I copied this off a FB page and it seems to be making the rounds. It is so absurd it is laughable, and yet the page I copied from had all sorts of positive comments.



If I had a FB page I would circulate with my comments....

What a view of wildlife and nature!! If it were all so delicate every living creature would be extinct now! LOL

Bees don't go back to their nests because they stand outside in a crowd looking up and saying "Oooooooo!" and "Wowwww!!"

Birds have panic attacks causing mass deaths. That's why after fireworks we have those big sweeper trucks scooping up all the bodies. You know, the ones we use after all the booming and crashing of thunder storms, with high winds and torrential rain?

Wild animals abandon their dens. Sometime after a big tree goes down look for all the terrified, disoriented, panic stricken squirrels and birds. You'll find them in the next tree over doing fine.

Fish perish from eating fireworks debris. We all know how much fish love paper tinged with burned gunpowder. Enough said.

Companion animals have panic attacks. Well, there's one that's true. Oscar whimpered and cuddled up to me. I petted him. He was okay. That's why we call them companion animals.

Humans have PTSD. And the greatest number of them are combat vets who nevertheless love the celebrations of the Fourth and would not want fireworks taken away for anything. Especially for transparent commie propaganda.

One thing that has always puzzled me about fireworks is that those who can least afford to spend a shit ton of money on them are the ones who do.

Sat in my backyard last night and watched a show from one street over. He must have spent two or three grand. But I enjoyed watching it. When I had my Boxer, she didn't like it.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
One thing that has always puzzled me about fireworks is that those who can least afford to spend a shit ton of money on them are the ones who do.

Right on the money;two doors down the bro has let his mother raise his kids,always keeps her car,another neighbor takes her for doctors and drug store trips
That clown shot areal bombs and all kinds of works last evening for several hours.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
One thing that has always puzzled me about fireworks is that those who can least afford to spend a shit ton of money on them are the ones who do.

The same seems holds true with dogs and tattoos.

Yeah, it was great. Sort of. We live on a corner and the jerk down the side street waited until all the commercial stuff was over to start his nonsense. It was late at night, like after midnight. Not the 4th still, the 5th early morning. Finally the underworked and overpaid cops decided to visit. The paper debris was up to his knees.

He told them if the street wasn't cleaned by the end of his shift, they were going to jail. There was a mild breeze, and it was blowing north. Right toward my house. The next shift cop stopped and suggested I should clean up the other guys crap. I didn't mind it being there, or where it had blown across the intersection.

He used all the arguments. He even said or suggested that I should do it if he didn't want others to think we were a crap neighborhood. I was tired of it, and pointed out we did live in a crappy neighborhood, one without police service.

Then I went to the next City Commission meeting to relate the events. They're politicians. They politely listened, didn't vote to lower police salaries to what they deserved since they didn't do their job, only drove around town. Of course back in the 1990s gas didn't cost $5 a gallon. While all the stuff was going off, my dog, who hated fireworks, were in the basement.
Me on the couch, him right next to me on the floor. If he made noise, I petted him.

It started my habit of slinging dog shit into that side street. Hoping the guy's car would pick it up and sling it on the side.

The economy is that bad. Lots of folks spent a small fortune celebrating. If beer cost as much as the bang-bang stuff, things will get pretty bad by month end.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
One thing that has always puzzled me about fireworks is that those who can least afford to spend a shit ton of money on them are the ones who do.

The same seems holds true with dogs and tattoos.

And also for buying lunch in the company cafeteria and cigarettes.

Had several nearby displays last night along with the accompanying booms. Dog started barking at the window, so scooped her up in my arms (14 lbs), took her outside and talked to her while the displays were going off. Calmed down, no barking or startled reactions and she spent a half hour watching the lights and flashes. She came in and went to sleep with the outside noise still going on.

Same way I desensitized my previous dog.

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Had several nearby displays last night along with the accompanying booms. Dog started barking at the window, so scooped her up in my arms (14 lbs), took her outside and talked to her while the displays were going off. Calmed down, no barking or startled reactions and she spent a half hour watching the lights and flashes. She came in and went to sleep with the outside noise still going on.

Same way I desensitized my previous dog.

Bird hunters take their dogs to the shotgun range when they're puppies and get them used to the sound. I've done it with my hunting dogs and it works. They then don't care about fireworks either.

Huh. Me and my Beagle 'Bert' sat in the park last light and enjoyed the fireworks show over the lake. He sure didn't seem terribly bothered by it or the people drinking and hooping it up around us.

Last night we had a a war zone like environment around here. I was worried my dog was gonna have a stroke she was so aggravated! My neighbor said her 3 dogs were going nuts because of the fireworks.
I expected that tonight would be the barrage but was mistaken. Tonight I will load my dog in the truck and go over by the state land and use a parking spot I have used before. Usually very quiet in that area.
I know that many farmers with livestock sure don't like the fireworks.

Every year a local organization sponsors a community professional fireworks display. It's odd that those much larger don't cause any harm but some kids with lady fingers and black cats equals the end of civilization.

I woke up at 4am for work this morning to mariachi music from the next street over. Do I get a service dog to deal with my PTSD?

My horses hate them. Someone built a house on our back fence line. They have been shooting shit over, and next to, my back pasture for 45 minutes now. I'm not a happy man.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
One thing that has always puzzled me about fireworks is that those who can least afford to spend a shit ton of money on them are the ones who do.

The same seems holds true with dogs and tattoos.

I agree

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Every year a local organization sponsors a community professional fireworks display. It's odd that those much larger don't cause any harm but some kids with lady fingers and black cats equals the end of civilization.

I woke up at 4am for work this morning to mariachi music from the next street over. Do I get a service dog to deal with my PTSD?

The community fireworks are far enough away that they can't be seen or heard from my semi-rural home. The private displays (as close as two doors over) and others can rival or out do the noise & visual effect of the so called community displays. Hard to run and hide from them when the are all over the place.
I ask my neighbor if he was gonna be lighting any off, his response was he a few small ones, nothing very loud. So I opted to stay home and ride it out. Huge mistake!
1.5 hrs of huge booms and burning debris falling into my yard that is burnt out from lack of rain. I am surprised that we didn't end up with a grass fire!

We moved out to the country for peace & quiet. Some years they start in April (practicing I guess) for the 4th of July. And go till after Labor day.
You never know when a big boom will go off at any time of the day or night.

I had to take our 2 boxers in the very dark bedroom last night and cuddle with them. They finally calmed down and went to sleep.

Of course I had to take them out at 2 am since we went to bed early.

My GF's dog was the only dog in the cul-d-sac for our fireworks extravaganza. Nervous for a few minutes and then calmly watched the show. Same as our NYE fireworks extravaganza.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
One thing that has always puzzled me about fireworks is that those who can least afford to spend a shit ton of money on them are the ones who do.

Well yeah... That's part of the reason why many of them are poor: They waste way too much of their already limited money on unnecessary shit. See fireworks, also cigarettes, alcohol, tattoos, fast food, chintzy bolt-on car accessories, etc.

I'm not a fan and since pretty much all fireworks are now legal in PA, every yahoo and his brother are shooting them off all weekend as soon as it gets dark around here. It sounded like downtown Baghdad around here Sunday and Monday night for like an hour straight which sucks when you have very young kids who are trying to sleep. BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOOOOOOOM BOOM BOOOM BOOM BOOM BOOOOOOM. FFS

And yes it's the white trash that LOVES these damn things.

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Originally posted by PASig:
I'm not a fan and since pretty much all fireworks are now legal in PA, every yahoo and his brother are shooting them off all weekend as soon as it gets dark around here. It sounded like downtown Baghdad around here Sunday and Monday night for like an hour straight which sucks when you have very young kids who are trying to sleep. BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOOOOOOOM BOOM BOOOM BOOM BOOM BOOOOOOM. FFS

And yes it's the white trash that LOVES these damn things.

I agree…

Shows that have them launching up and creating nice visuals is one thing…but most ASSHOLES around here just make noise. Serves ZERO PURPOSE.

And they don’t do it all at once…nooooooooooo, they blow one up every 10 minutes until Jethro passes out on the lawn at midnight.

Fucking hicks!