Not So Funny

In many comedy films, someone will mistake a stick of dynamite for a candle, and light it .....

As Seen In Many Movies ......

.....ha ha ha ....

..... Except its not always quite as funny when it really happens to to someone.

A woman in Connecticut USA mistakenly lit a quarter stick of dynamite instead of a candle, after mistaking it for a candle during a power outage. She suffered severe injuries to her hand, and she might lose fingers. She also suffered serious facial injuries. The explosion did not injure anyone else.

The family believed the dynamite sticks were candles left behind in the basement by previous residents. Although it’s against the law to have dynamite or fireworks in Connecticut (no, really!!), the police aren’t pressing charges.

The willingness of North Americans to countenance the free purchase of the most dangerous of substances as being a 'freedom' and 'right,' and therefore part of being an American, never fails to astound me. I guess its the biggest difference between being a Western European and North American ..... oddly in Eastern Europe, guns and explosives are as freely available as the US e.g. Duckpin Bowling.