pop pop pop pop whiiiiiiiiizzzzz BOOM snap snap snap

now add some pretty lights, yelling, ohhhhhhhs, ahhhhhhhhhhhs, and a few woo hoos and multiply all of those things by a whole block of crazies, a mom who has two children in the armed forces, a former cop and a very patriotic group of republicans, one democrat, (a token Canadian) and go for 5 hours.

Add statements like "what's the worst thing that can happen? you blow off an arm?"
and "ouch, I burnt my foot!"

And what do you get?

You have just experienced a fourth of July in Missouri.