Current Events > Some lady at work bragged about spending $20,000 on fireworks last 4th of July

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I guess this is why people need shit like social security, because they're literally too stupid to save money on their own.

I don't understand people who buy fireworks when you're never gonna habe something more impressive than your local municipality or park. Like I live in bumblefuck Pennsylvania and there's a park 30 minutes away that puts on a hell of a show and you can drink there.
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Trigg3rH4ppy posted...

I don't understand people who buy fireworks when you're never gonna habe something more impressive than your local municipality or park.

firing off fireworks when you're drunk as fuck is one of life's greatest pleasures
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Romulox28 posted...

Trigg3rH4ppy posted...

I don't understand people who buy fireworks when you're never gonna habe something more impressive than your local municipality or park.

firing off fireworks when you're drunk as fuck is one of life's greatest pleasures

Nothing says patriotism like blowing your hand off or setting your house on fire
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Romulox28 posted...

Trigg3rH4ppy posted...

I don't understand people who buy fireworks when you're never gonna habe something more impressive than your local municipality or park.

firing off fireworks when you're drunk as fuck is one of life's greatest pleasures

I've participated in lighting fireworks at parties. It was ok.
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Lighting fireworks is not as fun as it seems. I dont want to deal with that shit.
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Romulox28 posted...

Trigg3rH4ppy posted...

I don't understand people who buy fireworks when you're never gonna habe something more impressive than your local municipality or park.

firing off fireworks when you're drunk as fuck is one of life's greatest pleasures

It's why we beat the redcoats and the Soviets

If she can afford it why do you care?
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MedzXVIII posted...

If she can afford it why do you care?

Because:

A) She probably can't
B) It's an absolute waste of money

Trigg3rH4ppy posted...

Romulox28 posted...

Trigg3rH4ppy posted...

I don't understand people who buy fireworks when you're never gonna habe something more impressive than your local municipality or park.

firing off fireworks when you're drunk as fuck is one of life's greatest pleasures

I've participated in lighting fireworks at parties. It was ok.

it can be fun, just depends on what you're lighting. holding a bottle rock and letting it shoot out of your hand is fun, but its dicey

idk its just a different experience than watching a big show really
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Is she like the janitor? Do you know what she makes? Maybe she has money to burn like that?
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And there is no way a person just comes up with 20k if they can't afford it
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iHuman posted...

And there is no way a person just comes up with 20k if they can't afford it

um CCs go that high.

also can't afford it doesn't mean literally

clearaflagrantj posted...

MedzXVIII posted...

If she can afford it why do you care?

Because:

A) She probably can't
B) It's an absolute waste of money

Some say a cell phone that cost 1000 is a waste of money
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iHuman posted...

And there is no way a person just comes up with 20k if they can't afford it

Of course they don't just come up with 20K, they take out a second loan against their house, or open up a new credit card.

Boomers are the ones that live in permanent debt so they can live in McMansions, drive gas guzzlers, and build inground pools that they never use.

Sounds like some commie is jealous he isn't as free as his co-worker...
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Were_Wyrm posted...

Sounds like some commie is jealous he isn't as free as his co-worker...

Nyet

Just give my friends a few Roman candles and a baseball bat and we're set
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i grew up less than 5 miles from an indian res. As a kid basically all the money I saved from Jan. 1 to July 4 I would use to buy fireworks on July 5. I always preferred 3 or 5" artillery shells. the 5" box of 24 would run for like $20 on July 5 compared to $60 on July 4th or before. Also a big fan of M80s and tennis ball bombs. M80s could be had for $.50 a piece when I was younger, got up to $1 each by the time I was in high school. They didn't get marked down on the 5th because they weren't sold out of the firework stands, you had to find the shady looking guy standing around. Tennis ball bombs ran I think $3 or $5.

The most awesome though that I only found once was this starter pistol type gun that used the equivalent of an M40 that you would muzzle load and it would shoot about 40 or 50' in the air and explode. My dad took it though because I bought it when I was like 10 and he didn't trust me. Could never find more ammo after the first bath though.
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