Darwin says, "Accepted into the Archive (personal account)."

Everyone does dumb things when they're kids- mine was almost a life altering event.

At the time, caps were readily available. For the youngsters in the crowd, caps were tiny explosive charges sold for use in kid's toy guns. You squeezed the trigger and a striker hit the cap, making it explode.

I had a package of caps which were individually 'printed' on adhesive-backed paper. Having experimented with using a hammer to detonate 'em, I moved on to 'super-size' it in true dumb-kid fashion.

I made a stack of caps approximately 1 1/2' high... then stuck it on the sidwalk... then knlet down and hit it with a 2-pound ball-peen hammer. The resulting explosion threw the hammer back clar to my shoulder, missing my fragile young face by inches. No harm- except for a bruise on the shoulder and ringing ears- but a near- miss none the less.

Sometimes, I wonder how any human male survives childhood.

Submitted on 05/09/2009

Submitted by: Sawdust Jones
Reference: None

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Bruce said:
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I remember doing similar things with multiple caps, but I never went to such extremes as 1.5" worth of caps and a 2 pound hammer. You're darned lucky the hammer didn't hit you square in the forehead!

Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
I agree with Bruce -and the comment on the human male! Thanks, Sawdust!

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