m80 firecracker

Matt beat me to the Darwin Award comment

Please, please, please let this kid be a Darwin Award winner!

what the f* were you thinking kid


I honestly have no recollection in my entire life of any act as stupid as this one...

They'll probably sue the firecracker company for not having a "do not allow to explode near your junk" warning

Let's not forget those fine folks that made the gun powder! And how bout the dude that drove the truck that delivered it!?!

Ok, now I know that teenage boys are stupid, but this is way over the top.

Amazing! Throughout the video DM lead us to the word was dynamite but just as sweetthing was wrapping up she didn't know what it was that blew up.

Ah.. does our boy get to keep the signing bonus from the military?

From the look of his parents it seems that the military would have been his salvation. It's a shame he didn't hold out long enough.

Ok, the dad looks like the type to eat his own dog. The mom looks like the type to work the streets in Chattanooga. The kid is the type that the Army tends to attract, stupid. Too bad for him, he could have had a long successful carreer in the military.

Expat - I don't know how signing bonuses work these days but 20 years ago when I went in you didn't get the bonus until your time was over.

Maxx, when I went into the bonus was that you had a better than 50/50 chance of NOT going to Viet Nam.

When I went in you didn't automatically get a bonus. I went in as a 62Bravo - Heavy Equipment Mechanic. I was attached to a combat engineer company (the only white guy in maintenance - yes they called me the white shadow). Alot of the operator's were promised a $2,000 signing bonus so it attracted alot of poor blacks from the projects who were looking for some quick cash. They were all pissed that they wouldn't get it until they got out. The recruiters never tell you that kind of stuff.

So Expat, did you get your bonus?

Maxx: A friends son recently enlisted and he got his bonus as soon as he completed boot camp.

AGFH - Like I said, I went in 20 years ago. Back then they didn't have a shortage of enlistees so there was no signing bonus for enlisting. They did have a shortage for certain jobs, so those jobs had signing bonuses. It's good that they give it to them after Basic training now.(Army = Basic Training, Marines = Boot Camp).

What is the Air Force training called? That's what he upped into.
(I live 1/2 mile from CentCom, I should know this)

Well, being an ex army dog, I am not sure what they call it, but we referred to it as Fag Training. Yeah, I know, real mature.

Somehow I doubt I will be running down to the market to ask them if that's what they call it. I call the market the safest place in town at lunchtime. It's overrun with Air Force people.

AGFH - But they don't know how to fire a gun or fight. Sorry, that's just the old Army dog in me barking!!

Doing a quick google search, it looks as thought they refer to it as Basic Training also.

They may not be able to shoot, but trust me, they can fly a plane! I am directly under their landing path. Every type of plane the Air Force has goes directly over my roof. Sometimes I think they are actually going to take the roof off! I love them all!!!

Really, I would suggest to any kid going into the service to go either Air Force or Navy. Both have more than one up on the Army and Marines when it comes to technical jobs that can be used in the civilian world.

I do love going to the Belle Chase Air Force base here in New Orleans and watching the air shows.

One of my best friends was in the Air Force (so was my bro, but that's another story), and he says it was totally cushy, even Basic Training. If I were gonna pick a branch, I'd pick the AF, cause I'm lazy. But God bless all of them for doing what they're doing.