The snowball machine gun
January 4, 2017 12:27 PM Subscribe
Mark Rober was outgunned and outflanked by his nephews and nieces in (snowball) battle, and had to resort to developing a wunderwaffe: The snowball machine gun. Faced with similar problems? He has provided instructions on making your own.
a great uncle.
It's funny how far apart the behavior of great uncles and good fathers is.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 12:41 PM on January 4, 2017 [14 favorites]
It's funny how far apart the behavior of great uncles and good fathers is.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 12:41 PM on January 4, 2017 [14 favorites]
This is going to end up with another Ecumenical Council, isn't it.
posted by Etrigan at 12:43 PM on January 4, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by Etrigan at 12:43 PM on January 4, 2017 [3 favorites]
...that seems like it would hurt...I should get one. :D
posted by pizzakats708 at 12:50 PM on January 4, 2017
posted by pizzakats708 at 12:50 PM on January 4, 2017
good to know I can still take out a watermelon if I can't get to my Cold Steel swords
posted by thelonius at 12:53 PM on January 4, 2017 [5 favorites]
posted by thelonius at 12:53 PM on January 4, 2017 [5 favorites]
Not a fan of mechanized snowball machines getting used against kids. My stepfather beaned me in the face with one and bloodied my nose when I was little. I then let out a curse word and got in trouble. The injustice of the scenario was not lost on me. This, I imagine, is much, much worse.
posted by grumpybear69 at 12:58 PM on January 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by grumpybear69 at 12:58 PM on January 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
Not a fan of mechanized snowball machines getting used against kids.
What if the kids are assholes?
posted by bondcliff at 1:02 PM on January 4, 2017 [17 favorites]
What if the kids are assholes?
posted by bondcliff at 1:02 PM on January 4, 2017 [17 favorites]
The kids are clearly standing on his (snowy) lawn. Fair game.
posted by Kabanos at 1:05 PM on January 4, 2017
posted by Kabanos at 1:05 PM on January 4, 2017
Yeah, when this escalates to crossbows with icicle bolts, he's a dead man.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 1:12 PM on January 4, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by robocop is bleeding at 1:12 PM on January 4, 2017 [3 favorites]
I understand why he chooses Ghostbusters as the understandable pop culture reference, but, somewhere, a single tear is crystallizing on Mr. Freeze's rimed cheek.
LET'S KICK SOME ICE
I was surprised to discover that my memory had reverse leghorned ICE TO SEE YOU, which is McBain, not Mr. Freeze.
posted by zamboni at 1:28 PM on January 4, 2017 [4 favorites]
LET'S KICK SOME ICE
I was surprised to discover that my memory had reverse leghorned ICE TO SEE YOU, which is McBain, not Mr. Freeze.
posted by zamboni at 1:28 PM on January 4, 2017 [4 favorites]
Are we not doing phrasing anymore?
posted by sacrifix at 1:30 PM on January 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by sacrifix at 1:30 PM on January 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
I then let out a curse word and got in trouble.
!as it fudge? Only you didn't say fudge, you said THE word, the big one, the queen-mother of dirty words, the "F-dash-dash-dash" word?
posted by maxsparber at 1:31 PM on January 4, 2017 [7 favorites]
!as it fudge? Only you didn't say fudge, you said THE word, the big one, the queen-mother of dirty words, the "F-dash-dash-dash" word?
posted by maxsparber at 1:31 PM on January 4, 2017 [7 favorites]
Not a fan of mechanized snowball machines getting used against kids. My stepfather beaned me in the face with one and bloodied my nose when I was little. I then let out a curse word and got in trouble. The injustice of the scenario was not lost on me. This, I imagine, is much, much worse.
posted by grumpybear69
Eponysterical goatyology.
posted by ActingTheGoat at 1:43 PM on January 4, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by grumpybear69
Eponysterical goatyology.
posted by ActingTheGoat at 1:43 PM on January 4, 2017 [4 favorites]
this is pretty neat, I guess...
now, if only he also had an automated snowball former, then that would be cool.
posted by ArgentCorvid at 1:48 PM on January 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
now, if only he also had an automated snowball former, then that would be cool.
posted by ArgentCorvid at 1:48 PM on January 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
I was reminded of this recent commercial. Just on the basis of general mayhem potential.
posted by mr vino at 2:04 PM on January 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by mr vino at 2:04 PM on January 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
Eponysterical goatyology.
I was unaware of that term! But I have been living up to my handle lately. Apologies.
posted by grumpybear69 at 2:04 PM on January 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
I was unaware of that term! But I have been living up to my handle lately. Apologies.
posted by grumpybear69 at 2:04 PM on January 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
All he's done is set the kids up for revenge. Eight-year-old me would wait until there was a good heavy snowfall, ring his doorbell, run away, and have a couple of friends high-mark snowballs onto his roof as the door opens. Avalanchetastic!
posted by scruss at 4:28 PM on January 4, 2017
posted by scruss at 4:28 PM on January 4, 2017
I've got to admit I'd be impressed by something that combined the feed mechanism of a snowblower with something to automatically form and throw snowballs. I bet you could sell a lot of them.
posted by Mitheral at 7:39 AM on January 6, 2017
posted by Mitheral at 7:39 AM on January 6, 2017
When we were little kids, dreaming of how much more badass we were going to be once we grew up and could do what we wanted, this is what we were all dreaming of. Godspeed, Mr. Rober.
Calvin and Hobbes would approve. Well, Calvin would, anyway.
posted by ananci at 9:56 AM on January 6, 2017
Calvin and Hobbes would approve. Well, Calvin would, anyway.
posted by ananci at 9:56 AM on January 6, 2017
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