Not so sure this really went beyond taste and decency...
...but it certainly wins in AoE (area of effect) terms.

Bournemouth recently hosted a very over-hyped night of fireworks. We went down early, armed with a picnic blanket and plenty of booze.

Our universally reviled town council had clearly not anticipated the full lure of this festvity - in short order the entire beach was utterly swarming with tourists. And Bournemouth beach is huge.

It was standing room only; even that close to the shore, if you sat down and you could see fuck-all. Our prime spot got surrounded. Gloomily, we gave up on idea of a relaxed night of lying back on our picnic blanket, drinking booze and watching the fireworks, and stood.

Ever see a vast line of people - say about 5 deep - leap back in one move, shrieking and swearing? I have, and I have a large wave to thank for it. Serves them right for nicking our view and standing blithely on the very shoreline, the dim bunch of tools!

We were shrieking with cruel laughter; it nearly made up for the lousy fireworks and incredible traffic jam afterwards.
(IChewCandlewax, Fri 23 Jul 2010, 14:59, 3 replies)

I was there!
And I've never seen so many people! Apparently 250,000 people turned up to watch 3.2 secs of fireworks in what was the biggest letdown since I last dropped my trousers.

It took me 3 hours to get home: I live 1 mile from the beach, and I walked! Sorry I missed your funny moment - by the sounds of it, it was the only entertaining thing happening for 5 square miles.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylvuiHWBPBg
(NoveltyCondomHead Clanks Wams., Fri 23 Jul 2010, 15:35, closed)

I was there as well!!
I burst out laughing after the 'display' itself. The bit where the barge caught on fire was particularly entertaining!

I'll stick to the thursday evening fireworks down the road from me in Poole instead in future!
( more balanced than jeremy beadle It wasn't me..., Sun 25 Jul 2010, 18:11, closed)

And then they stampeded
and 21 were killed.
( Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 14:14, closed)