# So, fireworks are a thing for Labor Day weekend now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 6, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914 "2020-09-06T01:05:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914/1 "2020-09-06T01:05:38Z")
… or is it just my 'hood setting them off? ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914/2 "2020-09-06T01:09:28Z")
Oh, lordy, please let it be just your 'hood and just last night. I haven’t heard any here, and it sounded like the blitz around July 4th. Were they going off all around you, or was it just some drunken neighbors with an arsenal? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914/3 "2020-09-06T01:11:28Z")
I haven’t heard them here, yet (knock on wood), but it wouldn’t surprise me in the least; any excuse, ANY EXCUSE for fireworks around here and you’ll hear them, any time of the day or night. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914/4 "2020-09-06T02:29:54Z")
Yeah, no doubt they would have been hammering this neighborhood with fireworks if it were a thing. Have not noticed anything out of the ordinary. Perhaps budgets have constricted. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914/5 "2020-09-06T03:00:53Z")
As I read the title, some just went off… ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914/6 "2020-09-06T04:47:27Z")
As of 11:30pm CDT, not a firecracker heard in the second largest city in a midwestern state. They are illegal here, except July 3rd and 4th, for what that is worth. Usually they start 2 weeks before the 4th and don’t end til a week after, but none for last 2 months. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914/7 "2020-09-06T04:51:52Z")
I heard what sounded like an explosion just a few minutes ago. There are definitely people around here that shoot off fireworks whenever there’s remotely an excuse to. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914/8 "2020-09-06T14:00:19Z")
It seems that my neighbors bought a lot of fireworks (I’m assuming due to the pandemic, and hints of a shortage) and didn’t get them all blown up for The Fourth of July Through August and are now using Labor Day as an excuse to finish them off. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914/9 "2020-09-06T14:18:01Z")
This area is big on illicit fireworks on any random night. Have not heard any so far this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914/10 "2020-09-06T20:12:21Z")
Any excuse. Usually starts Memorial Day, which isn’t a cause for fireworks, and lasts until New Years Eve. Plus, check out this extravaganza of misplaced bullshit: ![](https://media3.giphy.com/media/13Oa1DODYQnCvu/giphy.gif?cid=790b76119eca0ad72f446701ca4603f8e9a1a853e49e8764&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g "Happy Labor Day GIF - Find & Share on GIPHY") ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914/11 "2020-09-06T20:14:09Z")
Had a ton going off in my neighborhood last night. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914/12 "2020-09-06T20:51:25Z")
> [@ThisIsTheEnd](#): > > Any excuse. Usually starts Memorial Day, which isn’t a cause for fireworks, and lasts until New Years Eve. And Valentines Day, of course. ---
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914/13 "2020-09-06T21:06:25Z")
Not around here. People use the rest of them up on NYE because we’re usually shoveling for the next 8 -12 weeks. Come to think of it, I’d like to hear some on Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914/14 "2020-09-06T23:03:23Z")
> [@ThisIsTheEnd](#): > > People use the rest of them up on NYE because we’re usually shoveling for the next 8 -12 weeks. Same here (big Nebraska city). Our police are sensible and level-headed and leave this alone, even though it’s technically illegal. Fine by me, I enjoy it, sitting on my couch in my pj.s at midnight. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914/15 "2020-09-06T23:06:17Z")
I wondered what the hell those booms were last night. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914/16 "2020-09-07T00:28:52Z")
> [@ThisIsTheEnd](#): > > Not around here. It was a reference to the thing that happens on the night of Valentines Day that people sometimes describe in terms of fireworks. ---
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914/17 "2020-09-07T09:40:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > It was a reference to the thing that happens on the night of Valentines Day that people sometimes describe in terms of fireworks. I had two brothers that were both born on 1/31. I counted backwards and I could never figure out what was so special about 4/16, neither one of my parents were tax preparers. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914/18 "2020-09-07T11:28:20Z")
Over the years I have notices that fireworks on New Years, Memorial and labor day are becoming more of a thing. I have even noticed them on Thanksgiving but that was rare. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914/19 "2020-09-07T13:30:50Z")
Briefly noisy here yesterday evening - **FCD** thought they were gunshots, but some were definitely firecrackers. It didn’t last long, and I don’t think the dog even noticed. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914/20 "2020-09-07T13:57:29Z")
i hate, I Hate, I HATE fireworks! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914.md?page=2)