HOWTO make a Jenga pistol

Matthias Wandel's rubber-band-powered Jenga Pistol brings an entirely new, nerdy delight to the staid old game of Jenga by using the rapid transfer of kinetic force to achieve seemingly impossible Jenga moves. He'll tell you how to make one (he also sells 'em).

Jenga pistol (via Reddit)

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bcsizemo

For some reason I keep hearing Steve Carell from Date Night saying, “He turned it sideways, that’s a kill shot! Kill shot!”
Anonymous

Have two players with their own Jenga stacks and pistols, then have them compete for “quickest to shooting out the blocks, without the stack collapsing.” (also include good sportsmanship, like “no punching your opponent to force them to make a mistake and collapse their stack”) First one to shoot the last block w/o collapse wins! (now develop strategies and perfect your methods at playing quickly to increase the probability you’ll win future games…)
Anonymous

I wonder if you can carry this through airport security?
travtastic

Boom Blox!
LeFunk

Yo, dawg, I herd you like jenga, so
I’m gonna pop a jenga in your ass!