Posted on 04/10/2025 10:06:53 AM PDT by Red Badger
I wonder how many things have been discovered because someone just ‘wanted to see what would happen’.
FAFO is not always a bad thing.
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When I was about 14, I discovered if you pour enough gasoline down an ant hole, when you light it, the ground will shake and explode under your feet. After that, I learned the best way to light an ant hole on fire after pouring five gallons of gas down and around it, is to plug an Estes Rocket Motor Igniter in the hole, wire that baby up, run about 35’ of wire to a battery and then let ‘er rip, tater chip. It was glorious!!!
I also wonder how many terrible accidents have taken place because someone just ‘wanted to see what would happen’...
Pottery Barn very interested in Instant Urn.
I want one that makes a nice Martini glass.
I'd venture to say you've got yourself some serious ants if their nest can hold 5 gallons of gas.
I'll bet it was "glorious" indeed!
New!
one day ... one day ... the ants will take revenge ...
Lots of pharma drugs have been discovered that way.
Apparently Viagara was found that way doing research for something else. The side effect was it gave all the white mice boners.
You and I made exactly the same kind of charred footprints, I see.
I’m just surprised that someone in college is actually doing REAL research.
Usually preceeded by the comment “hold my beer and watch this”.
Boys, toys and dynamite. My father told me when he was a teenager in Minnesota in the 30’s, they would take a farm tractor and dig a hole. Put a couple bags of fertilizer in the hole, and saturate it with kerosene. Cover it with about a foot of dirt, but leave a hole around the center and pour in some gasoline. Then throw in a flare and run. Presto! a new farm pond was created.
LOL
Colorado red ants ain’t no joke, dude. You could saddle those damned things.
lol... I like the way you think!!
I always liked putting a shotgun shell in the nose of a rocket and lighting it off in the middle of the night... You hear and see it go up, but then after about a minute or so you hear that WOOOMMMM in the distance when it landed!!!
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