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Oh the good ol days

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My friend and I one day decided to start experimenting with gunpowder and with myself being raised around these things i knew the do's and don'ts of the substance fairly well, all was grand in the beginning using empty 2 liters a plastic bag a cap full of powder and a fuse had slightly more predictable outcomes than dry ice bombs which your not sure when will go off. it worked brilliant and i would even suggest it for fourth of july where tolerable. Then we moved onto slightly well more dangerous things, we took spent 12 gram Co2 cartridges for paintball and airsoft guns and drilled the holes slightly larger filling them with gunpowder, putting a cannon fuse in the hole and crimping the top shut, they blew up with mini grenade force for their tiny size shorter than a hot dog about as far around, well we had some fun tossing one in the water and watching the explosion send up a nice display of our invention. We may have also blown up a toilet... regardless my friend took his turn to light one and toss it in the river... sorry Eco system, we were not fishing by the way. When standing there with it lit I wanted to know why he hadn't thrown it to which he simply replied watch and see... i went back about seven feet and got behind a pine tree and yelled to my friend to throw it repeatedly... no results when i looked there was a millimeter of fuse above the explosive so i yelled to my friend lets say Chris to throw it which snapped him out of it and he tossed it, i had ducked back behind the tree when i looked again right after the bang there was a cloud of smoke 2 feet from my friend and he was standing there i ran up and shouted unkind words at him for his lack of intellect. Then i noticed he was grabbing his ribs so i took a look the shrapnel had impacted his stomach area flat instead of at an angle it may have gone in to his stomach had it been at an angle and i was thankful it wasn't serious but he did have a decent one inch by half inch dent... i found the shrapnel and still have it as a souvenir to his stupidity, today he is in the military... as a morterman...i would like to believe hes smarter today but i wont be completely surprised to hear of his Darwin award in the years to come

Submitted on 02/09/2010

Submitted by: Alec Hasler Birdsall
Reference: Personal experience, 6/20.08

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James said:
Neutral: Personal Account
Thanks, Alec. I'm only voting neutral because this was a difficult read, but otherwise a nice story!

Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Needs a major league rewrite, but daydreaming with a device in your hand that you KNOW is going to blow up-! Thanks, Alec!

Tracy said:
Neutral: Personal Account
Hi - thanks for the story - I liked the fact that he is now a mortarman in the army. It does need to be re-written to make it easier to read

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