FriendBurst Blog

Howdy

I thought I would share some stories.

Ya know, I used to be young. No really, I’m not making that up…

Well Years ago I was THirty and My COusin Rocky and I were visiting a Friend of Rocky’s. And well there Was Beer involved. Yep just some good friends sitting out on the deck having some cold ones.

Well we lined up a few dead soldiers and we began to reminisce. Somehow the discussion turned to when we made a small M-80 out of duct tape and black powder and blew-up the neighbor’s mailbox. (Betcha didn’t know this was a Flashback withing a Flashback) Well the Tales got bigger and the Yarns were spinning and the next thing we knew we were in Rocky’s Friend’s Garage.

We got us some PVC and some Rocketry fuses (yep we have Rocketry fuses on hand, we even have the kind that burn underwater) (did I mention that there was beer involved)

Anyways, we put together some “Homemade Fireworks”

Took it out to the Fence (did I mention we were in town) and set that sucker off.

Welll…… We kinda made it too big. (I don’t know some kind of weird size thing when you get older like visiting your old little league field). I don’t know how to explain how loud this “Homemade Fireworks” was, but it was DAMN LOUD. Actually much louder than that. But the really interesting thing was it kicked dirt up higher than the house.

So there we were standing a safe distance away (about 50 feet or 20 meters) Holding our beers.

The Dirt rained down upon us.

Well when the local Law Enforcement arrived we explained things… including the reminiscing and the Mailbox and the potato canon (another story) pringle’s can. Well they laughed hard and we offered them a beer.
But Rocky’s Friend’s Wife, was really pissed.