# The 4th of July is over, you little bastards **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 10, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-4th-of-july-is-over-you-little-bastards/363807 "2006-07-10T01:50:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-4th-of-july-is-over-you-little-bastards/363807/21 "2006-07-11T16:57:52Z")
[QUOTE=DianaG] Not necessarily. Where are you getting “parking lot”? I saw “patio”, which is completely different. [/QUOTE] I did say parking lot but that was later, around 10:30-11:00, a time which our lot is full. I’m not entirely sure if it _was_ firecrakers, which happen to be illegal here, but shooting off fireworks near parked cars is irresponsible. We shoot off ours in _empty_ parking lots! Last year, a guy we know in the next block had a rocket of some sort land in his Cadillac and the resulting fire did a couple thousand bucks’ worth of damage. Yeah, it was partly his fault for leaving the window down, but still… ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-4th-of-july-is-over-you-little-bastards/363807/22 "2006-07-11T18:10:05Z")
Not to mention this years 4th of July was on a Tuesday which meant everyone had to go back to work the next day. I can handle the parks and neighbors going crazy with their fireworks between 9 and midnight for one night a year,even if it is a work night, in fact I’ll go outside and watch. But when drunk party going neighbors decide to start setting off their collection of M-80s at two a.m. I’m going to get pissed. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-4th-of-july-is-over-you-little-bastards/363807/23 "2006-07-11T18:33:51Z")
[QUOTE=neuroman] Mm, yes, firecrackers in a parking lot on the 4th of July. Unless it was way late at night, you need to remove the stick from your ass. [/QUOTE] And you need to remove your head from your’s. If it’s a CROWDED parking lot, setting off firecrackers is going to do some damage to other people’s property. Next time, find an EMPTY one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-4th-of-july-is-over-you-little-bastards/363807.md?page=1)