Sparklers: You’re Doing it Wrong

My fingers are a bit sore this morning after using a Bic lighter to set off my massive pile of fireworks yesterday.

Planning on some mischief this 4th! pic.twitter.com/OVKNtTYnCS

— Dr. Jones (@BelchSpeak) July 4, 2014

And yes, some fingertips got singed pretty badly because sparklers suck.

They are intended for kids to carry them around, but lighting them with a Bic invariably means that the ignition sparks are going to singe some fingers. I had to ban any more sparklers last night because my fingers just couldn’t take it any more. Firecrackers are much more cool anyways.

But this poor little boy in the story below took a sparkler inside a freaking tent and ended up with third degree burns on over half his body. Where were his parents?

Md. boy critically injured in sparkler incident: http://t.co/vYyaAiWl96

— WTOP (@WTOP) July 5, 2014