Fireworks [was: Another PEZ..]
From Ilmari Karonen <use...@itz.pp.sci.fi>
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· 6 Nov 1999 00:00 · View full thread
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On Sat, 6 Nov 1999 00:55:42 +0000, Ben Norwood (bdn...@aber.ac.uk) wrote:
: And although I've just attended a fireworks do, I'm not quite skilled
: enough to diddle the firework once lit (rather than emitting a flame as
Well you're right about that. Once it's lit, stop diddling and just get
the **** away from it. ;-)
: Meanwhile, here's a 3-D rocket, complete with touchpaper and stand
: (which although not shown, irl would be partially buried in the ground)
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Incidentally, looking up "diddle" at www.m-w.com produced quite an
interesting list of definitions. I'm not sure about some of them, but
"to waste (as time) in trifling" seems rather fitting.
--
Ilmari Karonen
http://www.sci.fi/~iltzu/
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