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homade bomb

2007 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

This unheard story is pretty much the title : homemade bombs. it was a simple bomb. a little dry ice chunked up, down the small opening of a 2 liter soda bottle with some water. Now, at the time of this incident, I was a strong eleven year old boy. And like all 11 year old boys, my mind went like this:

big explosion... good small explosion...... okay throwing rocks at stuff..... fun

vegetables..... bad

And that was it. That's the thought that was in my mind. The procedure for these bombs were simple. put dry ice in a hole, put water in a hole, close the cap and chuck really far away. This was under close adult supervision, and it was safe as far as darwin awards go. the first bomb didn't explode so I went to the top of a small hill and threw small rocks at the mini explosive. by the fifth rock I moved on and started new bombs. ironically, it was a darwin award that started this whole thing. in the third book, a person puts scalding hot water into the same style bomb between his legs. Any way, at the end of this adventure, the first bomb still had not gone off. my parents had gone in the house, and I was alone. I decided to throw another rock at the undetonated bomb. At this time, I was only a small 3 ft-5 ft away from the bomb. the rock blew up, sending plastic shrapnel everywhere. luckily the only thing I suffered from was an ear ringing and a major adrenaline rush. And that's where I am today.

Note: i am writing this story as a 12 year old now so if i spelled something wrong don't blame me!!! A 12 year old wrote this and parents did nothing but spell check!

Submitted on 06/26/2007

Submitted by: Quinn (john) Hardcastle
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James said:
Neutral: For Darwin's Eyes
I will let Darwin decide if we should keep this as a PA or toss it as the product of an overactive imagination. What say the rest of ye moderators? Meanwhile, thanks for sending this in, Quinn!

Shadow said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
i agree we will let Darwin decide! :)

Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Yep, this is a good one for Darwin. If I recall correctly, the MythBusters demonstrated exactly why you shouldn't do this sort of thing at home. You should go watch them and pay attention to avoid getting into any serious trouble!

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