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K4GPB writes: "Animated article shows inner workings of water pump guns capable of shooting 50 feet. In 1982, a nuclear scientist named Lonnie Johnson came up with an ingenious solution...In the late '90s, a new wave of Super Soaker guns came out that boasted higher pressure levels." Super soakers make great cat behavior-correction devices too.
Yep. Pee in a supersoaker. Nothing makes people run quite so fast. Mind you, a little FOOD coloring in water IS the pee but no need to tell your friends that. Example: At party, PRELOAD supersoaker with FAKE pee water, hide in bathroom. Carry around second EMPTY soaker. Ask friend who is in on the gag to DARE you to fill it with your pee. Take the empty soaker to the bathroom, make the switch. Come out and spray someone. Aim for someone in white for the best effect. Adding SALT to the water will give it a funky smell. Sit back and laugh at how people will freak out at your poor taste and jugement. While you have the partys full attention, shoot it in your mouth, drink it and watch the reaction. Priceless. Note: Do not aim for people who are old or very young. Kids don't mind if you spray them with pee it seems and old people freak out too much. So aim for adults or pets. For more fun, spary the PEE into your buddys mouth.
Cats dislike water on their skin. From what I hear, their saliva contains an enzyme that keeps them from stinking, alerting their prey as cats are predators. Water washes away this enzyme.
Neighbor cat used to get on the fence and yowl at our cats something fierce. I kept a super soaker handy but he always ran away when he saw me coming. One day, his luck changed. He had made the mistake of getting too close to our cat on the fence, and when I came out, he didn't dare turn tail or he would have lost face with our cat, so he stood his ground while I got closer and closer. It was a very satisfying march to the fence once I realized this. His yowl got a bit higher in pitch as panic set in. I unloaded on him from about 5 feet away, a good hard super soaking. He never bothered our cats again. A truly satisfying day!
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When I was in junior high school, my friend tried this..they ended up with 2nd degree burns on one hand and 1st degree on the other hand and arm.
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1) Newfoundland is not part of the Maritimes
2) Neither Maritimers nor Newfoundlanders say 'eh'
3) In joking about Jean, it's more humorous to suggest a water gun filled with pepper spray (or Inuit carvings...)
Does anybody know what happens if you fill a supersoaker with gas, and light the gas as it sprays out? Instant flamethrower? Or do you just blow yourself up? I've wanted to try this to get rid of wasp hives, but was a little scared about the possibility of horrible flaming death ("tastes like burning").
Another cool variation would be a 50/50 mix of water and alcohol. Spray on something valuable, ignite, watch people scream before they realize it's not actually being hurt by the flames (because alcohol doesn't burn very hot and the water protects it from the heat).
The good ones happened when it didn't blow, and some brave sould had to whack it with a shovel. Seeing a guy hit in the sac with a speeding bottle cap is funny.
Certain bottles would fail differntly. The plastic juice bottles would blow the cap off. The top would just blow itself off the threaded part. It would still be screwed on, just "open" at the top....
Soda bottles with burst from the side, I guess the tops were pretty solid.
Aspirin bottles just became flying shrapnel. (Damn childproof top)
Gulden's spicy mustard bottle made a friggin mess. The metal top would hold, but the sides wouldn't.
Now, it might not sound that great, but it's really very nice. Your GMP (gallons-per-minute, like a shower head) is potentially much higher than a Super Soaker. The release rate is totally up to you - a little or a lot. I can shoot one about 30' straight up, and I'm not exactly muscle-bound.
I once got in a water fight with one of these things; my buddy had a hose. Sure, I had to carry around a bucket, but he surrendered pretty fast after I shut his hose off ;)
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This isn't as much "normalization" as it is "don't take so many drugs when you're designing tables."
I can't believe anyone thinks it's funny or appropriate to fire a high velocity water gun at a small animal.
Maybe one of those 'Man-Kzin War' cats should cruise over to your house and drag you out to the fire hydrant and give you a good blasting.
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It is built out of a converted fire extnguisher. You pressurize it to the spec of the canister, often in the range of 100 PSI.
Do Not Over Pressurize!
How to build instructions at the page.
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This got me thinking, what if you took a CO2 tank from a paintball gun, removed the handle from the slide and made a pneumatic piston for the main chamber. If you used a solenoid and pressure sensor to avoid shattering the gun you could have an "auto-pumper". That would REALLY kick some ass at a squirt gun fight.
I imagine that tomorrow morning the FBI will break down your /. cult doors and haul off all your cats while screaming PETA members spray you with water cannons. Remember what happened to the Bonsai Kitten plant!
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I could spend hours there.
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I can't believe no one has mentioned John young's Ultmiate watergun Aside from being a pretty ridiculous hack (imagine 100+ PSI from a backpack mounted FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOFY), he gives it out free to people witha good reason. He gave it to me and my friends for a college party (the "Beach Party") and it was the collest thing I have ever played with...I am working on building my own version. This guy truly has the ultimate water gun.