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[Dannyalcatraz]

I remember building a potato gun with my dad and my older brother. We used hair spray as a propellant, a cook stove switch as a trigger, and a couple of old junk cars in an empty field were our targets.

My brother and I discovered that if we used oranges instead of potatoes, we could make a much larger dent in the door of a car (because it was more aerodynamic). We showed our dad, and he was impressed that we had figured that out.

And then we discovered that if we put those oranges in the freezer overnight first, we could put a hole completely through the door of a car. When we demonstrated that for dad, he took our potato gun away.

I’m reminded of the chicken cannon story. They were designed to fire chickens at plane parts to simulate bird strikes. But the first time they used it (back in the late 1940s), the poultry penetrated everything like they were AP rounds. When they complained to the cannon design crew, the response was, “First step: thaw the chickens.”

A more modern one discussed here:

The US built a special cannon in 1972 to shoot chickens at planes

It truly is incredible when you think about how many people owe their lives to something called the "Rooster Booster."Like this video? You'll love https://ta...

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[payn]

My freshman dorm was voted most dangerous dorm on campus. I think the running dart fights (using standard darts) had something to do with that.

My favorite made-up game was actually from my senior year of HS- “Tron”. We’d go into an empty classroom and smack a superball around with textbooks, notebooks or ring binders (player’s choice). Get hit, you’re derezzed. That superball could get moving pretty fast, and the desks, chairs & lockers made for some interesting caroms coupled with restrictions of movement.

Good times!

For us it was BB gun fights with motorcycle helmets on.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Honestly? Keep your mouth shut and be thankful someone’s willing to run games for you.

Can we put that into the site's banner?

 

[trappedslider]

i'm currently admitted to the hospital stupid asthma

 

[billd91]

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If I had a dog that looked like that, I’d have to name it Blueberry Muffin. I mean, you can see it, right?

 

[Ryujin]

I’m reminded of the chicken cannon story. They were designed to fire chickens at plane parts to simulate bird strikes. But the first time they used it (back in the late 1940s), the poultry penetrated everything like they were AP rounds. When they complained to the cannon design crew, the response was, “First step: thaw the chickens.”

A more modern one discussed here:

The US built a special cannon in 1972 to shoot chickens at planes

It truly is incredible when you think about how many people owe their lives to something called the "Rooster Booster."Like this video? You'll love https://ta...

www.youtube.com

I believe the Mythbusters had the same issue.

 

[Willie the Duck]

Maybe second best to Kathy Bates.

From the classic movie Footloose?

My youngest was watching an episode of Sonic the Hedgehog where a Sonic superfan ... broke the legs of all the cast and had them all in a bedroom together where he could keep them prisoner. Wild that someone thought that was a good choice for little kids.

Well, they did make a Toxic Avenger kids show so this kinda thing isnt unheard of.

And a Rambo and Chuck Norris cartoons. And kids toys for Terminator and Alien. And saw the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles original comic and said 'that needs a goofy lighthearted cartoon and toyline...' Too young for me, but I babysat for kids with any or all the toys or watched the shows.

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Try managing a department of them. :-|

But that leads to a joke: We can all go to costume parties as 'Adult formerly gifted child,' we can just wear our normal clothes. When someone asks 'what are you supposed to be?' just stare off wistfully and say '<sigh>, I was supposed to be a lot of things...'

My freshman dorm was voted most dangerous dorm on campus. I think the running dart fights (using standard darts) had something to do with that.

Ah, when we move the tales up to college things get crazy! What do you do as a lab TA for the last day of organic chem when you finish the proscribed lesson early? Well, if it is a pre-9/11 world, you teach people how to make trinitrotoluene (TNT).

I believe the Mythbusters had the same issue.

Not quite. They were trying to test that myth, and made the experimental mistake of not checking their experimental tools for applicability (the aircraft windshields they were using were not rated to survive bird impacts).

 

[RealAlHazred]

I’m reminded of the chicken cannon story. They were designed to fire chickens at plane parts to simulate bird strikes. But the first time they used it (back in the late 1940s), the poultry penetrated everything like they were AP rounds. When they complained to the cannon design crew, the response was, “First step: thaw the chickens.”

A more modern one discussed here:

The US built a special cannon in 1972 to shoot chickens at planes

It truly is incredible when you think about how many people owe their lives to something called the "Rooster Booster."Like this video? You'll love https://ta...

www.youtube.com

The way I heard the story, this came about during the testing of the Channel Tunnel train. It was going to be very high speed, and they wanted to know how well it would survive bird strikes in the tunnel. The first chicken smashed through the windshield and embedded itself in the wall right at head-height by one of the engineer stations.

My favorite one of these "unintended engineering/coding side effects" stories was when a military contractor tried to sell its 3d modelling software to a private company for a computer game. They reskinned stuff and then took executives on a virtual helicopter tour of the Australian Outback. The helicopter buzzed a bunch of kangaroos who hopped around the back of a hill... and then popped up on top of the hill, launched a missile, and took down the helicopter.

Turned out they just reskinned one of the enemy soldier models as kangaroos and left the rest of the code intact, because they didn't think it would come up.

One of the private company execs was very shaken. "I heard animals in Australia were dangerous, but... WOW!"

 

[Velderan]

I remember building a potato gun with my dad and my older brother. We used hair spray as a propellant, a cook stove switch as a trigger, and a couple of old junk cars in an empty field were our targets.

My brother and I discovered that if we used oranges instead of potatoes, we could make a much larger dent in the door of a car (because it was more aerodynamic). We showed our dad, and he was impressed that we had figured that out.

And then we discovered that if we put those oranges in the freezer overnight first, we could put a hole completely through the door of a car. When we demonstrated that for dad, he took our potato gun away.

When I was 20, I worked at a Home Depot doing overnight stock. The main thing I learned about working in a Home Depot at 2am is there are 2 reasons why people come in at that hour: a water pipe in their home broke or they got high with their friends and decided to build a potato gun.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Last night I finally got around to watching Moonage Daydream. It's currently streaming on HBO HBOGo HBONow HBOMax Max HBO. It's a very non-traditional documentary about David Bowie.

Bowie has always been one of my favorite artists, in all senses of that word. And ... I think he would have loved how it came out. It's really hard to explain, but if you're looking for something that explains the life of Bowie in a traditional documentary format, this ain't it. But if you're looking for something that provides the essence of Bowie - that is beautiful, haunting, and surprisingly both uplifting and melancholy at the end, this is it.

My only note- I wish there was a little more for the Belin years, and I disagree with the choice of Heroes to exemplify it. But I'll give it a pass for the inclusion of Station to Station at a certain key moment (you'll know it when you hear it). They also could have done a bit more with the '90s on, but I get it.

If you like Bowie, highly recommend. Also- wait for the transition to and from the "80s period." Perfect.