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My ex-brother-in-law did something like this to the extreme… He filled a cannon with black powder while I grabbed a beer. I was told to ‘check out his cannon’ (hey, there was a cannon - so put this in context) and went over to see him lighting a gross of bottle rockets he had fused together to drop into the cannon. No big deal I thought - - - He quickly jumped away after he dropped the bottle rockets into the cannon and I remember thinking, ‘what a wimp’ - - - until the explosion!

I saw a white light and could hear nothing but “Brrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhhhrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhrrrrrr” - When he helped me off the ground I knew he was laughing but I could not hear anything but “brrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhhhrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhrrrrrr’ and I think this noise was heart beat - but I can’t be sure.

I do not advocate violence - but he is my ex-brother-in-law…

LOL!

The setup I explained does not go off all at once--luckily. Instead we get several minutes of bottle rocket explosions, a fountain of smoke, and lots of activity.

What's fun is that after a few minutes of these going off, the bucket starts burning, and black smoke just starts pouring out.

It's quite entertaining.