How do you feel about firecrackers?

[Kerry]

Firecrackers are banned in Australia. We have big firework displays on special occasions, such as New Year's Eve, and the displays usually centre around Sydney Harbour's spectacular scenery, featuring the Opera House and Harbour Bridge. Such displays usually attract hundreds of thousands of spectators. But as for individual, personal use in Oz, firecrackers are strictly illegal. That wasn't always the case. When I was growing-up in the 50s and 60s, we celebrated Empire Night with firecrackers and a bonfire at the local beach. There were always horror stories in the media the following day, about some idiot putting a cracker in some poor dog's ear. Unlike all the other little boys, when I was a child, I personally preferred the pretty Catherine wheels, sky-rockets and sparklers, over the noisy bungers that exploded with a deafening bang. I can't imagine why that was so!         

[Ellemeno]

Fireworks and thunder (both fortunately rare here) both make my dog get in the bathtub.  And my four year old in my bed.  She and I agreed this evening that she can just go ahead and sleep n my bed every night til after the 4th of July. 

I CAN tell that the teenage boy down the street has moved away.  It's much quieter this year than the last two years.  Still kind of noisy, though.

[David In Indy]

Fireworks and thunder (both fortunately rare here) both make my dog get in the bathtub.  And my four year old in my bed.  She and I agreed this evening that she can just go ahead and sleep n my bed every night til after the 4th of July. 

I CAN tell that the teenage boy down the street has moved away.  It's much quieter this year than the last two years.  Still kind of noisy, though.

Awww! That's so cute! 

Both Cody and Oreo sleep with me anyway. But even if they didn't, I'm sure they would insist on it this week. They HATE those fireworks; especially when one lands on my roof next to the bedroom window! 

Poor babies.

[David In Indy]

Clarissa, what is that lamb doing in your avatar??   

Is he doing what I THINK he's doing?? 

 

[Scott6373]

Hate firecrackers...a lot

[ifyoucantfixit]

          I love the kind that are put on by the firedept. or whoever, but i hate the firecrackers..They are just two times a year pain in the assess .as far as im concerned...I dont get the facination with blowing something up just to hear the damned racket.  Never mind the fact that people get maimed and killed every year with the carelessness of them...  I HATE FIRECRACKERS.............TRAUMATIZE ANIMALS, AND
BABIES.   what fun

[Kd5000]

I use to love shootin them as a kid.  Never had a bad experience.   Aways had a group of fellow neighboring kids watching me to see if I would mess up. 
Going to see them at the park is something I can pass on. No adredaline rush, that for sure.  I always had to fake enthusiasm when I went with a group.  Oh boy, is it over yet.

[Ellemeno]

Clarissa, what is that lamb doing in your avatar??   

Is he doing what I THINK he's doing?? 

 

It's gone from my avatar now, but it was the infamous BBM peeing sheep.

[dot-matrix]

I hate them with a passion becuase they terrify the dogs and people don't know when to stop.  They selfishly shoot the darn things off half the night with no regard for their neighbors.  There aught to be a law.  damn things are dangerous too, even the so called "safe and sane" ones.

[moremojo]

Hate firecrackers with a passion, and am scared of the big, fancy, professionally produced fireworks. For the latter, it's really the big, booming sound that frightens me--if I can watch them from a muted distance, I can actually enjoy them. For the former, I find these extremely annoying, and am frustrated that they remain so popular in my neighborhood, despite being illegal to sell and set off within the city limits. That doesn't stop folks around here from doing so every time a holiday comes around the sun sets sufficiently for them to operate under cover of darkness.