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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

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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?

 

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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?