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Western Iowa man killed after potato gun explosion
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier ^
| 9/3/2001
Posted on 09/04/2007 12:42:49 AM PDT by hawkeye101
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Guns don't kill people; potato guns kill people.
To: hawkeye101
No, stupid people stuffing PVC-pipe-guns with explosive powder (gunpowder?) do.
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posted on
09/04/2007 12:46:16 AM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: hawkeye101
You dont put powder into a potato gun, what was this guy thinking?
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posted on
09/04/2007 12:47:04 AM PDT
by
Husker24
To: hawkeye101
One for the “hold muh beer” files
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posted on
09/04/2007 12:48:22 AM PDT
by
- Smokestack Lightning
(End the Anchor Baby Law. Build the fence. Bounties on illegals and employers.Deport Libs Moos RINOs.)
To: hawkeye101
Another one for Uncle Chuck!
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posted on
09/04/2007 12:49:18 AM PDT
by
coydog
(Keep Canada green - paint a Liberal!)
To: Husker24
How to be latest darwin winner
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posted on
09/04/2007 12:49:39 AM PDT
by
Nailbiter
To: hawkeye101
Uhhh....when you put gunpowder instead of hairspray into a potato “gun” as a propellant, it’s no longer a spud launcher but a pipe bomb.
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posted on
09/04/2007 12:50:55 AM PDT
by
nevergore
("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
To: Husker24
You dont put powder into a potato gun, what was this guy thinking?I thought they used ether?
The first potato gun I ever saw was fired by a group of young men behind the warehouse they just got off work from. That potato soared so high straight up into the sky that it could hardly be seen. The four guys hooted and stared up into the sky, then remembered that elementary school lesson about....gravity! That potato almost got them. I think it came straight down faster than it flew up! The men scattered in fear as the potato exploded on the asphalt a few feet away from the fleeing rocket scientists.
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posted on
09/04/2007 12:54:52 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
("A person's a person no matter how small." -Dr. Seuss)
To: hawkeye101
They can be hazardous.
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posted on
09/04/2007 12:57:38 AM PDT
by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
To: Westlander
It looks like you could take down a jetliner with that thing..........lol
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posted on
09/04/2007 1:09:40 AM PDT
by
Husker24
To: hawkeye101
The National Potato Association spokesperson warned that Chinese-made potato guns might be .....
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posted on
09/04/2007 1:27:49 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Fred Thompson '0?)
To: Westlander
Sure doesn’t look like any spud gun I ever used back in my misspent youth
Of course my 55 years of experience have resulted in personal survival. A few close calls, but alive!
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posted on
09/04/2007 1:33:28 AM PDT
by
Knute
(Tell me again ONE good reason I'm living here in Wisconsin??)
To: hawkeye101
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posted on
09/04/2007 2:23:02 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(What happens if you're frightened half to death........................twice?)
To: hawkeye101
When potato guns are outlawed, only outlaws wuill have potato guns.
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posted on
09/04/2007 2:32:27 AM PDT
by
TheMole
To: hawkeye101
"Let the Chips fall where they may."
Signed...Spud Dud
To: hawkeye101
He definitely should NOT have tried to super-size that.
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posted on
09/04/2007 3:44:03 AM PDT
by
mkjessup
(Jan 20, 2009 - "We Don't Know. Where Rudy Went. Just Glad He's Not. The President. Burma Shave.")
To: hawkeye101
Anybody else see the Al Qaeda guy in Iraq firing the hand held mortar? Fire one, Allahu Akhbar. Fire two, BOOM! No more terrorist. The potato gun guy probably never saw it. Maybe he would have thunk twice. Then again, maybe not.
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posted on
09/04/2007 3:44:50 AM PDT
by
CalvaryJohn
(What is keeping that damned asteroid?)
To: Westlander
"You want fries with that?"
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posted on
09/04/2007 3:48:05 AM PDT
by
Jonah Hex
("How'd you get that scar, mister?" "Nicked myself shaving.")
To: nevergore
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posted on
09/04/2007 4:30:11 AM PDT
by
gaemes
To: Knute
Of course not...that’s an assault potato gun!!!
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posted on
09/04/2007 4:46:17 AM PDT
by
xp38
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