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[Missismiggins]

I saw an interesting invention tonight, a kind of gun.
It consists of an 8" pipe (not even a complete kind of extrusion - but a fold over and seam welded pipe) of about 1" diameter. To the pipe has been (badly) brazed (as if carried out by a welder suffering from cataracts) a handle, in the shape of a pistol grip, but sadly too small, so it was beefed up with some brown packing tape.

The purpose of this great engineering achievment - Well, you buy the biggest banger, firework that can fit into the barrel and light it!

Then you point it away, not at, your face...

then the firework explodes, shoots maybe 500 metres into the sky and does whatever the fireworks do.

The funny thing seems to be that some of these 10 baht fireworks are so powerful that they dislocate your wrist...I am just waiting for the pipe to split!

And I thought I was risking it with my 12 guage shot pistol..these things have one hell of a kick! - its about time they donated them to Burma and supplied the students and monks!

[Stinky]

Sounds like a lot of fun for a bored kid, hope he don't get disfigured with it though

[Missismiggins]

Sounds like a lot of fun for a bored kid, hope he don't get disfigured with it though

You would not let kids near this..it's like a mini Howitzer...it would break a kids hand just pulling the trigger , and stupid is as stupid does..I would not touch that thing, that pipe splits...say goodbye to your hands!

[Jeremia]

Where did you see it in Belfast??

Sounds like '70s IRA or '90s UFF....

[Stinky]

Sounds like a lot of fun for a bored kid, hope he don't get disfigured with it though

You would not let kids near this..it's like a mini Howitzer...it would break a kids hand just pulling the trigger , and stupid is as stupid does..I would not touch that thing, that pipe splits...say goodbye to your hands!

If I caught my boy with something like that I'd let him know about it, for some reason Thais , particularly in Isaan Thais don't see where obvious danger lies in stuff like this, baffles me that dose

[StrontiumDog]

It's the tattoo's and amulets...

[Stinky]

You know what that actually makes sense

[DrAndy]

whilst Miggins may have a point about them tubes being dangerous, his attitude towards all Thais just disgusts and bores me, in equal amounts

they are all more stupid than him (!), none of them know what they are doing, they are all...etc etc

[Stinky]

Yeah but he is a funny bugger most of the time. I find him hugely entertaining, and despite what you or others think about his personal beliefs ha is entitled to them

[tsicar]

whilst Miggins may have a point about them tubes being dangerous, his attitude towards all Thais just disgusts and bores me, in equal amounts

they are all more stupid than him (!), none of them know what they are doing, they are all...etc etc

anybody who dares expose the thais for the idiots they really are pisses you off, andy.
this is not thaivisa and i doubt anybody gives a shit if you are disgusing and boring!

[Happyman]

Thais and fireworks are a bad combination !
Here in Phuket before and during the Veggie Festival, there is a general store - packed to the roof and spilling out onto the pavement with boxes of Chinese Fireworks .
The store owner sits outside , on one of the boxes, selling them WITH A CIGGIE DANGLING FROM HIS LIPS !!!

Have seen him doing this for the last 6 years or so - one day his luck will desert him and he will take out half a block with him !

Another instance is one of the bars that I frequent has a lot of pot plants around the terrace .
During the Veggie thing there are always a stream of kids coming in to ask for an Aloe Vera leaf from the pots 'cos a firework went off early and burnt their hand !

I despair sometimes

[pescator]

Have a look at the Yasothon Rocket Festival it will blow you away.. in more sense than one.