When i was a kid ,my fiends and I used to have fun during Christmas.
A lot of fun.
I mean crazy fun.
Apart from the masquerades and new clothes my
parents bought for me ,we used to throw around fire crackers.
Crazy ass fire crackers.
In fact , we used to make stuff worse than fire crackers.
Something that could be seen as bombs.
We called it ...take-offing dogs.
i don't know how the name came about but...
It meant -.dogs that are taking off like jets.
And it all came about from the flying cans of empty
beverages we used to create our fire crackers (bombs).
Here is what we used t do...
we would buy carbide from the market, get a crown cock
, place some water in it and drop a piece of the carbide.
As the carbide reactions with the water...we place a
empty can ,with a little pierced hole , over it.
As the gas from the reaction fills the can, we light a match ..
.or a stick then place over the tiny hole.
BOOM.... goes the can as it explodes with a loud bang.
It used to be fun...but it was crazy.
