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Brillant!!

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One day my husband and all his brillant thoughts was outside shooting at things with his 22 caliber pellet gun. When suddenly he got the bright idea to see what would happen if he shot a spray paint can at close range. Well he acted on the thought. He shot it and it took off like a rocket acrosse the yard. And I come running out of the house to see what had happened. As I walked out the door there he is standing there covered in bright red. It turns out it was red spray paint in the can. Can we say "BRILLANT"

Submitted on 07/08/2008

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Bruce said:
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Thanks, Linda, the image of your red-faced (literally) husband made me chuckle. You might want to keep that gun away from him until he promises not to experiment with it any more.


Candi said:
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Love it! Considering that many types of paint use a _flammable_ propellant, and bullets are hot when they leave the gun, he's lucky to ONLY be "red-faced"! Thanks, Linda!


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