And then there are those citizens who take the celebrating one step further: by putting fireworks where no firework should ever go [2]. Ever.
So last Novermber fifth in Sunderland, a town a few hundred miles north of London, a young man who had just returned from fighting in Iraq may have found himself missing exploding things, because -- in what may or may not have been an alcohol-related incident (and who would do this sober?) -- he placed a small firecracker into his butt and lit it.
Shortly thereafter came a call in to North East Ambulance Service requesting assistance -- because this English Steve-O was bleeding from the rectum. Doctors determined the damage to his person as external burns and what was quoted as "unspecified internal injuries."
Ouch. Unspecified internal injuries... one can only wonder and wince. Unless, of course, you're Motherload, and then you're wincing because you don't have to wonder.
To make matter worse, his mates used a cell phone to record the event. According to Fox News [3], they caught an image of him bent over with a bright light coming out of his ass as the firecracker exploded. One can only wonder what his family Christmas cards will look like this year!
