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benld74

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23. When I was a kid most likely an M-80

Reply to Ptah (Reply #12)

Sat Jul 2, 2016, 05:58 PM

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Dog Retrieves Hand After Man Loses It In Firecracker Explosion [View all] NWCorona Jul 2016 OP

Yipes shenmue Jul 2016 #1

At least it wasn't the hand that feeds him. Orrex Jul 2016 #2

Funny, but Incredibly Inappropriate TomCADem Jul 2016 #5

True but it's not like this guy was an innocent victim. NWCorona Jul 2016 #10

Oh come on Craig234 Jul 2016 #16

Yes, you are right. It's bad taste to kick someone when they are down NWCorona Jul 2016 #17

Wasn't the foot that was in bad taste XemaSab Jul 2016 #19

I guess I'm sorry that he was injured while detonating illegal fireworks Orrex Jul 2016 #30

Thread winner! El Supremo Jul 2016 #7

You win the interwebs today! Blandocyte Jul 2016 #28

I refer to July 4th as Mendocino Jul 2016 #3

I love fireworks but you are right unfortunately. NWCorona Jul 2016 #4

And the day that the police arrest so many people... scscholar Jul 2016 #26

Did she need a hand for something? LiberalFighter Jul 2016 #6

That was tacky meow2u3 Jul 2016 #20

Every year something like this happens-- sometimes a lot worse ailsagirl Jul 2016 #8

Yes, sometimes much worse NWCorona Jul 2016 #9

Her dog was giving her a hand. roamer65 Jul 2016 #11

That was not a firecracker: Ptah Jul 2016 #12

When I was a kid most likely an M-80 benld74 Jul 2016 #23

M 80 is 1/4 stick . They sell 1/2 stick too . In areas like where this occurred they blow em off Person 2713 Jul 2016 #38

Have to wonder if alcohol was involved benld74 Jul 2016 #13

Usually is. roamer65 Jul 2016 #14

90% probability IMHO NWCorona Jul 2016 #15

If that were my late and great fetchaholic she would have impatiently waited for that hand to Warren Stupidity Jul 2016 #18

Yikes romanic Jul 2016 #21

I'm going to stay home and play christx30 Jul 2016 #22

Who's a good boy...? LakeArenal Jul 2016 #24

Do the Google for idiots who fire (try to) bottle rockets from the crack of their butt. keithbvadu2 Jul 2016 #25

I once had a bottle rocket do a flip and land in the crook of my arm. Scootaloo Jul 2016 #27

In Michigan elmac Jul 2016 #29

I still have my hands thanks to guys like this... EL34x4 Jul 2016 #31

True! NWCorona Jul 2016 #34

The hand was found 250 feet away!! packman Jul 2016 #32

I used to have Roman candle wars when I was a kid and have a few scars to prove it NWCorona Jul 2016 #33

Now that's a good dog cagefreesoylentgreen Jul 2016 #35

250 feet? Must be one powerful firecracker. Odin2005 Jul 2016 #36

practicing his handoff before football season. Blandocyte Jul 2016 #37