Rule #1 of the 4th of July is always "Make sure you end the day with the same amount of fingers you started it with..."
In this case, I guess we should add "and hair".
July 04, 2026, 03:03 PM
Expert308
He's lucky he was able to walk away. Idiot.
July 04, 2026, 03:27 PM
oddball
wonder how his eyes and ears are
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July 04, 2026, 04:00 PM
Graniteguy
If you look closely it appears something may have pierced his abdomen. (or badly burned it)
July 04, 2026, 05:19 PM
CPD SIG
I've seen Mr Darwin's work like this multiple times.
About 4 years ago was the genius who looked into the mortar tube. You can guess what the last thing that went through his mind was.
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July 04, 2026, 05:26 PM
RogueJSK
quote:
Originally posted by CPD SIG: I've seen Mr Darwin's work like this multiple times.
About 4 years ago was the genius who looked into the mortar tube. You can guess what the last thing that went through his mind was.
Y'know, some folks really lose their heads when it comes to celebrating the 4th of July...
July 04, 2026, 05:26 PM
Cookster
Looks like the Valedictorian graduate from the Learing Center.
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July 04, 2026, 06:01 PM
old rugged cross
Yea, betting he has a serious injury to his left side. What a dumb dumb
Sooo...where did the can go? Cue Vlad the Impaler....
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July 04, 2026, 07:44 PM
parabellum
In the still frame I captured from the video, you can see the can after it ricocheted off his dented rectum.
This common visual gag was popularized in The Golden Age of Animation. It begins when an explosion occurs point-blank in someone's face, typically from an Explosive Cigar, ridiculous quantities of TNT/dynamite, or perhaps an amusing gunfire incident since guns often emit directed explosions rather than propelling bullets.
July 05, 2026, 09:24 AM
architect
Just following a tradition started by Wiley Coyote. I can't help but hold the Roadrunner responsible for these idiots.
Should Hanna-Barbera be paying reparations?
July 05, 2026, 10:06 AM
SpinZone
I help my friend shoot off a bunch of fireworks every year. Last year we had one of the mortars fail. The lifting charge failed to go off and then the deploying charge went off with the mortar still in the tube. The explosion blew the hell out of it, destroying the PVC tube and the wooden 2x4 frame it was mounted to, breaking one section of 2x4 completely in half.
No one was injured because we light and move, and move some more, but the point is, sometimes things go wrong and fireworks can be deadly even before adding stupidity and alcohol to the mix.
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July 05, 2026, 10:22 AM
lyman
quote:
Originally posted by architect: Just following a tradition started by Wiley Coyote. I can't help but hold the Roadrunner responsible for these idiots.
Should Hanna-Barbera be paying reparations?
no, HB did not do the Coyote
when I was a youngman, my brother and I were setting of bottle rockets etc, (as well as lighting of a small cannon he has)
some jumbo bottle rocket, went up 23-30 feet, and then stalled a split second, and took off horizontal up in the woods,
made it about 150 yrds before it hit the hill on the other side of the creek and sputtered out,
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July 05, 2026, 12:00 PM
old rugged cross
Whoa, that is and instant classic. Hope no one was seriously injured. Seeing the baby and how close they were was disturbing. But wow that was a bodda boom situation. Great place for a fire bang bang. Right where a vehicles gas tank is This message has been edited. Last edited by: old rugged cross,
