26/05/2018

A SUCCESSFUL TEST

The fuse fizzed for a few moments, then a thin wisp of smoke emerged.

We all held our breath in excited anticipation, and we were not disappointed – within a few moments a surprising quantity of smoke began to gush out of the firework, accompanied by of a terrible, acrid stench of what smelled like burning socks and car tyres.


If the purpose of this test was for Wilson to satisfy himself that he can make a firework that generates smoke, I suppose it should be deemed a success.


I quizzed W about the ingredients of his Daylight Firework – at first he was evasive, claiming that the ingredients were a ‘Trade Secret’ and his ‘Intellectual Property’ – but eventually he confessed that the Active Component is... old socks and shredded car tyres…



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