Comments on: Working machine gun for kids! http://boingboing.net/2012/04/18/working-machine-gun-for-kids.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 21:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: jwkrk http://boingboing.net/2012/04/18/working-machine-gun-for-kids.html#comment-1399873 jwkrk Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155253#comment-1399873 This is SO asking to be laser cut...scaled down and built of clear acrylic, sweet! This is SO asking to be laser cut…scaled down and built of clear acrylic, sweet!

]]> By: CLamb http://boingboing.net/2012/04/18/working-machine-gun-for-kids.html#comment-1399855 CLamb Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155253#comment-1399855  Designers of weapons firing wooden dowels aren't useful in a real war.  Designers of weapons firing wooden dowels aren’t useful in a real war.

]]> By: oneeyedkatmane http://boingboing.net/2012/04/18/working-machine-gun-for-kids.html#comment-1399816 oneeyedkatmane Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155253#comment-1399816 I needed one of these as a kid so i could stand on top of our house and shout to the neighborhood.."Look at me Ma...on top of the world!" so then my dad would come home and beat the hell out of me...another missed chance for attention...oh well. I needed one of these as a kid so i could stand on top of our house and shout to the neighborhood..”Look at me Ma…on top of the world!” so then my dad would come home and beat the hell out of me…another missed chance for attention…oh well.

]]> By: M Carlson http://boingboing.net/2012/04/18/working-machine-gun-for-kids.html#comment-1399734 M Carlson Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155253#comment-1399734 You'll never take me alive, coppers!!! You’ll never take me alive, coppers!!!

]]> By: Andrew Singleton http://boingboing.net/2012/04/18/working-machine-gun-for-kids.html#comment-1399604 Andrew Singleton Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155253#comment-1399604 Possibly was classed medically unfit or psychologically unsound. Who knows. Possibly was classed medically unfit or psychologically unsound.

Who knows.

]]> By: suburbanhick http://boingboing.net/2012/04/18/working-machine-gun-for-kids.html#comment-1399413 suburbanhick Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155253#comment-1399413 That must be because you've never met a tromboner. (!) That must be because you’ve never met a tromboner. (!)

]]> By: suburbanhick http://boingboing.net/2012/04/18/working-machine-gun-for-kids.html#comment-1399407 suburbanhick Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155253#comment-1399407 I was just thinking the same thing. This kid's rocking some stylin' threads for 1941! I was just thinking the same thing. This kid’s rocking some stylin’ threads for 1941!

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2012/04/18/working-machine-gun-for-kids.html#comment-1399398 Jake0748 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155253#comment-1399398  I dunno... I'm still pretty excited.  AFAIK, this is the first and last time in my life that I will ever encounter the term "tromboning".   I dunno… I’m still pretty excited.  AFAIK, this is the first and last time in my life that I will ever encounter the term “tromboning”. 

]]> By: Miss Demeanor http://boingboing.net/2012/04/18/working-machine-gun-for-kids.html#comment-1399312 Miss Demeanor Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155253#comment-1399312 the all wood design- years ahead of the TSA on that one the all wood design- years ahead of the TSA on that one

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/04/18/working-machine-gun-for-kids.html#comment-1399193 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155253#comment-1399193 It's all fun and games until Estelle Parsons loses an eye. It’s all fun and games until Estelle Parsons loses an eye.

]]> By: Dv Revolutionary http://boingboing.net/2012/04/18/working-machine-gun-for-kids.html#comment-1399175 Dv Revolutionary Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155253#comment-1399175 I can see there was a war on but why wasn't the author drafted? He appears to have sooo much time on his hands. I can see there was a war on but why wasn’t the author drafted? He appears to have sooo much time on his hands.

]]> By: lecti http://boingboing.net/2012/04/18/working-machine-gun-for-kids.html#comment-1399176 lecti Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155253#comment-1399176 I was excited until the "tromboning" part.  Maybe they should have made it look like a pump-action shotgun instead. I was excited until the “tromboning” part.  Maybe they should have made it look like a pump-action shotgun instead.

]]> By: rikomatic http://boingboing.net/2012/04/18/working-machine-gun-for-kids.html#comment-1399169 rikomatic Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155253#comment-1399169 The toy is pretty neat, but I'm loving the kid in the hat and his awesome outfit! The toy is pretty neat, but I’m loving the kid in the hat and his awesome outfit!

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2012/04/18/working-machine-gun-for-kids.html#comment-1399166 Dlo Burns Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155253#comment-1399166 For all your Ikea needs. For all your Ikea needs.

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