Bum scare

Dear me. Deary me:

A dangerous prank quite literally backfired and landed a 22-year-old squaddie in hospital with a scorched colon – after he stuck a firework up his bottom.

The soldier inserted a rocket in a place definitely not recommended by the Fireworks Code and, as onlookers cheered, lit the blue touchpaper.

The prankster [Surely 'MORON,' -- Ed] , who has not been named but who recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq, was badly burned.