06-19-2001, 08:51 PM | #1 |
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potato cannon
if you know what this is you'll get the poem
Fly potato Fly I’ve got the notion To set potatoes in motion And cause a mighty commotion And not just any mere length will do To the mighty ocean with you So I make a contraption A mighty fantastic contraption To set potatoes in motion And cause my mighty commotion Four feet of pipe will do To make potatoes blue I haven’t a clue What it will do I hope it will set them in action So that splashes will happen I load the potato As a load it will work Woosh it goes Would it work? We willingly wait For wait we must Sploosh it goes It worked it worked High in the sky boy did it fly And the gun did it roar as the potato did soar The potato had flown My cover was blown My parents did hide As my neighbors did fly With an evil eye To my side As they told me What a mighty commotion And I’ll be out in three to five |
06-19-2001, 10:10 PM | #2 |
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ROFL, that is great. Now THAT is a poem I can understand!
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06-19-2001, 10:12 PM | #3 |
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ya i don't go too deep i'm glad you like it i'm only 14 so i'm not to the moral level yet i'm workin on a pic involving thz although i'm not in yet i don't intend in giving up so sooner or later i have to is how i see it lol
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06-19-2001, 10:38 PM | #4 |
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LOL oh that was a good one Crono.
Potato Shooters are soo fun!!! Love the POP noise it makes when they launch. |
06-19-2001, 10:56 PM | #5 |
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mine launches them all the way to the ocean from my house thats why its got water involved thats around 200 yards makes more than a poping sound more like WWWOOOMMMMPPPHHHHH
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06-20-2001, 03:53 AM | #6 |
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Another thing we don't have up here in Canada.... ah well.
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06-20-2001, 08:53 AM | #7 |
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It's not something you have, its something you make
Ingredients, Potatos, PVC Pipe, Lighter flint, hairspray (or your favorite flammible gas ) Here is a little more info http://www.independentproject.com/ol...om/tater2.html |
06-20-2001, 09:06 AM | #8 |
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What are you talking about? We've got potato launchers up here in Canada! I used to go to a friends cottage and fire them off every summer... well until there was a little too much "fire" in the firing
Lets just say long rest old black tube, she served us well for many a years.. but time passes and we must move on. I'm pretty sure were going to make a new one this summer. As for hair spray.. we never used it. Good old WD 40 for us! (The old kind the new stuff just doesn't light) |
06-20-2001, 09:17 AM | #9 |
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I live in a floating home on the Columbia River and I have two neighbors with them that shoot them back and forth at each other. They also use them to slow down boat traffic, it's all a "No Wake" zone and if you're one of those peeps movin' too fast through there, you liable to get a smokin' potato sent your way in a hurry.
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06-20-2001, 04:03 PM | #10 |
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lol i've shot them at my boats but my brother was in the boat and he wasn't doing anything wrong but thats beside the point, he is my brother and thats all i cared about.
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06-20-2001, 04:47 PM | #11 |
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Hairspray??? WD-40?????
Some friends of mine used a whole propane tank! (the kind u use on a barbecue...) They even had a nozzle thingy to make it reload faster. Also, they found out that if u shoot apples, they explode.
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06-20-2001, 06:29 PM | #12 |
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I hear the best thing for those of us who wouldn't want to attach a 5 gallon bomb (ie. propane tank). Starter fluid! Ya know, the kind you spray in your carburator if it wont start.
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06-20-2001, 07:49 PM | #13 |
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i use starter fluid i get around 200 yards on average but thats a guess
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06-21-2001, 02:30 PM | #14 |
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I wouldnt be surprised!! And Propane tank eh?? Hmm!! Now thats an IDEA!! No more woosie stuff!
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