Conquest351 wrote: Anyone make blow guns out of a soda straw, pencil eraser, small square of paper, and a needle? We used to make them in class all the time when I was in school and stick them into the ceiling.
Straw, needle, and a aglet (the end of a shoe lace) with about 3/8" of the lace still attached and fanned out. Sealed well and the lace segment provided great stability.
mapper wrote:Conquest351 wrote: Anyone make blow guns out of a soda straw, pencil eraser, small square of paper, and a needle? We used to make them in class all the time when I was in school and stick them into the ceiling.Straw, needle, and a aglet (the end of a shoe lace) with about 3/8" of the lace still attached and fanned out. Sealed well and the lace segment provided great stability.
Dude. How did E36 M3 like this get around before the internet? We did the same thing when I was growing up...at least until we were old enough to have BB guns. 
poopshovel wrote:mapper wrote:Dude. How did E36 M3 like this get around before the internet? We did the same thing when I was growing up...at least until we were old enough to have BB guns.Conquest351 wrote: Anyone make blow guns out of a soda straw, pencil eraser, small square of paper, and a needle? We used to make them in class all the time when I was in school and stick them into the ceiling.Straw, needle, and a aglet (the end of a shoe lace) with about 3/8" of the lace still attached and fanned out. Sealed well and the lace segment provided great stability.
Human interaction?
I think anything destructive was passed around at school and from school to school and to cousins at schools in other states, etc.
I got over throwing stars when I discovered vanishing smoke balls and tabi boots, which I combine with my ninja wall scaling spike attachments for feet and hands for vanishing into thin air and scaling walls.
David S. Wallens wrote: Anyone know if Kum's Fashions is still in Athens, Ga.? They sold Chuck Taylors as well as throwing stars. Ah, good times.
Wow. I never thought I'd hear about Kum's Fashions on the forum, or anywhere really. I have no idea if it's still there, but I got many cheap sneakers and weird shirts there (obviously speaks to my fine taste). I was tempted by the nun-chucks, but then I remembered how my last experience ended when I was 14. Painful. Very painful.
NSFW subtitles. It's translated into English. LOL
I had one land within inches of my schnoz when I was in forth grade. We were at a hotel, that had several hockey teams staying at it for a tournament. My teammates and I were causing mischief, I rounded the corner and THWAP, a star hit the wall right by nose. Some older kids from another team were trashing this area of the hotel that they had just remodeled but weren't open yet. Went to the front desk to rat them out. Some young guy from the desk sprinted to that area with a length of pipe in hand to get to the bottom of things. Those stupid kids were in a heap of trouble.
Back when I was JFX the Younger, and before we discovered Soldier of Fortune mags, we used to tie a nail to a longish piece of string...whip it around a few times and let it fly.
And here I thought I was the only kid to improvise deadly weapons before he turned ten...
I hope my kids do the same. Building destructive things is what got me into building awesome.
Soda straw, some finishing nails and frilly ended toothpicks make an excellent dart. Was bored with a coworker at a sandwich shop that I worked at for a while.
Straw and deli sandwich toothpick (you know, the kind keeping your club sandwich together). Able to shoot across two auto bays and stick into coworkers jacket!
vwcorvette wrote: Straw and deli sandwich toothpick (you know, the kind keeping your club sandwich together). Able to shoot across two auto bays and stick into coworkers jacket!
Tape two straws together and you'll be able to shoot a sandwich toothpick across a regulation length Applebee's kitchen with enough velocity to get lodged in a cork board used to hold leave requests and employee schedules.
...Or so I've been told.
Anyone used to make Napalm with packing peanuts or regular styrofoam and gasoline?
I actually used to have the entire Anarchist Cookbook... Looooooots of fun stuff in there.
Yup. Dipped a mini basket ball in homemade napalm, lit it and threw it down the cul-de-sac. It bounced 3 times leaving burning puddles each time and on the 4th it just melted into the ground. Took forever to stop burning.
Conquest351 wrote: Anyone used to make Napalm with packing peanuts or regular styrofoam and gasoline? I actually used to have the entire Anarchist Cookbook... Looooooots of fun stuff in there.
Man, napalm basketball, Anarchist's cookbook...
Several years ago now, a friend of mine googled some explosives recipe and had cops knocking on his parent's door the next morning. He was grounded for quite a while thereafter
Wrong South Park pic. This is what usually happens with ninja stars:
Interwebz can be fun, and dangerous!
I actually think I printed the whole book off the internet waaaay back in '94 or '95. LOL I was a sophomore in high school I think.
mapper wrote:poopshovel wrote:Human interaction?mapper wrote:Dude. How did E36 M3 like this get around before the internet? We did the same thing when I was growing up...at least until we were old enough to have BB guns.Conquest351 wrote: Anyone make blow guns out of a soda straw, pencil eraser, small square of paper, and a needle? We used to make them in class all the time when I was in school and stick them into the ceiling.Straw, needle, and a aglet (the end of a shoe lace) with about 3/8" of the lace still attached and fanned out. Sealed well and the lace segment provided great stability.
Same down in Texas, too. Except I would use embroidery thread and actually wrap and glue the fins on my needles.
I remember when the principle demanded everyone turns theirs in during a school assembly and 50 kids gave theirs up. I can only imagine how many of them didn't....
Sounds like a perfect project with my 9-year old..... 
-Rob
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