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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
yep, must be july. a firecracker the size of a mortar shell (from the sound of it) or possibly an obus just exploded apparently immediately next door to my bedroom (again, from the sound of it). sheesh. i hate those things. what sadist came up with the idea of making something whose sole purpose is to make as much noise as possible, without even any pretty lights or anything to justify it ?? and (possibly worse) what idiot decided to sell them all through the month next to the penny candy in every damned bakery in the country ????? whoever it was, i'd like to have a Word or two. 
little cat not happy either. not at all. |
Vive la republique!
Hopefully, things will quieten down after 14 July.
Actually, I don't like fireworks that much either. In the UK it's the 5th November and New Year's Eve when people set them off, causing fear and distress to domestic pets.
I didn't realise that you could buy them in boulangeries, though.