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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kit_e_kat9 on July 30, 2013, 10:34:54 PM
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Qld vetos decision for Cracker Night. NT lists pro's & con's for us:
CON: Your dog might be frightened and run away.
PRO: You may end up with a new, better dog in your yard.
CON: Crackers are noisy and disruptive.
PRO: If you were a gangster planning to pop a cap in somebody's arse, Territory Day is clearly the day to do it. Also, goose shooting in the suburbs would go largely undetected.
CON: Many grass fires occur as a byproduct of wayward fireworks.
PRO: Territorians get the chance to hone their firefighting skills.
CON: Shit gets blown up.
PRO: Shit gets blown up!
CON: There will be fireworks going off for the rest of the year.
PRO: There will be fireworks going off for the rest of the year!
CON: Stupid people, and innocent people in their vicinity, can be injured
PRO: Every emergency service person is rostered on for Territory night, so you'll be attended to at the hospital much more quickly than any other night of the year.
CON: Safety instructions on fireworks are often in a foreign language.
PRO: If anything could inspire Territorians to learn another language, this is it.
CON: People are risking life and limb.
PRO: Amateur fireworks displays promote survival of the fittest.
CON: If you find yourself in distress, there is a good chance no one will notice your flares.
PRO: It's a prime chance to get rid of out-of-date flares.
CON: Decent fireworks can be costly.
PRO: Less money spent on booze can only be good for your health.
CON: Enormous piles of spent fireworks are left littering every public area in the Territory the following day.
PRO: Ratepayers can be assured their money is being well spent by giving council workers something useful to do for a change.
CON: Our interstate image is further tarnished.
PRO: Increased cashed-up-bogan-tourism gives a much-needed cash injection to our economy.
Some might say Queenslanders are missing out in their decision to be cracker-free; other Territorians might be considering moving over the border.
Source NT News.
Kit_e
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That is gold. Thanks for sharing :)
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Never been as motivated to go to NT as I have know I found out they have "cracker night"
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Seems as though that bloke out Ipswitch way was preparing for a big cracker night ...
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We were in Darwin a few years ago on cracker night. From about 4.00pm it was like World War III. It was spectacular, however it must be a nighmare for some. The debris on the following morning was mountainous.
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Love it Kit_e.
We end up getting piles of them during the week and yes you do hear them go off for the rest of the year but I still think there fun.
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I was in the NT for cracker night this year............the locals in the community spent thousands on fireworks, we had a display that ran for almost 3 hours, then random discharges all over town for a week afterwards :)
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used to like letting off the thripenny bungers in the empty APM bin.. had a special sound that could be heard over half a suburb
and bonfires......
Anyone whi lived in Brissy in the '60's would know
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We used to get empty aluminium cigar tubes, a cricket stump, and some tuppeny bangers. Light the banger, then while it's fizzing you drop it into the cigar tube and put the point of the cricket stump into the open end of the cigar tube. Then point it at your target and wait for the bang!
It's amazing how much damage a thin, light aluminium tube can do when propelled by tuppenceworth of gunpowder.
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Thanks Kit-e this is gold ;D
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I've got a sister that lives in NT. Might have to book a flight the day before cracker night and test out a few "theories" I have with explosives! ;D