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Posted on 12/29/17 at 6:33 pm to High C
Lots of bottle rocket and roman candle wars. We never did the bb gun thing though.
Posted on 12/29/17 at 6:40 pm to notiger1997
Always had bottle rocket wars......used the pvc pipes or paper towel rolls to launch.
I accidentally set our backyard and down the fence line between St Aloysius and Southdowns Elementary on fire once with a rocket going in a pile of leaves.....we all were in deep trouble. LOL
Firetrucks and all....no real damage mostly dead wood and leaves.
I accidentally set our backyard and down the fence line between St Aloysius and Southdowns Elementary on fire once with a rocket going in a pile of leaves.....we all were in deep trouble. LOL
Firetrucks and all....no real damage mostly dead wood and leaves.
Posted on 12/29/17 at 6:43 pm to el Gaucho
Right,you grew up a pussy
Posted on 12/29/17 at 6:46 pm to BooDreaux
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I accidentally set our backyard and down the fence line between St Aloysius and Southdowns Elementary on fire once with a rocket going in a pile of leaves.....we all were in deep trouble. LOL
I had a jumping jack set the woods on fire behind our house once when I was a kid. Luckily my dad got to it pretty quick and got it out.
That's when jumping jacks actually did something. Now, like most fireworks, they are a damn joke.
Posted on 12/29/17 at 6:49 pm to High C
I got yelled at by my wife for hitting my son in the head with a roman candle flare last year.
Posted on 12/29/17 at 6:52 pm to High C
We had awesome bottle rocket wars with adults and kids, every man woman and child for themselves.
The guy at the fireworks stand loved to see us walk up because we spent an enormous amount of moola on roman candles, bottle rockets and mortar shells.
Old style metal trash can lids make the BEST shields. I still have a few roman candle burn scars
The guy at the fireworks stand loved to see us walk up because we spent an enormous amount of moola on roman candles, bottle rockets and mortar shells.
Old style metal trash can lids make the BEST shields. I still have a few roman candle burn scars
Posted on 12/29/17 at 6:55 pm to Bistineaubengal
Back in the late '70s/early 80s, guys in my N. BR neighborhood had some epic bottle rocket/fireworks "wars". Most of us were of middle school age, but there were a few high schoolers sprinkled in. We did this mainly between Christmas and New Years (never during the 4th, for no apparent reason). We had modified PVC launchers and used bottle rockets, butterflys, and roman candles as "ammo". Regular firecrackers were handy for "close-in combat. About 8-12 guys from nearby streets formed battle teams and just went for it. I still recall literally blowing a guy out of a tree using a butterfly and my custom launcher. On the flip side I'll never forget an instance where me and one of my buddies got pinned down in a garage under what seemed to be 5 minutes of continuous bottle rock fire. Amazingly --- considering the number of years and the number of guys involved --- no one lost an eye, hand, etc.
Had a few instances where folks called the EBRP Sheriff, but we considered running and not getting caught part of the fun.
We were too young and foolish to realize how dangerous this was. But I can't lie; those were some memorable times.
Had a few instances where folks called the EBRP Sheriff, but we considered running and not getting caught part of the fun.
We were too young and foolish to realize how dangerous this was. But I can't lie; those were some memorable times.
This post was edited on 12/29/17 at 8:43 pm
Posted on 12/29/17 at 6:57 pm to MUMFORD
My friend got shot in the eye with a bb. Flash forward two days and he pops it out of his eye in math class
Coolest damn thing my 8th grade self ever saw
Coolest damn thing my 8th grade self ever saw
Posted on 12/29/17 at 7:09 pm to High C
My roommate and I used to drive up to Woodville, Mississippi and buy a 100 gross of bottle rockets. You cannot buy bottle rockets in Louisiana. We knew someone who lived on the other side of a vacant rent house from our house. We shot every one of those bottle rockets at the neighbors house. Thousands of bottle rocket sticks ended up the rent house lawn. One day the landlord, a Dr. Pittman from Covington, came and mowed the land. I was peeking through the curtain and watching him with fist fulls of red sticks in his hand. A little girl was standing outside and shouted at her "who did this?" She shrugged her shoulders and ran inside...
Posted on 12/29/17 at 7:14 pm to High C
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had a couple dozen in my coat pocket, and someone actually shot a live on into that pocket.
Holy shite...do I know you?? We used to do the same. Had a friend this exact thing happen to. If I'm not mistaken it was a new leather jacket that he had gotten for Christmas.
Used to do the BB gun war too. Until, a new kid used a Benjamin(didn't know the difference) and shot a buddy in the balls. That ended that.
Posted on 12/29/17 at 7:17 pm to Pectus
we did both. Bb's leave a nice little welp. i remember the firecracker on 4-h road used to sell the small bottle rockets out the back door after the were illegal
Posted on 12/29/17 at 7:18 pm to High C
What was the other name for those little penny rockets?
Posted on 12/29/17 at 7:19 pm to MUMFORD
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We had modified PVC launchers and used bottle rockets, butterflys, and roman candles as "ammo". Regular firecrackers were handy for "close-in combat. About 8-12 guys from nearby streets formed battle teams and just went for it. I
See, that crap is fun. I loved those days.
And yes I'm a father now and I won't even think about letting my son do crap like that.
Posted on 12/29/17 at 7:19 pm to AlwaysPutsSeatDown
On New Years Eve, my brother and his friends used to fire at cars driving by the corner of Monterey and Florida in Baton Rouge. Amazing how accurate they got at throwing bottle rockets...
Posted on 12/29/17 at 7:21 pm to High C
We had bottle rocket wars but frick bb gun wars. That shite hurts. The only kids that did that were the same kids that huffed gas in the woods.
Posted on 12/29/17 at 7:23 pm to High C
All you have to do is catch a Roman candle blast off your neck just once to cure you of ever wanting to do that ever again.
Posted on 12/29/17 at 7:23 pm to High C
I can't believe with all the dumb crap I did with fireworks and still do to this day at 40, I've only had one injury. Someone threw a jumping jack up by me and the damn thing flew into the hole in the back of my hat. Burned the fck out of my head that left me with a bald spot for a month.
Posted on 12/29/17 at 7:24 pm to go_tigres
Same thing happened to a friend of mine's son. A bottle rocket burnt a hole in his coat and caused third degree burns. Earlier the guy was throwing motors and explaining to the kids this is an example of unsafe behavior...
Posted on 12/29/17 at 7:27 pm to ellishughtiger
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What was the other name for those little penny rockets?
Moon Travelers
We used to each pony up 10$ when I was a kid and that would be more than enough for several nights of penny rocket wars. Never used PVC, always just burned the tips of the fingers a little bit.
Like a previous poster, I was raised to respect guns so we never did anything silly with any type of gun.
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