No! to Backyard Fireworks

[sweetwater]

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Apparently I wanted to unplug something. For whatever reason, I decided it wasn't save to take out with my hand.

So I pried it out of the socket with a metal fork.

A metal fork? That's just plain ol' dumb. Silly. Stoopid. Now me, I used a copper aquarium valve. COPPER. Next thing I remember was being on my back across the room, with the valve held held high and my eyes gradually focusing on the blackened area around the screw hole on the valve. I dodged a Darwin Award, but only because it wasn't invented then.