Berlin police seize cannon made for launching coconuts

upi ^ | March 16, 2017 | Ben Hooper

[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.

[x]

We’re just lucky Hitler never got his hands on one of those ...

[x]

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.

Seems extreme, but Antarticans have been complaining about all the surplus coconuts down there ...

[lowbridge]

The inventor refused comment to the press

[BipolarBob]

I was thinking of Maxwell Smart myself and I missed it by that much.

[reed13k]

Oh well suuure you can propel the coconut from a cannon, but to keep it aloft you have to use swallows...

[PAR35]

bury cannons in the backyard, just in case email fails

Don't forget the poor folks who lost their cannon in a canoeing accident. That's what happened to the Paris gun in 1919.

[Organic Panic]

Having lived in Berlin part time for 3 years now I don’t think I have ever seen a coconut in Germany...

How did a coconut get to Berlin...

(Hanging curve ball punchline setup)

[Reily]

Carried there by an African Swallow!

[tarheelswamprat]

Having lived in Berlin part time for 3 years now I don’t think I have ever seen a coconut in Germany... How did a coconut get to Berlin... (Hanging curve ball punchline setup)

A laden African Swallow brought it.

[Delta 21]

More specifically, European swallows

[Hot Tabasco]

Yeah. Joerg Sprave

Check out the link you provided, he wasn't there

[Joe 6-pack]

Very odd....that link works on my phone, but trying it from my laptop, it doesn’t. Try this one to get started:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia0wYvmEGkU

[JoeProBono]

[Farmer Dean]

I wonder if South Bend Replicas is still in business.They would cast any cannon you wanted.11 inch Dahlgren,no problem.

[Farmer Dean]

If the rubber band breaks you get to wear it to the hospital.

[The Public Eye]

Something like that should be registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles.

[tumblindice]

Asked to comment, the Power Rangers Munich chapter saluted this Fatherland triumph: (Give a German something cylindrical and see what happens.)

[xrmusn]

Anyone seen Les Nessman???

[Hot Tabasco]

The problem is in the characters before Youtube in the first link you posted...........

[spokeshave]

Always stock up on frozen dough rounds at Whole Foods....also an edible ammunition.