Backyard Ballistics

by William Gurstelle

Go ahead! Endanger your health! Physical, that is. We all suspected your mental health deteriorated beyond hope years ago. And when you build one of these instruments of destruction, everyone is going to KNOW just how crazy you are!

Build a potato cannon out of PVC pipe. Ram a potato up it's muzzle, spray a little hair spray in the back end, and set that sucka off! Oooooh... Deadly spuds will be flying in all directions. This ain't quite as cool as the sewer pipe cannon I invented a couple of years back that shot manure all over my neighbor's houses, but this comes close.

Or build a Cincinnati Fire Kite out of newspapers and burn the city down. Make rockets out of matches or out of PVC and soda bottles. Build a mortar that launches tennis balls.

Build Newton's explosive petard, again out of PVC. And there's the hot air balloon you can make from a dry cleaner's bag. Or the ballistic pendulum.

But I like the carbide cannon. It doesn't really fire any projectile, but it will make such a loud noise that it's guaranteed to make your neighbors drop a load in their pants! And that's lot's of fun to watch as long as you have a clothespin on your nose...

Crazy book for little boys who never grew up and still want to get into trouble. And that's you, ain't it? Off beat. Sumthin' to have. Get one! 7x10 softcover 169 pages

No. 5083 ... $16.95