Pointless ExperimentsPavlov's Frog writes: I once spent 20 minutes with my eyes closed to see what it was like being blind. I smashed my knee on the kitchen cupboard, and decided I'd be better off deaf as you can still watch television.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 24 Jul 2008, 12:00)
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Pocket rockets and other match experimentsWhen about 13, we liked to make pocket rockets. You remove a paper match from the book, lay a pin along it with the pointy end towards the tip of the match, and then tightly wrap a bit of aluminum foil around the head of the match. Withdraw the pin, and you have a pocket rocket. Slightly lift the inside coil of a paperclip to create your V2 launch ramp, and you're ready. Lay your new rocket on the launch ramp, which has been bent to produce a 45-degree launch trajectory, light a second match and hold it under the head of the rocket. You'll get a nice launch that results in a small, very hot projectile landing somewhere you wish it hadn't. Don't aim for cleavages. Trust me.
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I'm having trouble visualising this. I don't understand the paperclip launch ramp at all.Can you make a diagram?
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Bob Todd whee, Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:56,
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Illegal Projectile WeaponGot done by the cops for letting one of these off. They tried to tell me it was an "illegal projectile weapon." I think they were just bored.
Of course, letting it off across the road from the cop shop was probably a little stupid, but there you go.
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argyleblanket The man on the roof works for me, Tue 29 Jul 2008, 22:48,
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