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Virginia, they always yelled, ‘Fire in the hole!’ before
the explosion,” Buster said. “We might oughter yell
that as we throw ‘em down.”

We hauled a bucket of rotten potatoes to the top.
“Now,” Butch said, “the man in the movie had to throw
the hand grenades down as fast as he could, and if he
could throw more than one down a hole all the better.”

We decided I would be the one to do it because I
was the fastest. Looking at the four holes, we decided I
ought to try to do five per hole. They helped me load
up. I loaded eighteen into a bucket and two in my right
hand. I could feel the adrenaline pumping as I lined up
on top of the cellar. Butch and Buster together said,
“Ready! Set! Go!”

With that, I was off. I reached the first hole,
yelled, “Fire in the hole!” and dropped down the first
two. I reached into my bucket and got three more,
throwing them forcefully down the hole one at a time.
There was a little commotion from down below, but I

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