Surprisingly, this video…
#Fireworks are illegal in the City of Los Angeles and even small ones can cause a lot of damage.
This watermelon was completely destroyed by a firework the size of a stick of gum.
🎆 This #FourthOfJuly be safe, find a professional show near you: https://t.co/gow9utbD5K pic.twitter.com/KHqrJZDVba
— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) July 2, 2018
…is not intended to encourage people to explode watermelons with M-80s tomorrow. In fact, it inexplicably wants to discourage that. Go figure.
And watching that I am planning out which firework stands are most likely to carry salutes. I think the one in front of the local Kroger affiliate is a good choice.
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Or I could drive to California and get my pyrotechnic of a father in law to blow up watermelons with me. I’m sure the kids would love it. At the very least, I should share this with him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUctxmz3zOY
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This .. is a better discouragement ..
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Mew
My in-laws love that video.
I worry when males post things like this and apparently fail to realize that these kinds of videos simply make most males *want* to do what’s being shown.
And this guy wants to run for president!?
This is less a warning than an invitation to hold some enterprising young demolitions expert’s beer.
This is one of those tweets that makes me thankful that I live in a jurisdiction where my “betters” haven’t banned the enjoyment of fireworks on the 4th (or any time between the 1st and the 7th), and there’s enough moisture that the ground isn’t a tinder.
“You’re watching Futurama, the show that does not advocate the cool crime of robbery!”