On 2010-09-06, The Daring Dufas wrote:

How in the hell did we ever survive our childhood?

I suspect it was due to the fact we hadn't learned to drink, yet!

I know it was as a young drinking adult I began to get careless. Had
two firecrackers blow up in my fingers cuz I'd been drinking. One
incident was straight out of a National Lampoon movie, where I lit the
firecracker with my cigar stub, then tossed the cigar!! I'm older and
wiser, now, and luckily still have all my digits, but if either one of
the aforementioned episodes had involved a real M80, I have no doubt
my nickname would now be Lefty.

nb