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T-Shirt Cannon
SnakeStu writes "If you thought the T-shirts at ThinkGeek were cool, imagine them flying 160 feet through the air (courtesy of Crawford International Theatrical Corporation [CITC])."
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Children, please be careful. Specifically, don't put frogs in them, and don't ever look down the barrel of one! (by choice)1 870788
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are endless!
"This unit includes everything you need to launch soft items further and faster. The 2? X 23? PVC holds big surprises for your audience and creates lots of attention. Other soft items besides your rolled up T-Shirts are Nerf Balls, Puff Balls, confetti, streamers, advertising leaflets, hot dogs, feathers, SnoBiz® or other snow flake products, rose pedals, balloons (uninflated), etc."
I was just thinking to myself the other day... wouldn't it be nice if I could pull these hot dogs and brats off of the grill and launch them onto a plate in the house?
Didn't Maud Flanders teach us that shooting T-Shirts can be deadly?
When I die I hope FANdumanium will do a 21 T-Shirt Salute.
News for nerds, stuff that matters! Stuff like 64-bit cpus and the matrix and.... t-shirt.. launching?
At just $1,400 this thing is a steal. Now I can launch all of those t-shirts I've wanted to hurl...wait a second..WTF do I need this for again.
I'll just stick to my good old spudlauncher (http://www.idahospudfire.com/main.htm)
Sig:
I'm not the best programmer, and I'm not the best basketball player;
But I'm the best basketball palyer on my programming team;
and I'm the best programmer on my basketball team.
Congratulations, both of you can read the story department: "in-memoriam-maude-flanders".
Micheal beat you to it.
Ever been to a hockey game? how about a monster truck rally? Do you know what football is? I've seen these for years and also in use! ohhh.
"Other soft items besides your rolled up T-Shirts are Nerf Balls, Puff Balls, confetti, streamers, advertising leaflets, hot dogs, feathers..."
HOT DOGS?
Is that really how you want your hot dog served to you?
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the strongest word is still the word "free"
They use these things all the time a kings games. Though personally I prefer the old method where they'd have to scantly clad girls hold one of those slingshot gizmos while the mascot loaded a t-shirt and shot it into the crowd. It didn't have the range but damn-it looks are important. ;-)
I know I'm going to hell, I'm just trying to get good seats.
Dear Dr. Zaius,
Regarding the new devices we uncovered... I see these as the perfect tool in which to launch nets to catch those pesky humans. While the original design was not intended for this we believe it will be trivial to adjust the units.
Current technologies are begining to waiver in effectiveness and just last week we had one rude human scream out some babble along the lines of "You damned dirty apes".
Thanks,
Dr. Itchy
Human Catching Services
"You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours." -- Yogi Berra
I doubt it, but if you pointed it at the ground and jumped you could do a Shirt-Propelled Jump.
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50 comments, and 25 of them are about the Simpsons. And you know what the sad part is? Not one of them has spelled "Maude Flanders" name right.
;) ;)
Remember, boys: It's M-A-U-D-E.
Not:
Mad (personal favorite)
Mod
Maud
I tell you. Get killed off by a T-Shirt cannon and all respect is gone...
"...you can steal my woman, but you ain't done nuthin' smart."
If someone is interested in a cheaper solution (or to make thier own) see here
The also have some really cool stuff with machined aluminum potato cannons using propane and oxygen!
------- Sorry about the spelling, I suffer from two problems. Dyslexia makes it difficult to spell well, lazy makes it
I am not quite sure about US, but, if you are living in UK or other countries with similar law, you may need a gun license to operate this.
Usually, a gun is defined as a device which can fire a projectile/bullet with an energy of greater than 2J measured at the muzzle.
Assuming the weight of a T-shirt is 40 g, the max height it reaches is 50m, ignoring all the loss due to friction/air resistance, the min energy is mgh=0.04*9.81*50=19.6J...
Take care!