On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:58:53 -0700 (PDT), Andy Dingley
had this to say:

On 17 Oct, 20:13, "John" wrote:
Had a leaflet from Homebase advertising (amongst other things) a firework
"Cake". It had well over 100 roman candle type events for about £17.

More like tiny mortars than candles, and I love them.

I really can't see any point in 'fireworks' that simply go Bang, apart
from annoying the neighbours and terrifying pets.
To me, they're just mindless.

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Frank Erskine