It's an Independence Day Thursday #540!

[Lady's Human]

All consumer fireworks - including sparklers - are banned and illegal in DE. I thought a lot of states banned them, but the only others that do, are NY, NJ, and MA. Of course that doesn't stop people from going to a neighboring state that sells them, and bringing them over the state border and to their house. My son used to do this. You can get fined if caught, but I don't know of anyone that ever reports their neighbors setting them off.

Several years ago, we were having the formerly annual Fourth of July party at my aunt's house.

We always had fireworks, despite their status as banned items in the great Commonwealth of Taxachusetts.

This was a multi-generation party, with 30-40 people ranging in age from 2 to 80+, in a town with a small police department with one cell in the police station to serve as a drunk tank for the weekend DUIs. Along about lunchtime, an officer appears, lights on the cruiser flashing, gets out, and proceeds to tell my Aunt that if he heard one more firecracker go off in the area he was going to come back and arrest everyone. We somehow managed to keep a straight face until the fool left. Would have made one heck of a headline for the next day's paper.

I'll take a helping of those ribs, please. Any coleslaw available??? - and how about a lemonade to wash it down?

Coleslaw and lemonade with ribs? No problem, we aim to please! Root beer floats and ice cream birthday cake are available if anyone so desires.