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re: Bottle Rocket and/or BB Gun Wars
Posted on 12/30/17 at 9:22 am to TeddyPadillac
Posted on 12/30/17 at 9:22 am to TeddyPadillac
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How about you tell us what you really call them, b/c I know you don't call them "whistling" chasers
I had forgotten about that "other" name for them until these posts.
Oh and yes on the bottle rocket and roman candle wars on my grandfather's rice farm. Never any significant injuries to speak of other than the occasional burnt clothing or close range roman candle backfire.
eta - We had a stray bottle rocket set a field on fire once but put it out before it got out of hand.
This post was edited on 12/30/17 at 9:29 am
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Posted on 12/30/17 at 10:51 am to redstick13
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I had forgotten about that "other" name for them until these posts. Oh and yes on the bottle rocket and roman candle wars on my grandfather's rice farm. Never any significant injuries to speak of other than the occasional burnt clothing or close range roman candle backfire. eta - We had a stray bottle rocket set a field on fire once but put it out before it got out of hand.
Yeah we had several names for them back then, but my kids only know them by whistling chasers.
I'd like to keep it that way.
Just like I would never make them go "pick a switch." Different times..
Posted on 12/30/17 at 11:36 am to Bistineaubengal
Cherry bombs and M-80s were the deal back in the 50s and probably 60s, my time. Bottle rockets weren't so popular.
Possessing a cherry bomb, or if you had rich friends who could buy a box full, made you pretty popular in the neighborhood. They'll blow up a porcelain commode at an elementary school, by the way.
Bottle rockets were good to throw out the window of a car until one blows back in, hits the seat next to a sack full of fireworks, and blows out the seat of your friend's dad's new '62 Biscayne.
Possessing a cherry bomb, or if you had rich friends who could buy a box full, made you pretty popular in the neighborhood. They'll blow up a porcelain commode at an elementary school, by the way.
Bottle rockets were good to throw out the window of a car until one blows back in, hits the seat next to a sack full of fireworks, and blows out the seat of your friend's dad's new '62 Biscayne.
This post was edited on 12/30/17 at 11:37 am
Posted on 12/30/17 at 11:51 am to Bistineaubengal
quote:
Parents smoked in the car too
Evidently they still do here in Starkville. I saw it while out getting breakfast this morning.
Posted on 12/30/17 at 12:48 pm to High C
If you ain't throwing excalibur artillery shells as grenades, you ain't doin shite.
Posted on 12/30/17 at 1:12 pm to Cornholio
Well, we were playing games, not trying to actually kill each other.
Posted on 12/30/17 at 1:34 pm to High C
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Well, we were playing games, not trying to actually kill each other.
I hear ya
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