once we were having a midnight barbecue on top of some slag heaps known locally as the muckies... lovely spot overlooking the canal...
we had a fire going, guitars out, everyone was pissed & stoned, then one lad on leave from the army, produced one of them starburst flare things that light the sky up...
he lit it on the ground & omfg!!! talk about bright!
it was brighter than the brightest day, at like 3 am!!
we thought crouton, best dag it out or plod might come - have you ever tried to put one of these things out

i set fire to my boots, all the grass was on fire, tried pissin on it and it just made a stinking cloud of piss steam!
ah, piece of corrugated steel roofing.... dragged it over the flare and the darkness blinded us all
next minute, the metal started to glow red, orange, white, started spitting sparks, them bam, daylight again

it was like that for about 20 mins before it died out!
another guy pinched some ship to ship rockets that pull a wire across from lifeboats etc, to attach a rope to...
these things go about 400m dragging a steel wire behind - his plan was to set fire to a car in the middle of nowhere, wait for the police heli to come, then launch these wires into the sky & snag up the rotors bringing it down
politely explained that it really wasnt a good idea seeing as the heli contains people and they would get hurt or dead.
used to know some right nutters lol
have you ever done that with oxy acetylene in a binbag??? hilarious lol!
we got a giant binliner, filled it 50/50 with oxy & acetylene from a welding set, tied the bag and snagged some scrunched up newspaper in the knot.
lit it and legged off, diving into a dry ditch for cover...
suddenly, a freak gust of wind blew it back toward us & it went off about 6ft directly above us!!!
BOOOOM!!!

loud as crouton lol, singed my eyebrows and hair off lol
