Grilin'.

[bzarcher]

So I went to a BBQ with a bunch of people from work, at one of John's friends.

They had a propane grill being used for the veggie-burgers....and a massive charcoal Weber sitting idle.

"Where's the hotdogs? Where's the burgers?"

Host: "Oh. Um. I don't know how to do a good charcoal fire."

....

How can you live in America and say that? What th' fuck?!

So I ended up making the charcoal fire of GODLINESS, and cooking meat for the whole evening. However, at a half-hour until fireworks were to start in the large park behind his home.....

"Fireworks got canceled."

"What?"

"Apparently the thunderstorm early this morning killed the fireworks computer."

"Well, damn."

So I am home, after displaying that I am still a Grill Mastah.

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[loopychew.livejournal.com]

Well, you could always hope that the same situation I was stuck in a couple years back happened:

Basically, the Americans in Geneva do have a 4th of July celebration, at the End of the Earth stadium ("Stade au Bout du Monde"). In July 2k1, there were warnings of thunderstorms impending, which nobody really paid attention to, until the lightning struck.

After the lightning struck, the fireworks display started, and people applauded...until they realized it was the lightning that set off the fireworks.

Needless to say, when it happened again about ten minutes later, people decided to make their way back to their buses/cars/whatever and start piling out of there...

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Now, see, with my lack of self-preservation? I'd love that.