.... which here in the East part of The Netherlands is
CARBID Shooting. For those of you who don't know how it works: you need a big drum, like an oil drum, a big milk barrel or something like that. The drum has two openings, a small one at the bottom and a big opening at the top. Inside the drum goes a chunck of carbid. Then you put some water on the carbid, so it developes an explosive gas. For fun you can put a football on the top opening. Then ignite the gas by means of an electric wire with a car spark plug attached to it and a car battery. The gas will explode and the football will shoot away, far away. Oh, and you hear a very loud bang.
Fun guaranteed, also because there will be beer, Jägermeister and Oliebollen.
Here are a few examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk5YUQPNkEw&feature=related and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUWj-J7zIVk&feature=relatedWe will not do it like this, but we will have a constellation of 18 big drums in a row which will be ignited rapidly after each other. and best part is that you only need a little piece of carbid for a whole day of fun.
And I wish everyone a very good 2011, with lots of love, health, fun and great arcade lifestyle experiences.Please share your local year end traditions here, I would love to know what is tradition in other countries.