Don't you DARE.
Threatening gets a bad rap, for obvious reasons, but you can't say it isn't memorable. Just add "or else" to a coffee order, and it immediately rises to 911 status. If Nikita Krushchev had made a polite speech to western ambassadors in 1956, no one would remember it. But adding "we will bury you!" got the room's attention.
And admittedly, fireworks aren't everyone's favorite part of the Independence Day holiday. Your dog, for instance.
Still, a Chesterfield Township resident crossed a line when he basically threatened all neighbors if they don't stop lighting fuses at the stroke of 9 p.m.
Residents in a Macomb County neighborhood received a letter threatening retaliation if any house in the surrounding area set off fireworks during the Fourth of July week.
Tony Ivanaj, a concerned resident of the subdivision, posted a picture of the letter on his Facebook page and shared it with the Free Press.
The letter writer said if fireworks don't stop before 9 p.m. in the entire subdivision, then he or she will "make yours, and your neighbors' lives miserable for days and months to come" and will "keep the retaliations lasting forever." The writer said they work a 4 a.m. to 2 p.m. shift and do not want their sleep to be disrupted again.
Yes, police are investigating. But this is a July 4 no one will forget.