When I was a young lad...
...I had a toy tank which would fire matchsticks by means of a spring-loaded piston inside the gun barrel.

Firing lit matches around the room? Oh no, not me. No, I just decided to see what what happen if I stuck it up my nose and fired it.

Luckily, I didn't try it with a match, as I think it would have pierced my brain... instead, I just got a nosebleed and had to explain to my mum why only one nostril was bleeding.


Length? About 3 inches, but only about half an inch went up my nose...
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Fri 28 Dec 2007, 10:38, 4 replies)

For some reason
I read 'toy tank' as 'toy fire engine' and was sitting here thinking 'what kind of weird-ass fire engine has a gun mounted on it?'

I think I need to start getting more sleep.
(clumsyeloquence is a girl, Fri 28 Dec 2007, 18:25, closed)

A friend of mine
is fond of starting bonfires by pouring gasoline onto the heap, then standing 50 feet away and using an air rifle to shoot a strike-anywhere match at it to light it.

I'm not sure if that's brilliant or just insane.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 28 Dec 2007, 18:34, closed)

Loon, I think it's a bit of both =)

(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Wed 2 Jan 2008, 9:48, closed)

Now that TRULY
is a dumb thing
( snee held his breath since, Thu 3 Jan 2008, 12:25, closed)