20th TIME'S THE CHARM
Added 2022-05-09 04:01:01 +0000 UTCI once set a firework off in my bedroom. It was a small one. One of those little jobs that shoots a stream of sparks out of three places on its sides so it spins furiously. I still don't know what I was thinking. It left a huge, smelly, patch of charred carpet in the middle of my bedroom. When my mom saw it she didn't even say anything. She just looked tired. I think about that a lot.
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That's how I remember them too. The ones you get today are so wimpy that you can't do that anymore. They barely snap when you throw them.
Chug
2022-05-11 22:44:39 +0000 UTCWe had those snappers too! essentially a box full of sawdust and like six snappers. I would smash them between my fingers because it made me feel like Superman crushing a bullet or something.
Tauhid Bondia
2022-05-09 18:15:03 +0000 UTCOMG LMAO. Ur personal story. Priceless.
Christine Pelaez
2022-05-09 16:03:51 +0000 UTCWe used to throw those little snappers at each other. They didn’t hurt but man did we act like wusses when they did hit.
Brian
2022-05-09 15:42:32 +0000 UTCThat is the best Mother's Day story that I have ever heard. Thank you. You owe your Momma a new floor.
Jeannie Bodney
2022-05-09 15:06:42 +0000 UTCYour story ending could’ve been much, much worse. Mothers of bright, adventurous children learn to take these kinds of things in stride. You had a good mother.
Ann Snuggs
2022-05-09 12:43:45 +0000 UTC🤪🤣🥹😂😇🥳
UglyGimp
2022-05-09 11:40:19 +0000 UTCGrowing up in Iowa, far from the state lines, I had very little experience with fireworks. When I was really young, we didn't even have caps for cap pistols. In my teen years we could get caps, smoke bombs, snakes, and sparklers. Now, I live in Nebraska, where most fireworks are legal for 10 days before Independence day, to the day itself, and a shorter period before New Years Day.
Carl G Knoblock
2022-05-09 04:26:59 +0000 UTC
