Would this hurt less underwater?

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LONDON (Nov. 9) - A 22-year-old man suffered internal injuries after lighting a small firecracker he had inserted into his buttocks, paramedics said Thursday.

The incident took place Sunday, when Britain celebrated Bonfire Night, traditionally marked with fireworks to celebrate the Guy Fawkes' gunpowder plot to blow up Parliament in the 17th century.

The man suffered burns and other unspecified internal injuries in the incident in Sunderland, 275 miles north of London.

Katherine Shenton, a spokeswoman for the North East Ambulance Service, said a caller had phoned in that the victim was bleeding after the firecracker exploded.

Several of the man's friends recorded the incident on a mobile phone. The blurry images show a man bent over with his pants down and a white flash as the firecracker explodes.
 
If the firecracker was able to detonate underwater, I'd say it would hurt more, and probably cause more damage..

Water is not compressible, so the pressure wave moves through it much faster.

The United States Navy uses concussion grenades to eliminate divers in the water.. they only have to be accurate to about 100 feet.

Depth Charges and Torpedos also work on the principle of shock wave.. not impact. Torpedos of today are fired under the target. When they detonate it creates a pressure wave up and out, causing stress to the ship, and starting to move water out away from the center of the ship. The chemical reaction of the explosive creates a gas pocket, which further removes water from under the center of the ship, resulting in a large bending force to rupture the center of the ship.
 
Let's see, there were four boys in the group so IQs are immediately reduced by a factor of 4. Just shows the quality of science being taught these days...
 
Kinda gives the term "crotch rocket" all new meaning !!

'Slogger
 
I think the guy said the pharmacy was out of ExLax.
 

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