Fireworks a-go-go

Hahaha good try! Next time try to make your lies a little less ambitious and I might believe you!

Have fun watching colourful things go BANG! 😀

I spent the last time I was doing fireworks with people whose other occupations include theatre, the symphony and the ballet. Hardly caveman types.

And it’s strange, my mail definately says ACT, and I’m pretty sure I’ve lived here for about ten years, and surprisingly, I haven’t heard fireworks go off outside of designated periods … well, ever.

You must live in one of those shonky suburbs. I’m sorry for you – that’s what cheap property values do for you, I suppose…

The only people I know who think fireworks are fun tend to be caveman types. Obviously haven’t made that big leap yet.

And if you think people only set off fireworks for three nights, you obviously don’t live in Canberra.

Look, I’m not saying it isn’t bad when dogs go running off in fear.

But that’s a problem with irresponsible dog owners, not with responsible firework users enjoying themselves for three (yeah, that’s right, a big grand total of three) nights of a year.

In answer to your moronic question – fireworks have colour, light, beauty, and the irresistable attraction of flame that the human race has enjoyed the look of since, oh, we came out of caves.

Yeah, dogs are awesome, huggy, licky and all those other things too, but can’t you just let different people enjoy their different kicks once in a while? Must everything be sublimated to your particular view of the world?

Simbo, that took a lot of intelligence didn’t it! Good for you! *pats simbo on the head*

By that argument, Catriona, dogs need to be banned, what’s so amazing about them anyway??

In other words, no, Catriona, you really don’t have an argument there. Go back and try again.

Bonfire, if you think “a few dogs” going missing isn’t a problem, go down to the RSPCA shelter after this long weekend and see what they have to put up with. Might change your tune.

Fireworks need to be banned, what is so amazing about them anyway???

I’m guessing that the dip-sh!ts who tried to blow up my letter box last year wont be back. They failed to pack enough into the box on their first attempt and only managed to scorch the inside … not to be distracted from their goal the idiots came back to try again, unfortunately we were waiting for them in the neighbours garden and gave them a decent flogging and pinched their stash of incendiaries to add to our own. These guys were so dumb that they went home and had a whinge to their parents, so we go a seriously angry father on our doorstep around 10.00pm – he ended up with a smack in the face as well, which I felt bad about … It must have fu@king embarrassing getting a whooping in front of your kid.

Cracker night/month in Canberra as a kid in the 70s….[wistful sigh]

The fun you could have with a bag full of bungers and double bungers… [evil snicker]

Cleaning up the mess in the front yard…[aaawww Mum]

The assholes that stuffed it for everyone by blowing up cats and letter boxes and shooting each other with skyrockets…[gggrrrrrr]

i dont understand the obsession tha tpeopel have with banning things.

so a few peopel lose a few fingers. so a few dogs go missing. so a few letterboxes get blown up.

look at all the enjoyment that the 99.9 percent of lawful users get from fireworks.

no – instead we must ban something to make wowsers happy.

until they cast their beady gimlet eyes on yet another target to ban.

I wouldn’t mind so much if more idiots would remove themselves from the gene pool, but they seem to have more lives than a cat.

Totally agree lateralis. That is why they have to be banned. If it is good enough for 96% of the population, why should Canberrans be different.

I don’t mind keeping my {large}’yapping animal’ inside over the weekend, it’s the 3 weeks before and 6 weeks after THAT REALLY FU**ING PISS ME OFF!

enough duct tape and any firework will go bang…

If a few children lose fingers, they will then finally ban the suckers.

yes, where are the good ones? I dont want any of this “firefox” crap this year

So can we buy decent fireworks this year, or are we still restricted to crappy fountains no more than a few feet high? The Workcover site and brochure seem to be silent on what constitutes a ‘consumer firework’.

The motorboat shed at Dairy Flat Road bridge is flogging fireworks! Quite a good location. The suckers from Sydney going up to the “snow” to buy overpriced beer will be able to indulge their desire for crackers.

Just make sure it’s one of the ovals they’re still watering. Dry grass and crackers may be a problem.

I wouldn’t be too concerned setting them off in the middle of an oval somewhere.

Oops, didn’t know that (full disclosure – last year, I was with a bunch of mates using the centre of a cricket pitch to set off stuff)

Damn, and to think in the five minutes since that was posted. I already organised a huge party for 60 in the Parliament House forecourt for fire crackers and beer. Now I have to change all my plans because simbo’s advise was wrong.

Thanks a lot simbo.

Perhaps getting your facts straight may minimise people getting fined:

Where can consumer fireworks be used?

Fireworks may only be purchased and used within the ACT.

Fireworks cannot be used in public streets or parks without prior written approval from the relevant Government authority. For information relating to obtaining approval for the use of fireworks in public places, telephone Urban Parks and Places on 6207 7132 and Commonwealth land, telephone National Capital Authority on 6271 2888.

source: http://www.workcover.act.gov.au/docs/fireworks.htm