Remember remember...

**Donor** · 12th May 2008, 19:16

...when your youth used to be fun?

Wonder... how much would I get for these puppies on the intersalesweb if it were legal to flog them off?

**Mully** · 12th May 2008, 19:20

S'funny, we were having the exact same conversation at work today.

Great minds, huh?

**MIXONE** · 12th May 2008, 19:21

My god are they Double Happies.The powder is probably naffed by now.
Remember the Mighty Cannons.

**Donor** · 12th May 2008, 19:23

Originally Posted by MIXONE

My god are they Double Happies.The powder is probably naffed by now.
Remember the Mighty Cannons.

Powder still seems to work, based on the results of one accidentally and ... errr ... spontaneously exploding after falling onto a lit match...

**JimO** · 12th May 2008, 19:46

we used to tie several strings of those crackers and let them off in the school toilet

**Trudes** · 12th May 2008, 19:50

They weren't called double happys for nothing!!!

Even if they did scare the shit out of animals.

**Swoop** · 12th May 2008, 20:01

There are some fine, upstanding, dedicated citizens who still bring them into the country...

Along with a wonderful selection of things that go "BANG", "BOOM" and "WHOOSH" when the blue touch paper encounters a match.

**Bren** · 12th May 2008, 20:20

Thunderbolts...I Loved those....but I was too young to be allowed to light them

...My big brother lit them...

**pete376403** · 12th May 2008, 20:27

One I enjoyed was about 150mm long by about 25mm diameter, stood upright on a square cardboard base and had a slow burning fuse coming out the side halfway up. When the first half went off (F*ckin big BANG, too) it would launch up into the air about 3 or 4 meters, then the other half exploded. Most excellent entertainment.

**Dafe** · 12th May 2008, 20:38

Too many farkers were starting to attack animals with them. Every guyfawkes you'd hear about the dead animals found or the SPCA reports. I'm glad they're gone. Imagine todays youth let loose with them......

Besides, nothings more entertaining than using those 10 shot shooting balls and chasing your mates whilst trying to fry the back of their hair! At least they ain't banned. They got a good 20-30 metre shot on them too.

**ynot slow** · 12th May 2008, 20:45

Cowshit and double happy's wicked fun.Frogs and d/h not fun.

Used to get sky rockets and tie them to arrows,pull back,light fuse count and fire arrow into the air,if timed well the arrow keeps flying when rocket takes over,ok if you had broken tips,flights dodgy on the arrow and were ready to throw them out.And we were in semi rural area,i.e lots of bare land.

**peasea** · 12th May 2008, 21:36

Originally Posted by ynot slow

Cowshit and double happy's wicked fun.Frogs and d/h not fun.

Used to get sky rockets and tie them to arrows,pull back,light fuse count and fire arrow into the air,if timed well the arrow keeps flying when rocket takes over,ok if you had broken tips,flights dodgy on the arrow and were ready to throw them out.And we were in semi rural area,i.e lots of bare land.

Worked well with a cross bow in Willis Street, circa 1975.

**Boob Johnson** · 12th May 2008, 21:46

WooT WooT!!! Used to love those things. We would save all our pocket money for ages & only buy double happies he he. The most fun thing we did was attach a long fuse to each packet, then put one packet in each letter box up the street (under the cover of darkness of course

), like the whole street lol, then start at one end with a long piece of rolled up newspaper, light it & fly up the street (on ya BMX) as quick as possible lighting all the wicks as you go, Jesus used to make a hell of a racket lol.

Originally Posted by Dafe

I'm glad they're gone. Imagine todays youth let loose with them

Exactly, far too many fuckwits around these days, you only have to look at the Mormon few to see that