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potato gun

2007 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

first off if you don't know what a potato gun is let me explain, a potato gun is a contraption usualy made out of pvc or copper or prefferably iron pipe, its a large tube with a contraption on the back to ignite whatever flamable substance usually hairspray or butane that you spray in before blocking the barrel with a spud, you then stike the sparker and fire away. now if this sounds dangerous and stupid, it is. now i don't know if you've ever played with a zippo and a can of hairspray but it is very fun and not recommeded due to the ability of the can to suck the flame back inside turning it into a bomb if your not carefull or even if you are.

well we were shooting our empty beer bottels with the spud cannon and it was during a reload while we were spraying the hairspray into the upside down tube (to trap the fumes)when someones finger slipped on the ignitor, the insuing fire ball set the spray stream on fire and melted the plastic nozzel in the down possistion from what we could tell because he dropped it and flame was shooting out as it rolled under the gas tank of his new ford mustang he grab it up with much yelling and cussing all around and lobbed it behind the small boulder in his back yard that we had been shooting bottles off of about 2seconds latter the ground shook a little in combination with a spectacular fire ball and a bang from behind the rock fortunatly no one was hurt except for his burnned hand sice we all live and still have our cojones in tackt i would like to recomend this for an honorable mention

Submitted on 12/08/2007

Submitted by: scott
Reference: perosnal account

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James said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I've always liked potato gun stories! Nevertheless, the write-up is a bit hard to follow, hence my vote of neutral. Just the same, as a PA it should wash!


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
This certainly could use a better writeup but it does make for a good PA nonetheless. You're lucky the can didn't blow up while it was under the car!


Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
I was waiting for the car to explode and my brain was saying "yeah sure" but you surprised me. I enjoyed your story. Thanks, scott.


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