Posted on 07/01/2002 8:44:35 AM PDT by mhking
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| Jenna Isaacson photo |
| The fuse on an Exploding Bin Laden Noggin burns brightly. The fountain, a spoof of al-Qaida leader and suspected terrorist Osama Bin Laden, is among this year’s most popular fireworks. |
By KATIE TIERNAN of the Tribune’s staff
Americans with a taste for vengeance this Fourth of July can take their aggressions out with a bang.
"Aha! A must-have," Nebel said when he finally found the device. "You get to blow his head off. That’s great! What red-blooded American wouldn’t want to blow his head off?"
The Bin Laden Noggin, a cone-shaped firework decorated like a gun-wielding, green-skinned Osama bin Laden, is the hottest firework of the summer, tent manager Jack Slaughter said. He expects to sell 2,500 of the diminutive terrorists this summer.
"Every American needs one of these!" reads the description of the firecracker in the Bob’s Fireworks catalog. "Light up ol’ BL and he will cackle not unlike a chicken, erupt in blood red flowers and scream loudly as if his cave’s roof was meeting the floor.
"The finale is complete when a dual charge blows Bin’s head far from his neck. Too much fun for only $1.95."
The firecracker is supposed to simulate bin Laden screaming and his head exploding, Slaughter said. "People have been coming in and buying two: one to light and one to keep, give to their friends," he said.
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