]

Man, it's like a cartoon. You look both ways for traffic and it's clear, then you step out and *BOOM* -- hit by a bus.

 

[Sixth]

First time I've laughed today. Nice one. The old man laughing his ass off is what really got me.

 

[elixir]

I apologized, and after a few more words he took off.

Words?

 

[Takumaji]

Oh shit, no way, I know situations like that very well!

At least the Cop was cool.

I wish we could meet one day, then I'd show you some real firecrackers from our factory. cal. 18mm super-hard cardboard case, 50g (1.8 oz) of flash with the finest German Dark aluminium available and a Bickford fuse with exactly 6 seconds delay. They'll knock your socks off, promised!

We also make 100g (3.5 oz) and 250g (9 oz) versions for professional fireworks displays. The big one is nicknamed "crater maker"...

 

[Jedah Doma]

LOL reminds me of the old Looney Tunes where they look down a stretch of road that goes for 100 miles and no one is there either way until they do the deed and 50 cars pile up. Classic.

 

[Tyranix95]

LoL! CLASSIC!!

Nice to hear some Cops are still cool (and still give warnings).

 

[Kid Panda]

Yea in North Carolina they will chase you down and beat you like Rodney King ove those things, effin assholes :/

 

[TonK]

Oh shit, no way, I know situations like that very well!

At least the Cop was cool.

I wish we could meet one day, then I'd show you some real firecrackers from our factory. cal. 18mm super-hard cardboard case, 50g (1.8 oz) of flash with the finest German Dark aluminium available and a Bickford fuse with exactly 6 seconds delay. They'll knock your socks off, promised!

We also make 100g (3.5 oz) and 250g (9 oz) versions for professional fireworks displays. The big one is nicknamed "crater maker"...

I'm getting a few custom sticks made from my "source" (lol) I'll get you a video of it going off.

But this thing went off at the EXACT time he rolled up.

It was funny.

Guys across the street were laughing their asses off.

 

[SNKorSWM]

Classic Roadrunner & Wile E. Coyote scene.

 

[aria]

Could you imagine if he'd been on a few tours in Iraq so his immediate gut reaction is "IED!"

 

[Darklighterx]

Pics or GTFO.

 

[TonK]

Could you imagine if he'd been on a few tours in Iraq so his immediate gut reaction is "IED!"

He did make a valid point.

If any old dude drives by and hears something like that, he'd probably drive right into a tree.

These things are super-loud. Boris knows what flash powder sounds like.

 

[TonK]

 

[aria]

TonK, I think many of us are still seeing the "Upgrade to Pro today" message.

However the direct links appear to work:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/tonkdigital/4e74d3a8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/tonkdigital/b5ea95cb.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/tonkdigital/34119b21.jpg

 

[trenog]

Sadly those direct links don't work either. A better image hosting company is required it seems.

 

[TonK]

Sadly those direct links don't work either. A better image hosting company is required it seems.

Copy/Paste in your browser.

 

[Tyranix95]

Copy/Paste in your browser.

Works for me.

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc418/Tyranix95/TonK2.jpg

 

[Hot Chocolate]

Wow

 

[Hippee]

We were setting off some fireworks in Culver City a year or two ago in a backyard. And someone was like "Geeze I wonder if the cops will show up" and RIGHT AFTER THAT - 2 of them walked through the gate and were like "here we are!" It was hilarious. I think they just warned us.

 

[Tyranix95]

So, TonK, which cracker went off right next to the cop car--the little cracker on the left or the big cracker on the right?

 

[supergoose]

Looks like candy. Bet they aren't good for your teeth.

@ Tak:
Now i'd really love to do another little roadtrip. Sadly, i don't have the time, atm.

 

[RabbitTroop]

Works for me.

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc418/Tyranix95/TonK2.jpg

When I was a young kid I would visit my cousins in upstate New York for the 4th, and they were firework nuts. Those little ones look just like the m-80s we used to light and throw. That stuff was madness. Blow a nice chunk out of the earth. There was one summer my cousin lit one, and I'm the youngest kid by a lot, mind you, this wasn't a bunch of kids, but one little kid and four childish grown-men My cousin lit an m-80 and tossed it in the air.... it arched and blew up maybe two feet from the roof of their house. That was followed by a bunch of "shit, shit, shit...." Good times.

 

[TonK]

When I was a young kid I would visit my cousins in upstate New York for the 4th, and they were firework nuts. Those little ones look just like the m-80s we used to light and throw. That stuff was madness. Blow a nice chunk out of the earth. There was one summer my cousin lit one, and I'm the youngest kid by a lot, mind you, this wasn't a bunch of kids, but one little kid and four childish grown-men My cousin lit an m-80 and tossed it in the air.... it arched and blew up maybe two feet from the roof of their house. That was followed by a bunch of "shit, shit, shit...." Good times.

Yeah, I miss the good ol days.

M80's were a little smaller than the ones I have, I used to get a brown paper bag full of them when I was 12 for like $60.

I blew up all kinds of stuff....

Used to stick half a cigarette on the fuse and light the other end, it would burn down and light the fuse.

Used to set time bombs all over the city.