Fucking fireworks at 1.50am

[poster342002]

I'm not totally certain this idiotic phenomenon can be entirely blamed on shops selling to the underaged. I think there's a whole type of immature never-quite-growing-up "adult" in their late teens-early twenties who hang around with and provide fireworks to these lower-teen kids.

This firework misuse problem seemed to be less prevelent last year and the year before that - following an atrocious outbreak of firework misuse during 2003. Why's it crept back again?

In addition to what I said above, another thought occurs to me that a lot of shopkeepers may be being intimidated into selling fireworks to groups of youths barging into small shops and "asking" the shopkeeper to sell them. Not quite robbery, but a sort of "buying with menaces".

 

[Pie 1]

Anyoone in Woolies the time some little fuckers shot fireworks into the queue? That was 2003. The year it seemed to be de rigeur for kids to shoot them off at the High St shoppers St Saturday afternoons.

It was around that time that I saw some little fucktards fire some underneath a No3 bus outside Morely's on a Saturday lunchtime. The driver went fucking mental.

 

[hendo]

Is that the stuff Ms T calls Kitty Crack?

Yes. The cats hang about in a disreputable fashion and scratch the carpet at 6 in the morning to remind us that it's time for them to score.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

SHIT!
Massive firework just exploded on the roof...I think I may have lost some tiles...there was a massive bang, a sort of scraping noise on the roof and then a sound like breaking tiles....all the nearest streetlights have been vandalised so it's too dark to tell until morning

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Bloody hell....and still they keep coming

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Thankfully it seems to have gone quiet...I wish it would rain, then they won't start up again....

 

[shakespearegirl]

Sounds like they are on Coldharbour Lane now, loads going off.
Hope your roof is ok

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Thankfully if it's not, I'm a tenant....

 

[editor]

I was just watching your last onslaught MrsM. I felt like a war correspondent!

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I was hiding in a foxhole!

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Actually I'm still a bit adrenalised from the roof explosion....not nice....I was more worried in case of fire rather than roof tiles to be honest....

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Hallelujah! Massive clap of thunder! My prayers have been answered.....unless it was the mother of all fireworks......

 

[Crispy]

had a couple at window level on the high street tonight

 

[RaverDrew]

Shit, maybe they're aiming for the webcam ???

 

[Mrs Magpie]

OK, the metal cowl has been knocked off and the tiles around the chimney are loosened and a bit skew-whiff.....I've been up in the loft this morning to check for signs of rain coming in but it seems OK so far......heigh ho.....

 

[hendo]

SHIT!
Massive firework just exploded on the roof...I think I may have lost some tiles...there was a massive bang, a sort of scraping noise on the roof and then a sound like breaking tiles....all the nearest streetlights have been vandalised so it's too dark to tell until morning

I suppose it's pointless to mention this ridiculous and dangerous anarchy to the police. Are you and the minor Magpies OK Mrs M?

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I was all on my ownsome apart from the livestock....normally the dog & cat are unfazed, but we all jumped....it did knot up my stomach a bit because I got paranoid that possibly the roof was in danger of fire.....
The fireworks have just started up again *sigh*
As I said to your lovely shining girl earlier, the fireworks season seems to have got shorter....but more concentrated

 

[editor]

The Barrier Block's coming under a bit of fire tonight too.

If one of those twats hits my flat, I'm going to go down and have a fucking word because it's getting on my tits now.

 

[subversplat]

did anyone here not set off fireworks when they were a kid at inappropriate times?

i know i did

I used to light them and throw them off the multi storey car park

 

[editor]

I used to light them and throw them off the multi storey car park

I think the main difference is the sheer volume of fireworks going off every fucking night/day/morning/afternoon. They're currently going off about one a minute tonight. All fucking night.

 

[editor]

When I said 'every minute' what I really meant was "every 15 seconds.' And almost all of them aimed at houses/people.

MrsM: if they're damaging your property and stressing you out, maybe it's time you gave the police a call?

 

[Mrs Magpie]

The Housing Association bods are coming over Thursday or Friday and will make a report to the community bobby

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I was only stressed because of the massive noise, and because I'm on my own while BL is in South Korea....both me offspring still at home were staying with mates, but both will be back later tonight....Death Metal Magpie is doing a gig on Tottenham Court Rd somewhere and Middle Magpie is out having a drink with her mates....

 

[waverunner]

We had the classic 'firework in the postbox' today. Yeah how nice, burn everyone's letters that they're sending

 

[editor]

Right now there's what I can only describe as a pitched battle going on with groups of yoots blasting huge - and I mean HUGE - explosive fireworks at each other.

Not a parent in sight, natch.

 

[shakespearegirl]

Its pretty crazy at LJ as well

 

[Mrs Magpie]

My daughter did a recce as to safest route back in through the estate before she came home.....

 

[editor]

I never thought I'd say this - because I love fireworks and fully understand why kids love to lark about with them - but something has to be done because it's getting way out of hand.

The kids here seem to have an unlimited supply of fucking enormous house-shaking fireworks throughout the night and seeing as there's not a parent in sight to stop them, someone's going to get seriously hurt soon.

 

[editor]

And they're still going off, with a gang of about 12 youths firing off enormous fireworks (some about three foot long) at each other. How the fuck can they afford this endless supply of the things?

There's not been a solitary peep of complaint from any parents or adults, so they're free to carry on firing rockets at houses and each other, wherever they like.

 

[editor]

Yet more <WHEEEEE!> <KAPOW!> <BOOM!> x 100

Have these kids invented perpetual fireworks or summat?

Either that or they must be loaded.