Posted on 03/18/2017 11:33:32 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Berlin police announced they seized an artist's homemade cannon after a coconut launched by the device narrowly missed hitting a dog walker.
Police said in a Facebook post that a man taking a dog for a walk March 1 in an industrial area of the German capital heard a loud bang followed by the sight of a large projectile whizzing past him at a high speed.
Investigators determined the projectile was a coconut that had been launched from a cannon created by a 23-year-old artist. Police shared photos of the device in the Facebook post.
The artist, Julian Charriere, said the coconut cannon was created for an art project in Antarctica and that he had wanted to test it before shipping.
Police said they impounded the cannon and that prosecutors are investigating whether it violates Germany's arms control laws.
Betcha anything he knows this guy. He was the first person I thought of when I read the headline...
https://m.youtube.com/#/user/JoergSprave
And then they came for our coconuts and nobody said anything.
The authorities always kill the things that are fun!
....trim the canards off and...
Super spud gun
Super punkin chucker
The bowling ball mortar featured on Pawn Stars was pretty cool.
You sure that’s the proper link?
Is this kind of like a potato gun or a pumpkin chunker?
Yeah. Joerg Sprave is a German guy whose purpose in life is to build things that launch other things.
That's what happens when treasures are casually thrown (blown?) away.
They come and take the distribution device.
Next thing ya' know, emailing coconuts will be prohibited too.
Time to stock up and bury cannons in the backyard, just in case email fails
Now they’ll probably ban the coconut launcher toys sold for kids.
Didn’t he used to put things on top of other things?
I guess he has moved on from that!
Not sure about that lol. Since I discovered his channel a few years back he’s pretty much been dedicated to building things that shoot/launch things lol.
Oh but Harry Did
I say, Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take?
I say, Doctor, ain't there nothing I can take?
I say, Doctor, ain't there nothing I can take?
“... created for an art project in Antarctica ...”
Say what?
I think that is what this is like.
I’ve got a lovely bunch of coconuts.
L
Who says Germany doesn’t contribute enough to NATO?
We did the same thing with grapefruits for a whole lot less when I was a kid:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/187321664/the-winger-water-balloon-slingshot
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