[ImJustAnotherOkie]

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[villagerjoel]

I’m guessing that put a damper on celebrations.

[mgc1122]

It’s safe to presume someone is still holding his beer ...

[SlowBoat407]

The rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in hair.

[theknuckler_33]

Hewett said the artillery shell was "not quite like the professional fireworks like you see," but that it was "powerful enough."

Yea, I'd say so.

[MyTwoCopperCoins]

[Hacklehead]

When I was a kid of ~ 12 my friendsa and I used to hold roman candles in our hands and shoot them at each other. Then one day I put a RC into a milk bottle and it exploded shooting shards of glass 30 ft. Lucky I wasnt standing near it.

[Gaffer]

Now I’d call that a real dumbass redneck mistake.....I’ll excuse it cause of the beer and such....but that feller is toast....everyone elst ‘take heed’....don’t try this at your trailer....[home]

[Ben Mugged]

Many Darwin moments are preceded by the phrase “hey, watch this”.

[chae]

Just like another 4th of July in my hometown, drunken rednecks handling explosives

[Dumpster Baby]

"had been drinking" and "exploded on his head"

How many times have we heard those phrases used together before? I've lost count, myself.

:^)

[reagan_fanatic]

Richard Hines apparently had been drinking Saturday night...

Nooooo.....!!

[jakerobins]

I’d be willing to be that his last words were.....”HEY YA’ll WATCH THIS!!”........

Fireworks and Guns are NOT toys....Should respect Guns and Explosives and what they can do....Never point a Gun at something you don’t intend to kill....Never put a firework on something you don’t intend to BLOW UP....Also it’s not a great idea to drink while diong either.....(Difficult to hold a bottle and aim..ya know ;))...LOL

[fieldmarshaldj]

Dumb. RIP.

[SJSAMPLE]

“Hold my beer.”

[Rodamala]

recently posted: Ludlow Kissel and the Dago Bomb that Struck Back

Famous last words uttered countless times in America:

"Hey! Hold my beer and watch this!"

[rednesss]

[3niner]

I've handled these kinds of shells many times. They are not particularly dangerous, if you follow directions.

There are two explosive charges. The first goes off between the decorative charge and the ground, in order to launch the decorative charge high into the air. The second is the pretty starburst.

If you hold the tube in your hand, the first charge will simply blow out the bottom of the tube, and the starburst will not go much of anywhere. You do NOT want to be close to one of these starbursts, when it goes off.

The tubes always clearly say that they must be placed on the ground, and that people must move well away. The fuzes are long.

[smokingfrog]

[freedomlover]

he lit the fuse of an artillery shell aerial firework and held the reloadable fiberglass launching tube above his head

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What did he want, 6 feet more in height for the fireworks?

[Free Vulcan]

We had a guy at work die a few years ago when the mortar tube tipped over just before it launched and the shell hit him in the head. They are dangerous.