Fireworks are like bad stocks…

It’s that time again.  Our city has an ordinance that prohibits individuals from setting of fireworks without a permit, but the bright red-and-white striped tents have opened and folks are flocking to the outskirts of town to buy explosives.  Being an American I can tell you that I thoroughly enjoy a good firework show, I just think spending a couple hundred dollars on my own personal show would be dangerous – to my bank account AND my health.

And that is because fireworks are like bad stocks:  They rapidly accelerate, are incredibly volatile and have explosive returns when they go up, but all you are left with at the end of the day is some bad paper.