Aside:

When I was a kid we used to throw firecrackers in dumpsters, as the giant metal boxes would magnify the sound several times. It was all well and good until the day I threw a firecracker into a dumpster which was filled to the brim with cardboard boxes. Massive fire ensued, followed by what appeared to be a faint streak of light that was actually the escape of the fastest eleven-year-old boy the world has ever seen.