Or your own teeth. My brother's two front teeth each have a small
triangular chip out of the bottom and inside edges where they join in
the center. Not a Wrist Rocket but a Whamo with wooden "Y" shaped
frame. When he fired the slingshot the ball hit the frame and bounced
back into his mouth breaking the chips off his teeth.
Serves him right for whacking me in the eyebrow with an old rusty shovel
when I was about 6. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
John Hermanson wrote:
> My parents wisely forbid it. It wasn't a toy but a "you'll put someones
> eye out" device.
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> Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Yeah, I have one, but the surgical tubing that powered the action has
>> completely deteriorated.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Hermanson" <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 7:42 AM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Another Backyard Visitor
>>
>>
>>> In the 60's, "Whamo" (maker of the Frisbee, Super Ball etc.) marketed a
>>> beautiful and really dangerous slingshot, even came with a supply of
>>> ball bearing ammunition.
>>> ___________________________________
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>>>
>>> Paul Laughlin wrote:
>>>> A fellow employee bought on of those, called a wrist rocket. The first
>>>> night he had it, he looked out at his front yard to see a dog "using" the
>>>> yard. He grabbed the wrist rocket and a steel ball and shot the dog,
>>>> which
>>>> immediately fell over. About then it dawned on him that he had possibly
>>>> killed the local police chief's dog. Fortunately, the dog got up and ran
>>>> off. Never came back to use the yard, though. LOL
>>>> Paul in Portland OR
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 3:16 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Another Backyard Visitor
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> How does it distinguish between cats and the legs of visitors?
>>>>> Neat trick tho' - but would probably offend water use restrictions
>>>>> around here.
>>>>> Now I had a friend who hated cats and used a sporting slingshot
>>>>> (catapult) with 12mm steel ball bearings on any who entered his
>>>>> garden - the cats didn't 'not come back' - they never actually left.
>>>>> Like a rifle without the noise - he was deadly accurate.
>>>>> But I suppose that's a bit too extreme for most of you.
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