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Water Balloon Slingshot Brings the Wet into Hot American Summers

Gizmodo US Edition — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:30:00 +0000

Now that we’re headed deep into the middle of summer, it’s time to bring out water balloons and figure out ingenious ways to fling them at your enemies. Here’s a great tutorial at Instructables for making a wicked water balloon catapult using surgical tubing, a rag and other random doohickies from around the house. According to the dude responsible for this weapon of watery destruction, this shooter will never explode the water balloon prematurely, unlike some of the types you get in stores. [Instructables]

The Slingshot Gets an Upgrade

Adam Frucci — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:20:00 +0000

Sometimes, you just want to take somebody’s eye out and you don’t have a BB gun on hand. In those cases, you’ve gotta turn to your trusty slingshot. This Ringshot concept by Shira Nahon, part of the H.I.T (Holon Institute of Technology) Industrial Design department’s “Next Exit” Exhibition in Tel Aviv, Israel, puts a fresh spin on Dennis the Menace’s weapon of choice. Just imagine, friends: what if we took all the guns away from all the world’s armies? Just think about it. [Flickr via Notcot]

Sling Shot Pen Will Make You the Dennis the Menace of the Office

Adam Frucci — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:30:00 +0000

This is a pen that is also a slingshot. That means you can shoot a rock at the head of that dick in the cubicle across the aisle from you that always listens to his headphones loud enough for you to hear it, but then when he goes looking for a culprit, you’ll just be making some notes on the latest earnings report. The perfect crime! Hit the jump for a video of this bad boy in action.

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