There's a twat close by letting off 'jump out of your arse' fireworks already.

[YouStayClassySanDiego]

Can I go round and shove one rìiiiiiiiiiight up his arse.

I mean, it's 7.15 pm.

TWAT.

Where are you??? I've just put dd to bed and I have them here! Like gun shots. No need.

Snap.
Bloody idiots

Twatish behaviour around here as well.

I have just given the puppy my iPhone with some Adele to listen to in the kitchen to help stop her going barking mad.

Yes, here too! Idiots. The fireworks are to welcome the new year in. It's not complicated.

(Waits for a poster to say we're being killjoys, it's probably for the children who can't stay up that late, blah blah blah)

They have been going off for at least an hour here, Doreendog is devastated! DS is curious.

They brobably want their children to share in the fireworks before packing them off to bed at a reasonable time, not so twatish imo.

Snap, and while in principle I agree with you I'd actually far rather them do it now than at midnight when my DCs (and myself) will be asleep

They're been going off here since about 6pm

I think it's nice for families whose kids will be asleep at midnight.

I agree awkward. I know once dd is asleep the midnight ones probably won't wake her but I'd only just put her in her sleeping bag and lay her down and bang bang bang.

There you go, in the time it took me to write the post!!

The usual MN Fun Police attitude. Maybe the rest of the world doesn't live their life with you in the middle of it?

Oh shit. Thought I was in chat. Didn't realise it was aibu. Not ventured onto an aibu thread before. Not up for this on NYE. I'll retire gracefully and let the rest of you have a bun fight.

Nothing fun in fireworks. I'm amazed anyone would want to involve children in letting of explosives in their own back garden.

That is twatish

Happy new year

Ooh , are they a MN household. and heard the moan

All is quiet and the cats have come out frlm behind the tree.

Long may it continue.

Off

Been going off since 5pm here thanks to the asshats down the road.

Whilst in theory I have no issue with fireworks, I like to know when to expect them. So anytime around 5th November is open season, and so is Midnight on NYE. But next doors dog was out for its walk and went completely fucking apeshit when the house down the road started letting them off. Thats not on, surely anyone with half a brain can see that?

If your kids cant stay up, tough, they wont suffer from missing a few fireworks at midnight!

Do you live in my street? Returned toddler DS to bed 68 times, quietness was descending on the house and some bloody idiot started letting off fireworks. Argh!

DH has just said 'what did wankers do before fireworks were easily available?'. Good question.

I am keeping cat curled up with me. Too scary out there.

Oh and there seems to be no "display" as such, just random ones let off every 20 minutes or so, so there will be no chance that the dog will calm down.

'what did wankers do before fireworks were easily available?'

That is a good question.

There should be a questionnaire to fill in before buying fireworks and if you answer "YES - I will let my fireworks off at inappropriate times" "YES - I will buy the noisiest fireworks I can with no consideration for my neighbours" "NO - I will not being informing my neighbours with pets of my plans to scare them shitless" then you wont be allowed to buy them. People that thick woudnt be clever enough to cheat :o

Hey, we're no sad faced arses looking to spoil fun.< poses fast>

I'm pissed off at the velocity at the ones let off so early.

Not 'MN fun police' actually and thank you. Not me anyway. I am 'MN correct observance of cultural rites police'. Celebrate New Year when it IS the New Year, not before. It's bad luck. And illogical, which is worse . Like all these people on FB etc saying 'Happy New Year' already. It's not the New Year yet, ffs!

FIREWORKS have been around for a thousand years but I don't know what they did before that to celebrate things

7:15 on NYE sounds very, very reasonable for fireworks. Sorry OP but YABU

I love fireworks, I wish someone would let some off here.

Frankfurt

Really?

I'll have another glass of wine and be thankful my boys are older.

I'm not a killjoy knob at all but tbese were bone tingling.