Ok so last show we did we received a phone call 3 days later from the venue telling us they had had the following complaint.
"A game farmer 3 miles away would like you to compensate him for the 300 pheasant poults that had been literally scared to death by the display. "
We fire displays on our farm quite reguarly, and we have not only pheasants on our farm but 2 shoots within 1.5miles nearby also. So i cannot fathom how this can be true? I have heard of lightening causing turkeys to clamber on top of another and suffocate them. But poults? 3 miles away, relitively quiet show? Hmmm.
.....Goodsparks has two!!! he was at 'that one' with Jason..... and with me at a Golf Club where where a man tried to run us over, he has a had couple of bad ones
I recall someone saying this ‘complaint’ was cault on video?
My remunerable one was more bother that a actual complaint. Me and another forum member crewed a pro display about 3-4 years ago which my wife came along to help. She kindly offered to light the lance up by the clubhouse… I forgot to give her a rothy! After about a minute of her trying to light a portfire with a fag lighter in a breeze we fired the main display and I ran up to light the lance at the end. It turned out the shouting and banging was them throwing beer bottles at her and the lance and the door men trying to stop them. She has stuck to her promise that she will never fire another firework since. We managed to strip down and clean up in record time and get out just as the end of night punch up started… that was Essex too
We did a pro display (only type in Australia now a days) with all the necessary notifications, permits etc.
Great display :-) and lots of thank you's from the newly engaged couple for who the display was for.
A woman rang up and berated me for how disgusting it was too "let off those loud bright fireworks" that "distressed her, her husband and canary" I kid you not.
Turned out it was the brides future ??? mother in law who WAS NOT invited to the engagement party (and did not know the fireworks were organised by her daughter!) as she "swore" that "if you marry that man I will never speak to you again"... .seems the engaged couple decided to get in early.
Turned out it was the brides future ??? mother in law who WAS NOT invited to the engagement party (and did not know the fireworks were organised by her daughter!) as she "swore" that "if you marry that man I will never speak to you again"... .
Shorely shome mishtake?
The bride's mother in law would be the GROOM'S mother. Must be a bad situation for her to say "if you marry that man..."
I've had a neighbour from across the road come over and complain that her dog was going nuts at me letting fireworks off. Funny thing is, just as she said that, another went off on the opposite end of the street. 'Think you want them love, goodbye'.
I seem to recall doing a show with Steve (Meggsy) where during the show we were the target of the local chav population who took great delight in firing rockets at us during the hand fired display.
Worst bit was they were behind us and anything that got past us was headed for the crowd...
After about a minute of her trying to light a portfire with a fag lighter in a breeze we fired the main display and I ran up to light the lance at the end. It turned out the shouting and banging was them throwing beer bottles at her and the lance and the door men trying to stop them. She has stuck to her promise that she will never fire another firework since. We managed to strip down and clean up in record time and get out just as the end of night punch up started… that was Essex too 
The things I get to deal with doing weddings.... but this is a fireworks story thread.....
