he would have been lynched, no doubt about it
the denizens of that town are not the sharpest tools, particularly on that night.

That is pretty stupid. I've had similar experiences, as have most people I suspect.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 26 Oct 2010, 9:50, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

We were young, and stupid
I wouldn't do it now, but at the time it was a laugh, and we were intelligent enough to leg it. My friend works in a hospital, the amount of people she sees with eye injuries over this period from getting too close to the flames, rockets, etc.

Anyone remember the episode of 999 focused on Bonfire Night? Frightened the shit out of me that did!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 26 Oct 2010, 9:54, Reply)

There was a group of teenagers
camping next to us when we went to Reading in 2005. They had half a steel drum and were merrily burning stuff in it, which made us a bit twitchy, but when we asked them to be careful, they were fine about it. Until we came back on the last night and one lad had a massive bandage all down one side of his face - we asked him what happened and he just shrugged and told us he'd chucked his deodorant in for a laugh, it had exploded and he had 2nd and 3rd degree burns down his face.

Yeah. Scarred for life - big laugh that got I'm sure.
(berk, Tue 26 Oct 2010, 9:58, Reply)

Sounds like that lad who got his bollocks cut off by shrapnel at Leeds a few years back
Difference is he was just walking past the fire when the gas bottle exploded...
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 26 Oct 2010, 10:05, Reply)