I hate the 4th of July

Clodfobble · 07-01-2007, 10:12 PM

Yeah yeah, our country's great, freedom isn't free, the American Revolution was awesome--that's all great.

But seriously, fireworks are dumb. They could hypothetically be fun, if the weather were cool and you had a good view and a comfortable place to sit and it weren't obscenely crowded--but in my lifetime this set of circumstances has never even come closer than 50% fulfilled.

To make up for this, people shoot off their own backyard fireworks after dark for a whole freaking week. They can't do it at twilight; no, 10:00 PM is apparently the perfect time for crappy little home-sized explosions that are more sound than light. Nothing like having the baby wake up and start crying at the same moment the 5-year-old runs out of his bedroom shouting "I think someone is shooting at our house!"

And you know what? Hot dogs are gross.

Bah humbug.

07-01-2007, 10:12 PM	#1
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I hate the 4th of July Yeah yeah, our country's great, freedom isn't free, the American Revolution was awesome--that's all great. But seriously, fireworks are dumb. They could hypothetically be fun, if the weather were cool and you had a good view and a comfortable place to sit and it weren't obscenely crowded--but in my lifetime this set of circumstances has never even come closer than 50% fulfilled. To make up for this, people shoot off their own backyard fireworks after dark for a whole freaking week. They can't do it at twilight; no, 10:00 PM is apparently the perfect time for crappy little home-sized explosions that are more sound than light. Nothing like having the baby wake up and start crying at the same moment the 5-year-old runs out of his bedroom shouting "I think someone is shooting at our house!" And you know what? Hot dogs are gross. Bah humbug.

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