George Kemble-Brown, 15, of Great Baddow, bought the industrial firework – used by farmers to scare birds – illegally from a man in the street with his lunch money.Well, at least no innocent people were hurt, and the little cretin claims to have learnt his lesson.
At around 8pm on Monday, George was messing about with friends at Great Baddow Recreation Ground.
But when he lit the fuse, the firework instantly exploded, deafening George and blasting his fingers off.
Which is more than you can say for his mother, who blames….anyone but her darling offspring, of course!
Mother Joanne Kemble-Wright said: "These are not normal fireworks – they are three times as loud – and it does not help that people are selling these in the street."If people – your idiot offspring, for one – weren't buying them in the street, then perhaps no-one would be selling them in the street, hmm?
"You surely have to have a licence to sell things like that. "Did the fact that they were sold illegally escape your notice? How would a license help?
"It just drives me mad."You know what drives me mad, Mrs Double-Barrell? The way people like you seek to blame anyone and everyone for the inevitable consequences of your offspring’s actions - criminal actions, at that.
Plus the unnecessary waste of NHS time and resources used to patch him up. You should be charged for that.
Classic...
ReplyDelete"There ought to be a law against it!"
"Umm, yes, there is."
Chris Grayling is threatening to put responsibility back where it mostly belongs the individual. He will not succeed of course but if he did then the first rung on the ladder to better standards and values in society would be in place. Problem is because society has sunk so low the climb back to decency, high standards and values will need a very long ladder and many rungs.
ReplyDeleteLike the biker who claims the bumpy road surface was to blame for him losing control and crashing into the back of the Volvo estate. The 130+mph speed he was doing when he lost control as he came up the motorway slip road was not his fault - bloody highways authority. "Man's gotta know his limitations" - Dirty Harry.
ReplyDeleteI'm amazed we allow legal fireworks other than under licence these days. We used to make our own on the farm. Kids get maimed and are a general pest. If our terrorists were paying attention they could base serious bombs on the things.
ReplyDeleteThat's his nose-picking options limited then .. ;)
ReplyDelete"Problem is because society has sunk so low the climb back to decency, high standards and values will need a very long ladder and many rungs"
ReplyDeleteBoys will be boys, as any good Chemistry Master knows. Let us keep our feet on the ground, so to speak.
I know the lad is hurt, and never intended to be hurt, but when he was "messing about" what was he going to do with the lit firework? Throw it at someone? See who dared hold their arm out and the 'banger' at their fingertips?
ReplyDeleteYes, kids will be kids. But as I wrote in another post here the tendency today is to make effectively airborne bombs. They are expected to be loud and destructive (an explosive in sufficient quantity will be.)
Actually, were I a RoP member I would gather a few airborne bombs for future use. In a confined space they would be like stun grenades. Thankfully, no one has thought of that and our wise Guv'mint sees no dangers.
Almost Darwinian. Perhaps he can take some comfort from serving a useful purpose, to educate others of the dangers fireworks pose to stupid people.
ReplyDelete"Classic..."
ReplyDeleteIt's real 'doublefacepalm' territory, all right...
"Problem is because society has sunk so low the climb back to decency, high standards and values will need a very long ladder and many rungs."
I'm not sure it's actually even achievable, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't at least try.
" "Man's gotta know his limitations" - Dirty Harry."
Sadly, there are too many people with vested interests in ensuring that a person's limitations don't, ummm, limit them any more!
"If our terrorists were paying attention they could base serious bombs on the things."
Luckily, they aren't!
"I know the lad is hurt, and never intended to be hurt, but when he was "messing about" what was he going to do with the lit firework? Throw it at someone? "
ReplyDeleteGood point!
We used to nick them out of the bird scarers as kids - you get about a 30 second window after they pop up before they're 'armed'.
ReplyDeleteNo sympathy, you mess with pyrotechnics, things sometimes go bang - deal with it and take responsibility for yourself.