Bang

The Queen's birthday weekend is the one weekend a year when residents of the ACT can purchase fireworks. So the past three days have been spent listening to snap, crackle and pop and trying to keep the dog calm. The staffy was a trembling wreck and spent the whole weekend trying to hide under my skirt. The other dog was of course fine, being deaf has its occasional advantages.
We were at a dinner party on the Saturday night, pondering what made the Australian government decide that the residents of the ACT were smarter and more responsible than other Australians and worthy of the privilege of fireworks. As we discussed the issue an ambulance siren echoed in the distance.
On the news the other night was a story about a local man who has called the police when he was burgled - as is standard procedure. However when the police arrived at his house and found 35 marijuana plants and substantial amounts of other drugs they arrested him.
My youngest step son has been suspended from school for a day for letting off a firecracker in the school yard.
So these people are smarter and more responsible than the rest of us? Hmmm..