Crackpots

Now I'm tempted to buy a Rubic cube.

Nazi green must definitely be a color, something to go with Lenin red I suppose.
Ah crackers.
Did you know they were first invented in China and that too in Hunan where I previously lived.

Bursting crackers in Shanghai needs a permit but in my previous town where I lived they were burst with the intensity of exploding suns and as common as .. well the most common thing you can think of.
They were burst when there were weddings, deaths , births, shop openings, festivals. Literally everything that expected joy or sadness. I remember shutting my windows because the crackers were not only deadening with the sounds of a thousand wailing souls but also erupted in such vicious emissions of dynamite infused smoke that it made me sick.
I'd once remarked that you could get away with at least a dozen murders and no one would hear the victims scream and got nothing but nods in agreement.
I mean people had to pause conversations during dinner parties because the sound was loud and went in for minutes at end.
Some for as much as 6-7 minutes.

Thankfully that madness doesn't live here.

Dogs are frightfully scared of that noise.