Fuck fireworks

Personally I don't mind the noise of fireworks but my very well trained dog, who does not bother other people is absolutely terrified of them and they have been going off for 2 weeks now. 2 weeks is just ridiculous.

I do think fireworks need to be more managed, they are dangerous in the wrong hands. I was reading the other day about a firework that landed in a pram, thankfully the baby or child was not injured but what could have happened is too horrifying to even think about.

2024? How long have I been scrolling through posts on Mumsnet 🤣

They’ll live. Unlike what the previous hysteric has written, they’re not actual bombs. Show them the Bing fireworks episode. There’s far worse to come in life.

Yep that’s exactly what I’m saying. Great, slow clap for you.

"Won’t someone think of the hedgehogs."

Well, obviously you won't. 🙄

Have we time travelled? 😉

OP is simply unhinged. Talk about narcissism. Apparently she’s traumatized by wars in other countries. Some people will rally do anything for attention and hijack any situation for dramatic effect, no matter how far removed they are from it.

YANBU. I’m not a spoil sport but it should be restricted to organised displays by community centres etc. My dog is terrified of them and I’ve not even been able to get her to go out for a wee. I know if it was restricted to organised displays it wouldn’t get rid of them, but it would mean that every Tom dick and Harry isn’t letting them off in the garden in such close proximity (I live on a new build housing estate so lots of houses close together), and people could still go to enjoy them at local community centres etc.

We've had fireworks well over a week now , busier Fri/Sat but a good few tonight .
There are sometimes fireworks going off in daylight (why ? ) and the regular single loud firework on a Saturday night that are supposedly the local dealer letting their punters know .
Diwali next Sunday , it'll be full-on again.

I love an organised display , much safer and much better value than getting boxes from the supermarket or firework shops etc.

But lots of them do sound like bombs and, yes, I have heard an actual bomb going off so no need for sarky comments.

The pretty ones that barely make a noise are obviously not enough so every year they get louder and louder. My tv at its loudest doesn't drown them out and my windows actually rattle and, no, I don't live in an old house with ill fitting windows.

I honestly don't know how anyone could find bomb like ones fun or entertaining

Are you actually serious, of course people are terrified of dogs!!

What a stupid thing to say.

Good grief OP, you'd argue in a phone box with a broken phone.

Oh good god no that wasn't your point at all @FenFairy

You sound really ridiculous now. It's despicable to use the dead children of Gaza to support your self-serving argument about bloody fireworks.

Baby you're a firework, come and show them what you're worth 💃🎆

Yes, proved you are a selfish moron

@mydogisthebest it's on pretty loud with the sound bar and the neighbours are loud! If it wasn't the barking off the dogs (they aren't scared of them) would have drove me mad by now.

@FenFairy it's not sadist to teach kids not to be scared. DS is nearly 10 and won't be going to bed early tonight but one night won't hurt

She didn't say that they were bombs. She said that they sounded like bombs. Learn to read.

In fairness to her, it does sound like being on a rifle range without ear defenders on and then some out there right now, and I do know what a rifle range sounds like.

People have been scaring the sheep with them round here 😢 and a neighbour's dog died when it went into shock last year due to the firework noise. She was upset and posting on the village FB page about it and people were taking the piss out of her.

I can't believe how callous some people can be towards other people and pets and wildlife etc.

I mean to the dog lying on the floor listening to the fireworks being videoed. The owner could have at least comforted the dog, put the tv on, soothed it, stroked it...instead of just videoing it and posting it on FB to make a point.

hate them too. both DC have SN and one cannot cope at all. I could cope with a day but started mid week already and we got a heavy hammering on Friday, Saturday and today again. Inconsiderate cunts. And what happened to the COL. I am living in a poor area but it appears people have money to burn. Literally 🤬

Haha are you actually kidding now 😂comparing fireworks to bombs?! You’re sounding worse and worse with each reply. Very few people in this country are traumatised by fireworks and comparing them to bombs, just the unstable few like you. The ones who are actually traumatised from the conflicts are living it or have lived it and I guarantee you they have better shit to worry about than others doing some fireworks. You are absolutely disgusting comparing the two.

Oh @FenFairy you’ve lost me with your last two posts. Really distasteful. Call me a cunt if you like but, in traditional mn style, you really do need to give your head a wobble.

I’ve never seen a link made between fireworks and veganism before. Fascinating.

Well 3/4 nights when it’s legal to set them off for all 365 days isn’t too bad I’d say. And I have a dog and a kid, we don’t make a big deal out of it, we’ve all sat at the window earlier watching them together. This is not a new thing I don’t know why people bother moaning every single year.