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If you grew up in the '50s and '60s what did you call the loud, cylindrical firework with the fuse coming out the side?

Asked by LuckyGuy (43691points) August 17th, 2017

As kids, we bought these for $1.00 a dozen from the ice-cream truck. (In today’s money that would be about $4–5.) They were about 1½ inches long, >½ inch in diameter, and came with a fuse that burned “energetically” – even under water.

These were very powerful and if placed under a metal trash can would launch the can 20 ft in the air – if the can didn’t unwrap and blow apart. If you tossed one under a junk, lot car it would make the car jump.
They were banned in the US by the Federal government in 1966.

If you know what I’m talking about, what did you call them? Also please mention about where you grew up.
I think the names used to describe these differed depending upon where you lived in the country.

Since this is in social feel free to say how you used them. The statute of limitations has long passed. ;-)

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