HOME-MADE XMAS CRACKER BLOWS UP HOUSE!
Festive horror rocks street
TIMES are hard and many people are trying to earn a little extra cash as the nation teeters on the brink of catastrophic total collapse.
And inventor Brian Warble reckoned he could make a few extra quid selling home- made Christmas crackers to his neighbours in Buglawton, Cheshire.
But getting the explosive charge just right for a cracker’s
“bang” is no job for an amateur – as Brian, 74, found to his cost.
Gutted
Because when he pulled one of his own crackers to test how it worked, the resulting explosion blew out his windows and the fire that followed gutted his tidy two- bed semi.
Long- divorced Brian thankfully escaped with his life but he was rushed to hospital with singeing, ringing ears and wooziness.
But last night some neighbours were not so sure that a simple error was to blame for Brian’s mishap.
One, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals, said: “It was an accident waiting to happen.
“That man is always tinkering when he’s pissed. I’ve seen him lurching around with cans of Special Brew in his hand.
“There’s normally just some banging and swearing. The idea that he was meddling with explosives is terrifying.
“How did he get hold of explosives, by the way? In Buglawton? I’ve written to the council.”
Another neighbour said: “He’s not right, that one. You wonder why his wife left him all those years ago?”
Sources say engineers will have to check the structure of Brian’s house, which may need to be demolished.
A police insider said: “Once his wooziness has worn off, I think the terrorist squad will want a word with this chap.
“They quite enjoy using all their super new powers. I doubt this gentleman will be heard of again for quite some time!”