Comments on: Unbored: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun -- exclusive excerpt: "Remote-Controlled Water Blaster" http://boingboing.net/2012/11/05/unbored-the-essential-field-g.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 08:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Dennis Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/11/05/unbored-the-essential-field-g.html#comment-1575940 Dennis Smith Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=192317#comment-1575940 That's in part 2, when the author gets out of Guantanamo Bay. That’s in part 2, when the author gets out of Guantanamo Bay.

]]> By: Dennis Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/11/05/unbored-the-essential-field-g.html#comment-1575939 Dennis Smith Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=192317#comment-1575939 Has been happening for years. I remember many years (20+) ago armed police were called to deal with kids playing with branches as guns in the woods as they yelled "bang bang" at each other, only a few years before then it was me running around the woods with friends shouting "bang bang" at each other.  Just wait for one to turn up with petrol/chlorine/bleach or other nasty chemicals in it or several used to mix several nasty chemicals together remotely.  Has been happening for years. I remember many years (20+) ago armed police were called to deal with kids playing with branches as guns in the woods as they yelled “bang bang” at each other, only a few years before then it was me running around the woods with friends shouting “bang bang” at each other. 

Just wait for one to turn up with petrol/chlorine/bleach or other nasty chemicals in it or several used to mix several nasty chemicals together remotely. 

]]> By: Callous Disregard http://boingboing.net/2012/11/05/unbored-the-essential-field-g.html#comment-1575806 Callous Disregard Wed, 07 Nov 2012 02:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=192317#comment-1575806 clearly a terrorist training video clearly a terrorist training video

]]> By: Sparrow http://boingboing.net/2012/11/05/unbored-the-essential-field-g.html#comment-1575625 Sparrow Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=192317#comment-1575625 Wouldn't it make more sense to wire the relay in parallel with the trigger, and perhaps put a jack on the water gun so it could be removed. Wouldn’t it make more sense to wire the relay in parallel with the trigger, and perhaps put a jack on the water gun so it could be removed.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/11/05/unbored-the-essential-field-g.html#comment-1574776 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=192317#comment-1574776 I think that sort of thing is also happening in the UK. I think that sort of thing is also happening in the UK.

]]> By: Pontus Lindholm http://boingboing.net/2012/11/05/unbored-the-essential-field-g.html#comment-1574722 Pontus Lindholm Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=192317#comment-1574722 only in America will a squirt gun attract a bomb squad. Only in America. only in America will a squirt gun attract a bomb squad. Only in America.

]]> By: sqyntz http://boingboing.net/2012/11/05/unbored-the-essential-field-g.html#comment-1574569 sqyntz Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=192317#comment-1574569 looks like great fun, but this sort of thing will attract DHS in about 30 seconds. maybe the book has an appendix on what to say to the bomb squad. looks like great fun, but this sort of thing will attract DHS in about 30 seconds. maybe the book has an appendix on what to say to the bomb squad.

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