Kids, don't try this at home...

The following pictures illustrate how not to set off fireworks:


Here's our friend Chuck, about to set off a firecracker with a stick of incense.



Whoops!



Holy crap!



Jeeeez, that smarts...



Thankfully, a trip to the Emergency Room was not required!


And the moral of this story is...never, ever set off five-year-old fireworks!

I hope everyone had a safe Fourth of July!