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The bomb that spoiled Christmas
As a boy in South Texas our family decided to visit the uncle, aunt, cousins on Christmas day for BBQ and beer in the Alief region. Had cousin X who was always into mischief, great funny guy but took no crap from anyone and beat up anyone who picked on the cousins or his brother, and in Alief there was a lot of opportunity for that.
Anyway on Christmas night cousin X had the grand idea to teach the cousins how to build a bomb and blow up some lumber in the field nearby. Meanwhile the parents enjoyed the visit food and drink at the kitchen table while we huddled in the garage and went to work unraveling firecrackers and a couple 30-06 shells, funneling the powder into a CO2 cartridge. One of our smarter cousins sensed danger and decided he'd go the bedroom and hang out. With several of us huddled in a circle in the garage, the cartridge exploded prematurely while he was packing powder with a nail (genius).
Blew off 2 and a half fingers and the smell of burnt flesh resonated the garage. Parents were naturally freaked out after the bang and cousin X walking in the kitchen and puttin his hand in the kitchen sink bleeding profusely. Ears were ringing so bad seemed like the next morning before the ringing resided.
Our uncle wrapped cousin X's hand in a towel, the uncles and dad took off to the hospital. That all happened fast, party over. The next morning we left and stopped by the hospital to tell him goodbye. Walked in the hospital room and cousin X smiled and he said "told you it would work". Not very dysfunctional but it was disruptive.
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