Or should it be damp squib? Apparently that is one of the commonest mistakes in the use of English language and since one would expect the aquatic creature to be damp it presumably refers to the firework. Squid or squib, the refusal to allow fireworks at Rehoboth on New Year's Eve seems to have been contrary to the prefecture's decision. The Tarn had an official ban on the sale and use of fireworks (and it is the explosive types that are particularly of concern), but neighbouring Aveyron and Tarn and Garonne had no such ban. Explosions in crowded town centres may well have provoked panic - even though crowds would have been aware that they were likely - but surely in private gardens, especially in rural areas, the ban was just a damp squib (or squid!).
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