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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:52:39 AM EDT
Sitting here at lunch with my wife at a restaurant.
I carefully open my straw. Tug the paper down ever so much enough to twist the other end tightly shut. Covertly raise the exposed end of the straw to my lips and attempt to shoot her between the eyes. Misfire. Tug it further out of battery and reshoot. Nope. Repeat failure drill. Still nada even with only 1 inch of engagement. The F@#$ing restaurant straw industry has conspired to make the paper coverings on straws too tight to allow proper launching so nobody can have the satisfaction of shooting their loved one in the face. Im sure all to save the picking up of a few wrappers by wait staff. This is bull shit. |
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School cafeteria took all our straws away during the '68 insurrections. Fuck the Man, Man.
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OP I am a jedi master of straw paper assassination.
proper steps: step 1: Tear off "bottom" paper of straw, remove 25-30% of the paper. Step 2: Pull paper off straw till only about 25% of the "top" of the straw has paper on it. About half or more paper is off the straw. Just the bottom 1/2" of the remaining paper is on the straw Step 3: Gently twist the "nose" of the paper into a cone. Just the very end. Maybe 1/4-1/2 inch Step 4: take aim and hard puff. Don't aim at eyes, will put an eye out Step 5: enjoy yelling, or silence, whichever one your wife does. caution, if you miss target, straw paper will go several tables over and irritate someone else. it's all about the nose cone and keeping it very straight and pointed, and it'll fly well and hit a lot harder than you think. |
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I imagine someone got hit in the eye with the paper and required some kind of medical care. That's usually what happens for a product to get a safety warning or redesign.
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This is why I now just roll it into a ball and toss it for cleavage.
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Quoted: Sitting here at lunch with my wife at a restaurant. I carefully open my straw. Tug the paper down ever so much enough to twist the other end tightly shut. Covertly raise the exposed end of the straw to my lips and attempt to shoot her between the eyes. Misfire. Tug it further out of battery and reshoot. Nope. Repeat failure drill. Still nada even with only 1 inch of engagement. The F@#$ing restaurant straw industry has conspired to make the paper coverings on straws too tight to allow proper launching so nobody can have the satisfaction of shooting their loved one in the face. Im sure all to save the picking up of a few wrappers by wait staff. This is bull shit. View Quote On Saturday, I hit my wife in the eye from 7 feet away, while teaching my 3yo how to properly launch a straw wrapper. |
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They got rid of plastic straws for paper ones and then put plastic covers on the paper straws. I save all of mine for when I visit the ocean and then throw them all in at once.
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You need to up your V02 max.
That said you're going to be dealing some serious ballistics at that pressure and should have an exfil plan that you understand inside and out. |
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About 30 years ago we were at Country Kitchen.
I soaked a wadded up piece of straw wrapper in water and pushed it into the end of my straw. My mother was not paying attention to me. I handed it to my mother and told her my straw didn’t work. She tried blowing through the straw. Nothing. Big inhalation. Big exhalation. The projectile nailed some blue-hair in the ear about 30 feet away. We left the restaurant very quickly. |
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In the last days, the straws will be paper and the wrapper will be plastic
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Use to take the fancy toothpick with fletching out of the Big Boy sandwich, insert into a straw and shoot cork ceiling in Bob's Bigboy.
At the end of the school year there were hundreds of of "darts" in the cork as we passed it on and had everyone doing it. Shop wars with pea shooters got out of hand with line pressure, long tubing barrels and nasty projectiles. Fun stuff. |
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Quoted: Yeah I'm sure that's the secret to marital bliss View Quote It kinda is. If I didnt pick on her, she would think something was wrong. We both believe and often say we have the best marriage we know of. What wife begs to run a mill to help out? Attached File |
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Quoted: About 30 years ago we were at Country Kitchen. I soaked a wadded up piece of straw wrapper in water and pushed it into the end of my straw. My mother was not paying attention to me. I handed it to my mother and told her my straw didn’t work. She tried blowing through the straw. Nothing. Big inhalation. Big exhalation. The projectile nailed some blue-hair in the ear about 30 feet away. We left the restaurant very quickly. View Quote I laughed. |
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Quoted: Use to take the fancy toothpick with fletching out of the Big Boy sandwich, insert into a straw and shoot cork ceiling in Bob's Bigboy. At the end of the school year there were hundreds of of "darts" in the cork as we passed it on and had everyone doing it. Shop wars with pea shooters got out of hand with line pressure, long tubing barrels and nasty projectiles. Fun stuff. View Quote High pressure airline is no joke. Dad tells the story of a guy at the steel mill. Was gonna play a joke and shoot his buddy in the ass with a ball bearing out of a steel tube. At the last minute, he decided to shoot the block wall beside him instead. The 3/8 bearing made a nice hole in the block with lots of dust and a big noise. |
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Quoted: Sitting here at lunch with my wife at a restaurant. I carefully open my straw. Tug the paper down ever so much enough to twist the other end tightly shut. Covertly raise the exposed end of the straw to my lips and attempt to shoot her between the eyes. Misfire. Tug it further out of battery and reshoot. Nope. Repeat failure drill. Still nada even with only 1 inch of engagement. The F@#$ing restaurant straw industry has conspired to make the paper coverings on straws too tight to allow proper launching so nobody can have the satisfaction of shooting their loved one in the face. Im sure all to save the picking up of a few wrappers by wait staff. This is bull shit. View Quote There's other ways of accomplishing this without needing a straw... |
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Quoted: There's other ways of accomplishing this without needing a straw... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Sitting here at lunch with my wife at a restaurant. I carefully open my straw. Tug the paper down ever so much enough to twist the other end tightly shut. Covertly raise the exposed end of the straw to my lips and attempt to shoot her between the eyes. Misfire. Tug it further out of battery and reshoot. Nope. Repeat failure drill. Still nada even with only 1 inch of engagement. The F@#$ing restaurant straw industry has conspired to make the paper coverings on straws too tight to allow proper launching so nobody can have the satisfaction of shooting their loved one in the face. Im sure all to save the picking up of a few wrappers by wait staff. This is bull shit. There's other ways of accomplishing this without needing a straw... Yep. The nerd gun I use to keep the cat off the counter works, too. But I usually just aim for her butt. Shoots too hard for the face. |
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Man dies after boss sticks compressed air hose up his butt | New York Post |
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Quoted: Sitting here at lunch with my wife at a restaurant. I carefully open my straw. Tug the paper down ever so much enough to twist the other end tightly shut. Covertly raise the exposed end of the straw to my lips and attempt to shoot her between the eyes. Misfire. Tug it further out of battery and reshoot. Nope. Repeat failure drill. Still nada even with only 1 inch of engagement. The F@#$ing restaurant straw industry has conspired to make the paper coverings on straws too tight to allow proper launching so nobody can have the satisfaction of shooting their loved one in the face. Im sure all to save the picking up of a few wrappers by wait staff. This is bull shit. View Quote This aggression will not stand, man! |
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Quoted: It kinda is. If I didnt pick on her, she would think something was wrong. We both believe and often say we have the best marriage we know of. What wife begs to run a mill to help out? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/206831/20240428_152102_jpg-3201321.JPG View Quote Ooo love the cardboard chip blocker. |
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Quoted: Quoted: It kinda is. If I didnt pick on her, she would think something was wrong. We both believe and often say we have the best marriage we know of. What wife begs to run a mill to help out? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/206831/20240428_152102_jpg-3201321.JPG Ooo love the cardboard chip blocker. @fatmcnasty But, did you catch the air nozzle mounted to point at the fixture so she doesn't have to pick it up each time? Hit the toggle clamp. Remove part. Mash air nozzle. Insert new part. Smash toggle. Hit go. About 30 second cycle for a robot. 45 for her. Repeat. |
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