I admit it, I'm an idiot 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
At the pizza place where I work in Colorado when business gets slow we like to play with dry ice bombs. Dry ice is only $.99 a pound and one pound is a days worth of fun particularly since all of the drivers tend to keep empty pop bottles in their cars.
one Sunday the frame shop next door had thrown out a long box they received their frame pieces in. I saw it and thought that if I tossed a 2-liter dry ice bomb in and put newspaper on top we might see a little explosive theory in practice.
Later that day after I had emptied a 2-liter bottle I put in a few ounces of dry ice and added water. Here is where I made the mistake. I added cold water which slowed down the expansion. As such, nothing happened. After three more 1-liter bottle bombs the 2-liter hadn't gone off yet but the box had been destroyed.
I went pawing through the "rubble" and found the 2-liter bomb. It had sprung a leak instead of exploding. Still, I wanted to show my co-workers the cool expanded bottle. This is where my BIG mistake happened. Instead of screwing off the cap and harmlessly letting out the compressed gas I decided:
"If it's leaking it can't have too much pressure inside. I'll just poke a hole in the side with my trusty pocket knife."
I have never heard anything so loud as that in my life and faintly recall seeing the green plastic flying off and a beautiful cloud of white gas before my eyes reflexively closed.
Back inside the pizza kitchen about 20 seconds later I started checking for damage. Some glass shards on the bottle had made needle marks on my left fore arm and I had some trouble hearing. Thank goodness for my glasses or I may have blinded myself.
A little over a week later I still have a ringing in my left ear and have probably done some permanent damage to that ear. I am still capable of reproducing but after this event I am having second thoughts about having children.
Submitted on 04/16/2002
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