Comments | lizblackdog: Inside, outside, leave me alone!

lizblackdog

Inside, outside, leave me alone!

Oct 22, 2005 18:57

Fucking wankbastard pissmonkey neighbours have been letting off sodding fireworks every fucking night for a week now. Tonight's performance is a. coming from somewhere within 100 yards of the flats and b. includes a lot of those shrill whistling screeching ones - which means I'm typing this with a distraught collie in my lap. And it's going to ( Read more... )

bitchy, dogs, fireworks

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carmine_rose October 22 2005, 11:16:12 UTC

Oh God, the fireworks! When I was a girl, we let off fireworks on Nov 5th, and that was it! And now it goes on for months. Little fuckers. Trying to housetrain my puppies three years ago at this time of year was a nightmare - we'd be in the graden, me encouraging them to go, and then a banger would go off and they'd leg it for the house, terrified. Now all they do is rush outside barking everytime they hear one, which is trying enough.

When I rule the world, fireworks will be illegal except on certain specified national holidays. Let 'em off any other time and it'd be banger up the arse time.

I'm glad the other stuff is sorted out...

lizblackdog October 22 2005, 11:22:33 UTC

I'm voting for you to rule the world any damn time now. Can I be Minister for Worldly Pleasures?

carmine_rose October 22 2005, 11:33:35 UTC

I can't think of a better person to do it!

I forgot to mention... the banger up the arse is also for anyone who does that sort of thing to stray animals at this time of year.

lizblackdog October 22 2005, 11:35:35 UTC

That goes without saying. And I'll happily be the one to light the blue touch paper, too.

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mencc1701 October 22 2005, 11:27:25 UTC

I have the feeling that there's some sort of strange British ritual I'm unaware of involved here.

lizblackdog October 22 2005, 11:31:48 UTC

It's supposed to be about Guy Fawkes and it's supposed to happen on the 5th of November. But the same forces that now make Christmas start in September have stretched it over the years, and nowadays you can count on fireworks every damn weekend and most weeknights from now till after New Year.

Dogs don't, in my experience, get any less upset over it just because it happens every night, either.

mencc1701 October 22 2005, 11:36:48 UTC

Ahh, yes... I've heard of Guy Fawkes Day, but that's utterly stupid with the fireworks and all.

Trying to comfort upset dogs is no fun. :(

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lizblackdog October 22 2005, 11:39:30 UTC

Yep. Spike is trembling on my lap and it's very awkward to type round him... I think the RSPCA did succeed in having the law changed in some way - they restricted the sales or something - but I can't see that it's made a great lot of difference.

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lizblackdog October 22 2005, 12:08:15 UTC

*quick look*

All I can find is a number to report if they're being sold to under-18s - nothing about over 18s making my life miserable with them. Bloody tourist towns.

entorien October 22 2005, 15:19:06 UTC

Where I live, we've had fireworks at just about any time of the year. Damn kids with nothing better to do! Although, we also have an army firing range nearby, so we've stopped hearing the quieter bangs. We have a small patch of grass adjacent to our back garden, when they let off fireworks there it's deafening, luckily the cat seems not to notice. (the lack of I.Q. probably helps, although he's cleverer than the ones letting off the damn bangers!)