Weddings of Mass Destruction
Headline: Pakistan wedding inferno kills 40At least 40 people have been killed after firecrackers exploded on a bus carrying guests back from a wedding in Lahore, eastern Pakistan.
What the reporter failed to mention is that firecrackers in Pakistan aren't the typical Black Cat variety we all know and love. Their versions aren't wrapped in see-through, red paper like what we're accustomed to, theirs are usually nestled in wooden crates labeled: MUNITIONS.
Take the roman candle for instance, ours usually shoot out 3 or 4 colored fireballs and everyone ooohs and aahhs. Theirs are more akin to surface-to-air-missiles which creates the explosive effect upon impact, accompanied by crowds shouting ooowws and uugghhs instead. In Pakistan, bottle-rockets are more commonly known as RPGs, the only similarity between the two is the distinct fffffffoooomp sound when launched. I can assure you the results are quite different, unless you get hit in the eye with one - that hurts.
Maybe the kid should've stuck with sparklers, that's all I was allowed to do when I was young.
posted by On My Watch at 14:41
7 Comments:
guess they'll have to save all the pageantry for funerals instead...including cans tied to the hearse with "newly-dead" written on the back window.
We might as well skip to the last and add ICBM's to the list!
those are for New Year's Eve silly - not weddings! :)
Wow, dynamite for firecrackers. What do they use for cutting the cake? A chainsaw?
no, they use claymores - that way everyone gets cake in their faces.
Aha, very impressive.
Now I suppose you are going to tell me that when the time comes for the bridge and groom to make their toasts, they whip out flamethrowers? ;-)
something like that - I would say when the best man toasted the bride and groom - he *really* toasted them.
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