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title: "Fireworks alternatives for the 4th of July"
author: "Christopher S Penn"
date: 2008-07-01
url: https://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/07/fireworks-alternatives-for-the-4th-of-july/
categories:
  - "Random"
---

# Fireworks alternatives for the 4th of July

[A few](https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25400394/) [news](https://thecalifornian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080701/NEWS01/807010315/1002) [outlets](https://www.christopherspenn.com/youve-discovered-the-missing-link/) [are](https://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-fireworks30-2008jun30,0,7372346.story) [reporting](https://online.wsj.com/article/SB121461392777512711.html) [bans](https://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/01/police-fire-hope-for-a-safe-and-sane-holiday-dry/) on fireworks and cancelations of 4th of July exhibits - so what do you do in place of fireworks?

Well, there's always [Diet Coke and Mentos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_Coke_and_Mentos_eruption). Seriously.

- Diet Coke and Mentos will not start [wildfires](https://www.kpho.com/news/16742174/detail.html).

- Diet Coke and Mentos will not make your clothes smell like cordite.

- Diet Coke and Mentos will not accidentally remove limbs or blind you unless you're really, really careless.

- Diet Coke and Mentos are both consumable in case you change your mind.

- Diet Coke and Mentos are mostly made in America.

There will, of course, [still be fireworks](https://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/06/23/july.4.ap/index.html), too.

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