BUMFIRE NIGHT
Idiot filmed launching a ROCKET from between his bum cheeks
A BONFIRE idiot who was filmed having a rocket launched from his backside was rapped by safety experts last night.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents said: “It doesn’t take a bright spark to know not to toy with fireworks.”
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A video, posted on Twitter, shows the explosive being inserted by its stick between the man’s cheeks — while a small child watches on.
A pal is then seen lighting the fuse with the man leaning over as the sparks singe his top. The friend then shouts: “It’s burned up your back, your T-shirt’s wrecked.”
But as the fuse reaches the charge and the rocket starts to go off, the man runs, pulls it out and it falls to the floor as it launches.
The firework then explodes in a flash of bright colours before the 25-second clip, watched by more than 160,000 people, ends.
A spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents yesterday condemned the stunt.
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He told The Sun: “It doesn’t take a bright spark to know that fireworks are not to be toyed with.
“Historically, around 1,000 people visit A&E for treatment of a firework-related injury in the four weeks around Bonfire Night.
“We recommend families enjoy fireworks at an organised display and follow the Firework Code, which can be found on our website.”
The video appears to have been filmed in a back garden. The child is seen being ushered inside before the rocket is lit.
There is a tattoo on the bare-bottomed man’s arm, but other than his Scottish accent his identity is unknown.
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It was posted on Twitter by a Swedish-named user who appears unconnected to the stunt.
One viewer said: “He might have had one already, but he deserves another rocket up his backside for doing something so stupid.”
A government committee says the “irresponsible” use of fireworks should be considered as socially unacceptable as drink-driving.
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Fireworks 'kill puppy'
AN 18-week-old puppy was so terrified by fireworks she had a heart attack and died.
Molly, left, a black Parson Russell terrier, died of fright on Saturday as fireworks were let off near her home in Wombwell, South Yorks.
Owner Susan Paterson said: “We are still trying to make sense of what happened. Think of the animals.”
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