Flash - Bang, worried Dog.
In my youth and living in a small town I had several farmer friends. Come November the 5th they never bothered with fireworks but bought a box of agricultural pest-scarers and fooled around with them. I got a rope of them (14 to a rope) and figured a manageable time fuse was needed with these beasties. When the house was quiet I worked on a few materials to check timing and ignition. I had a large bowl of water nearby should the worst happen. It did and one of the pest-scarers ignited, I flung it into the water but the waterproof fuse was now going, cue bubbling water and me running for the door. BOOOM... Shake the room... The crockery by the kitchen sink was smashed to shit, I had ringing ears for weeks and a big cut to my left thumb from flying glass. The Dog mosied in and actually looked worried (but couldn't tell anyone).
Another episode was when I thought for a laugh I would put one of these in a tree outside the house last thing at night with a full rope fuse (good for hours). I waited with glee but fell asleep and woke up to a flash and huge bang at 4 in the morning. Well, not only me but the rest of the family. Cue vigorous conversation and concern, and worst of all for 5 minutes I was so stupefied I couldn't remember setting it up, but when I remembered naturally I found it terribly funny. So much so my sister ratted on me so I nearly suffered a self imposed injury there too.
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