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  • Asinine prank makes you butt of a joke

    09/17/2002 8:20:56 PM PDT · by stainlessbanner · 13 replies · 228+ views
    THE ROANOKE TIMES ^ | Tuesday, September 17, 2002 | MIKE ALLEN
    BURNT CHIMNEY - Bob Boothe calls his curious invention a "tail-kicker." But that's not what the sign in his yard says. "The World's Only Ass-Kicking Machine!!!!" it reads. "$1.00 per minute. If still standing, 2nd minute free ... If not satisfied, you will be taken behind the wood shed for complete satisfaction!" But that $1 fee is misleading, Boothe said. "I've never charged anybody." The strange brown contraption stands alongside Burnt Chimney Road in northeastern Franklin County. It's a water wheel that, when running, spins a board with a sneaker mounted on each end. Boothe, 89, got the idea to...