Posted on 08/17/2016 9:07:08 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
The object is to make your kite dive at another in such a way that its string cuts the string of the other kite, causing it to fall. Then, usually, a second game ensues for the gaggle of children who have been watching the aerial battle. They scramble to follow the snipped kite as it falls, racing to be the one who can retrieve it for its owner...
Shops that sell kites began stocking glass-laced kite strings to make it easier to cut others' strings.
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Thank you!
I have seen videos and photos, read about it, yet never any hint of danger?
Watch the movie “The Kite Runner” to see an excellent portrayal of this phenomenon. Great movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muW9Ob7V7ME
Lol! That’s the dopiest thing I’ve seen in a while.
Those kites look extremely amateurish. The kites we flew as kids could be maneuvered superbly, we could go left, or right or up or down at very fast speeds. The string has very fine specks of glass, and to cut other persons kite, your string has to slide several feet on his string to cut it.
If some vandal tied it across the street at a level to impact a motor cycle or bicycle rider, the string can not decapitate him. Like I explained above, the string works like a very fine saw and requires several feet of sliding on other string to cut it. Mostly like the bicycle rider will fall off the bike due to the suddenly encountered obstruction. It could may be cause a slight cut on his neck but no where near decapitation.
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