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Pavlov'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.

(, Thu 24 Jul 2008, 12:00)
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For future reference...
heat up a precision screwdriver with a blowtorch and stick a hole in it that way. Worked every time for me.

However, stuffing black powder of any quantity into a ping-pong ball will NOT result in a "boom" or any other explosion noise. You simply don't get enough pressure... so the powder ignites, melts the plastic instantly and just makes a roaring flame.

Now, if you were to cut strips of thick brown paper, soak them in methylcellulose and water (dries rock hard) and then apply them in a massively thick layer to the ball, THEN when you've got about 1cm of rock hard layer of uber-paper, varnish the bastard, you WILL have something capable of containing the hot gases a little better and a boom ye shall receive.
(, Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:02, Reply)

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