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Cutting Steel With Flaming Bacon Weapons

Posted by samzenpus on from the Kingdom-of-Loathing-gets-a-little-more-real dept.

Ed Pegg writes "Theo Gray demonstrates the Bacon Lance, a flaming meatsword that can cut through steel. Yes, with some ordinary bacon, and some pure oxygen, it's possible to cut through security doors. Form the article, 'I recently committed myself to the goal, before the weekend was out, of creating a device entirely from bacon and using it to cut a steel pan in half. My initial attempts were failures, but I knew success was within reach when I was able to ignite and melt the pan using seven beef sticks and a cucumber.' This comes out right after his profusely illustrated book of science experiments, Mad Science."

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  1. Theodore Gray by Zouden · · Score: 5, Informative

    Is also known as the guy who made a periodic table table (for which he was awarded an Ig Nobel Prize).

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    "A week in the lab saves an hour in the library"
  2. Um... by ectotherm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is this one of those Government "Pork Projects" I keep reading about? ;-)

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    "Nature bats last..."
  3. Hokey religions and ancient weapons... by Minwee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ahh, the bacon laser sword. The chosen weapon of the Cheddar Monks.

    An elegant weapon, from a more civilized age.