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Comment: Noses have a right end for jelly beans?
Comment: Wattle, although crispy waffles are good too.
Comment: Yeah, they said that they would send me a copy of it. When did you get yours?
Comment: I give you an award.
Comment: Sweet!
Comment: Each piece gets brighter as the game goes on, so it builds suspense and the game gets m…
Comment: I would guess between $60 and $100.
Comment: 45
Comment: I have been detained and sent to Guantanamo Bay. Better living, you tell me?
Comment: Pacman had a blister that leaked a couple of days ago. It was right at the top, and it…
Comment: Scabby, leaky, and gross. I am going to post a stop motion time lapse movie of the hea…
Comment: Oh man, I never expected anyone to actually do this. I guess the reason I was a bit va…
Comment: I would say a 6. It is very painful, but very tolerable because the laser burns such a …
Comment: Me too.
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Comment: I think I was able to fix it. They were having some problems with the thumbnail, I com…
Comment: Yes.
Comment: I've got my plane tickets (SFO to NGO on July 29th, and NGO to JFK August 27th), but I …
Comment: That is bad.
Comment: That is horrible.
Comment: Who said that!?
Comment: I should.
Comment: No.
Comment: This thread disturbs me.
Comment: You did not just call me babe.
Comment: My projects started out as dangerous, painful, and insane. If I had tried to make ever…
Comment: No, sadly my testicles were too big to fit in the machine.
Comment: Of the nine designs I etched, none were from TV and two were from video games (neither …
Comment: I live there. They will have to fumigate to get me to leave.
Comment: My ibles have always been dangerous. There are the occasional "safe" ones that do not …
Comment: That is a very good question.
Comment: You need a lozenge.
Comment: That is good too.
Comment: Can you cite any examples where someone has been held liable for information posted onl…
Comment: http://instructables.com/id/Torches-and-Firebreathing/
Comment: I am not eligible to win, but I am upping the ante.
Comment: trifecta
Comment: Wow, there are people out there as crazy as me ... Awesome!
Comment: 50% internet 50% trial and error (That last 50% hurts)
Comment: I that Arizona tea it from NY.
Comment: I would spend all night making sweet sweet programs with it.
Comment: Your grandmother tastes delightful.
Comment: I have the right to take my life as seriously as I want.
Comment: I've got a boulder that is orange and silver.
Comment: Because I live in the good ol' US of A, where we like to flaunt our unnecessary fuel co…
Comment: Don't ridicule my people.
Comment: ...
Comment: Yeah seriously, thanks guys.
Comment: In the words of my ancestors: ::heavy Italian accent:: caaammmmmooonnnn
Comment: http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-Microwave-Transformer-Homemade-Welder/
Comment: I like it better when the search term is something more popular, or at least controvers…
Comment: Heeeyyyy ya bachagaloop I'm Italian too, you no see me make-a-da pizza pie. Don't feel…
Comment: Much consolation, especially since sometime after reading this thread I googled fire sh…
Comment: Sure, go ahead. What is the name of the website?
Comment: For actual cycling paths most cities put out bike maps (or at least NYC and SF do). Th…
Comment: Great project. I have been trying to get in a daily bike ride out here in San Fran…
Comment: That woman is way too happy about pouring milk.
Comment: A stray photon would be enough to ignite flash powder.
Comment: Where are you finding that butane contains 1,3 Butadiene? The best info I found suppor…
Comment: Good advice, thanks!
Comment: This may be the single greatest thing I have ever seen.
Comment: That is not leetspeak ...
Comment: It is just a matter of adjusting your technique and the amount of kerosene you use. Sm…
Comment: I also have an ible on the "right" way, which I link to from project, and if you ask me…
Comment: Can you cite some source showing me butane is carcinogenic? I ask in all honesty becau…
Comment: Every individual is responsible for their own actions. You can only tell people "p…
Comment: Awesome.
Comment: Or did I ...
Comment: The first time I tried this, my natural instinct was not to gasp or gag, but to avoid g…
Comment: That is why you do not inhale it.
Comment: Who says I'm not.
Comment: I guess it is a good thing I don't suggest spraying butane directly into the throat.
Comment: I agree with you 100%. Using butane is something I only do when I am indoors and want …
Comment: I have to keep things healthy.
Comment: unique as snowflakes
Comment: Actually, I didn't forget that part. If you are going to attempt dangerous project…
Comment: Well, you COULD buy your own, but why? If something can be made, why would anyone both…
Comment: Your father is bad-ass.
Comment: I saw that movie yesterday. It was very good.
Comment: Great project, very well written. There is only one thing that I can not understand. …
Comment: It would block the strike anywhere surface.
Comment: What is this "safe, proper,an positive" you speak of?
Comment: 150 pounds of me was required to complete this project.
Comment: (because I couldn't find the snausages one I was looking for)
Comment: Oh man I was way off ... I thought GorillazMiko was trying to lock Eric in the Laser Ro…
Comment: This whole thread has sort of gone off on a tangent, but since all the participants see…
Comment: SFW.
Comment: Yeah, you kinda do need the lighter fluid. Where do you live that they don't sell it, …
Comment: You should definitely market and sell those. Your slogan could be "With the Compub…
Comment: DING DING DING We have a winner! Its been two weeks, and I was wondering who would …
Comment: There is no weight limit for this project.
Comment: I wanted to pull my hair out.
Comment: I never did any project like that ...
Comment: Welcome back man.
Comment: I like how the eyes follow you no matter which direction the robot is facing (pics 1, 3…
Comment: That ... is ... awesome.
Comment: ... doll voice? I was talking normally :(
Comment: ::twiddles fingers (a la Mr. Burns):: Excellent Just the reaction I was going for.
Comment: Eric is right, we should definitely have one of your comics at the end of each newslett…
Comment: Uhh ... si.
Comment: Is that a drawing of me being decapitated by a kicked back piece of wood? If so, I fin…
Comment: It doesn't look like you have any competition though.
Comment: Yeah I was going to add a link to your project somewhere, but couldn't think of which s…
Comment: Thanks for that. This is why I should have attended a high school that had a shop clas…
Comment: Funny you should mention James Bond, because for some reason while I was working on bui…
Comment: Please elaborate ...
Comment: Uhh... yeah, sure, why not ... April Fools!!! You all should have seen the looks…
Comment: I took them down because I didn't see them on the list, but when I checked the revision…
Comment: Your Instructable was very good, it just wasn't one of the questions.
Comment: Filming people without their knowledge, under certain conditions, is not illegal in Ame…
Comment: By emergency contraception, I'm guessing you mean the morning after pill?
Comment: I really love how New York City has its own official condom. I always thought a city w…
Comment: I can hear you just fine, there is no need to yell.
Comment: For the love of the FSM, please tell me your kidding... I know I was.
Comment: "From my experience, getting through the fence is much easier than getting over it" …
Comment: Well, since you want to argue about semantics...Since bowmaster was asking "How does on…
Comment: Why would it not be possible?
Comment: Yeah, it actually wasn't that bad (I did really try it, instead of just staging the pho…
Comment: ... On the off chance that your not kidding I will answer you. The exact same way.
Comment: Alameda Point
Comment: Yeah, and I paid homage to that in the Egg Timer Detonator with the Pixies song and the…
Comment: Of course, of course Anyone who hasn't read the book is not a true fan of Fight Flub, …
Comment: Since always. Besides, as other people have already stated, there are many legal rea…
Comment: It was Eric you were in contact with initially, and he forwarded the request to the res…
Comment: Post deleted for hurting my brain.
Comment: Exactly.
Comment: Yes, watermelon is saying that this is a great idea because of that. Before the Hobobe…
Comment: Not so much funny as it is strange and random.
Comment: When I said it was a grill I meant it was a grill, and not a chrome plated shelf.I gues…
Comment: Cool, thanks for letting me know.
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Comment: One of the cooler features of this site is the ability to decide what type of license y…
Comment: Actually 9 volts is enough to ignite very fine steel wool, so to answer the original qu…
Comment: Nice.
Comment: M-80s have been illegal since the 60s.
Comment: I really really need to try out some of that stuff. If it really is tasteless like the…
Comment: As you can see I make specific mention to the rug in the last line of the last step of …
Comment: I chose Tetranitrate because it rolls off the tongue slightly more than Pentaerythritol…
Comment: That is because we've gone so far past the pointless event horizon that it is amusing a…
Comment: Whatever fits the particular capacitor(s) you have.
Comment: Try ebay.
Comment: It might not have been the most positive or constructive comment, but it shouldn't have…
Comment: No.
Comment: Of course.
Comment: It was all a setup!
Comment: Well to be fair to the naysayers a blowback did kill my father, and raped my mother, bu…
Comment: It was show and tell night at instructables headquarters.
Comment: The only reason I was fumbling in the video was because I was holding the camera with t…
Comment: Most printer ink cartridge refill kits come with a syringe and a tip. If you don't hap…
Comment: I do believe you. I just accept the risks involved. I will someday die mixing explosi…
Comment: Maybe just a little.
Comment: I don't see why not.
Comment: You're telling me. I love a little deity with some mushrooms, Alfredo sauce, and mushr…
Comment: Lol, I was the one who rigged those giant candles with the confetti poppers for Eric's …
Comment: Ft. Tilden - Breezy point, Queens Creedmoor - Queens Village, Queens Ft. Hancock …
Comment: They hold the match heads together, and burn nicely too.
Comment: Yup, a little pile of flash to prevent any anti-climacticness that may have occurred ot…
Comment: Yes the "safety first" bit was tongue in cheek.
Comment: Yes.
Comment: Yup, its a standard lab wash bottle.
Comment: Ok, fine I'll put it in the instructable.
Comment: 18, no kids.
Comment: Ok, well I am in California for the summer interning at instructables. Can you be a li…
Comment: It depends what type of matches you are talking about. "Safety" matches do not contain…
Comment: You could always buy the insurance, and rig up the loop wire alarm to a small explosive…
Comment: Are you going to be living with a roommate, because if not you can probably easily set …
Comment: About 50 marble sized lead balls.
Comment: Or you could just set it up to automatically dump the video to a server every so often.
Comment: No, unfortunately (as is the case with most of my other projects) the giant match caus…
Comment: I had a tough choice deciding between "Purple Toupee" and "Where Your Eyes Don't Go".
Comment: But then I'd have a bunch of people whining that its not a real match, and just a 4x4 c…
Comment: BLASPHEMER!
Comment: Surely, someone with the user name spagettisticks has been touched by his noodly append…
Comment: I was inspired after being touched by the Flying Spaghetti Monsters noodly appendage. …
Comment: I live a lot of places, where are you from?
Comment: The dog later killed me.
Comment: Yes, I could, but at the time it was just easier for me to go to the store and buy matc…
Comment: No.
Comment: Did you wait two minutes after pouring the lighter fluid down?
Comment: I'm not sure I've never experimented with different oxidizers because potassium perchlo…
Comment: Point taken, I amended step 3.
Comment: I'm Tetranitrate, and I approve of this thread.
Comment: Yes but you may need to change the fuel.
Comment: I wouldn't put it in a metal soup can unless you want to pick metal fragments out of yo…
Comment: Just potassium perchlorate.
Comment: That is why I said as of this writing, because I figured they might stop selling it soo…
Comment: Thanks for the advice. I created an account on the Guinness site, and submitted the G…
Comment: Awesome, thanks for the tips. I was wondering what addition would make a good mask for…
Comment: Yeah Theodore Gray has a lot of great stuff.I'm not too worried about arsenic, I'm sure…
Comment: Ba-zing
Comment: Oh cool, I didn't know you guys had done both of them. You should post a DDI instruc…
Comment: Dance Dance Immolation. You can see the sign for it in the third picture on the intro s…
Comment: As little as 2 grams can kill you.
Comment: Some more footage from the fire arts festival:Great project, I'm looking forward to more.
Comment: I don't know you might see it use personally, when are you coming out CA? But what i…
Comment: Your answer is the last line of the last step.
Comment: Is that a fully charged flash capacitor in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Comment: OH MY! This Van Der Graff feels like fecal matter.
Comment: Maybe I was oversimplifying. High Voltage AC electric shocks = tinglyHigh Voltage DC el…
Comment: Yes and like all electric shocks it can be described in one word ... tingly.
Comment: 3$ at Harbor Freight.
Comment: I prefer the electric fly swatter method. It is fun to watch the little buggers burst …
Comment: waka waka waka
Comment: You had me at hello.
Comment: I don't think so. Spambots usually don't form coherent sentences. My guess is eithe…
Comment: I use nail clippers to wash my hands all the time, but then again I also hug my childre…
Comment: If you want to. ::bends over::
Comment: My shot glass missed :(
Comment: Urban gymnastics
Comment: I will post any project that properly tickles my pickle.
Comment: It would appear as though almost winning a Darwin for not safely handling pyrotechnics …
Comment: I haven't seen them yet, but I heard they booked the runway sometime soon. I definitel…
Comment: If you want to get us all killed ... actually that sounds kind of interesting, test it …
Comment: Yeah I know, I gave her permission; there is a credit to me at the bottom under extern…
Comment: Pfft ... where is the fun in that.
Comment: I used a belt sander for the cubes, so it only took like 20 minutes to do them all. Do…
Comment: Art store.
Comment: I disagree, I think the gun was very necessary.
Comment: It is the same place the mythbusters go. Its an old navy base in Alameda. Instructables…
Comment: Yup the same 70$ ball mill that United Nuclear sells, can be bought as a "rock tumbler"…
Comment: Sure, what do you want to know?
Comment: I had a video of it; may my little sister R.I.P.
Comment: You don't need my permission. Post away.
Comment: I have used Compound W before, and had no success. After weeks of trying Compound W wi…
Comment: Torrentz.com, good website choice (I use the same one), but for the clients I prefer Az…
Comment: I would guess the best way is to buy one in a store in the UK. They are sold as rock t…
Comment: WTF?
Comment: I thought it was supposed to be living in A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!
Comment: The way it looks now it would make a good forum post. If it were to be an instructable…
Comment: This one is pretty badass. I really want to build something like this ::sigh::Someday...
Comment: Hello, and welcome to the Instructables community!This currently does not meet our crit…
Comment: For more, GREAT WAY TO START A FIRE !!!, check my other Instructables here.
Comment: I thought of that shortly after the whole affair was over. Either the firemen wouldn't…
Comment: It would appear as though I have just been 1 upped.
Comment: I for one welcome our new caffeinated overlords.
Comment: I'd be glad to quit arguing with you. There is no question about whether or not flash …
Comment: joker5 ftwFrom the CPSC website (link ) : "Under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, …
Comment: "One other thing - you mentioned that up to 50g is legal, you're talking about Black Po…
Comment: CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL.
Comment: waka waka waka
Comment: Glad to hear it works. Have a great 4th.
Comment: When I first saw the canned air I thought you were going to ignite it for propulsion, i…
Comment: Hmm, I have an old Hookah in the closet with very dirty hoses and mouthpieces. I might…
Comment: Luckily the Alameda fire department & police had a sense of humor, so we didn't end up …
Comment: Possibly ... or maybe, just maybe, it might have taken on a new level of surrealism, gr…
Comment: My hair is blue. On some of the other instructable photos it is green. Its mood hair. …
Comment: Actually, I was referring more to http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sel…
Comment: A quick google image search says otherwise
Comment: I thought they were called blackjacks.
Comment: Yeah, be safe and try to stay away from the cannibalistic / zombie hobos, they can be q…
Comment: The smell of pyrotechnic smoke is worth 100 YEARS IN FED PRISON. When your born with b…
Comment: Looks like someone didn't read steps 4 AND 6.
Comment: Yes, if I didn't think that I wouldn't have built it.
Comment: Order some BAWLS online, they are much better.
Comment: Ok, the ideal consistency should be similar to anthrax.
Comment: 600 mg spread out over a day is nothing. If you take three, or four, of those pills at…
Comment: He was punching puppies left and right. We tried to stop him, but that just made him a…
Comment: CCCCombo breaker!
Comment: It is not powered by water, it is activated by water.
Comment: **ENTIRE POINT OF THIS INSTRUCTABLE**o /|\/ \(I just checked your profile, and saw that…
Comment: Lol, no. I love the video because it looks like right after the explosion a smoldering…
Comment: If the ingredients aren't ground together then it will not work.
Comment: Lighter fluid gets sprayed down the end of barrel where the tennis ball will eventually…
Comment: You put the tennis ball in the top of the top can. It will slide down the tube and come…
Comment: Mmm ... delicious sweaty tetrisicles.
Comment: That sounds like it would make a great instructable. I just checked ebay and the price…
Comment: You actually sprayed axe in your mouth?
Comment: Fixed.
Comment: Glad to help out with the inspiration.
Comment: Me fail English? Thats unpossible.
Comment: Glad to be help out with the inspiration.
Comment: I tapped it a few times to get rid of as many bubbles as I could.
Comment: End of June is cookie time.
Comment: I'm interning there for the summer.
Comment: Spammer ;)
Comment: I don't know because I've never tried. In theory any hydrocarbon based petroleum spiri…
Comment: Congratulations, you know how to make a tennis ball bomb, but what exactly makes you so…
Comment: No, actually from Backyard Ballistics. Definitely worth a look if you've never read it…
Comment: Have you used it to make any, DillDoe? //double meaning
Comment: As soon as I set up an RSS feed for my brain.
Comment: Depends on the silicone mix you buy, you would want to buy a food grade or high purity …
Comment: I never went anywhere, but school had been eating up most of the time I would normally …
Comment: You are correct, you are sacrificing the life of the LEDs to make them brighter. They …
Comment: I thought about that too, but decided that the silicone was flexible enough so that I c…
Comment: Awesome shelves! What trebuchet meant by beating us to the punch was this tetris ice cu…
Comment: Solar anal? That sounds somewhat painful.
Comment: Cant wait to get out there as soon as my finals are over.
Comment: That was just a photo demonstrating the process of building one. When I wrote this ins…
Comment: ... and then someone who is just a bit more clever then you can buy one, use it to brea…
Comment: When the batteries die...
Comment: Trust me, this thing isn't very lethal. I'm going to be bringing it to the NYC "show a…
Comment: If you use Fe3O4 you will have a much larger amount of energy per mole then the standar…
Comment: Just once. All thanks to the CPSC, and their seizure of United Nuclear's records a fe…
Comment: I doubt there are very many land mines in Queens (excluding the ones I've made).
Comment: Buy "New York Underground" by Julia Solia, its a great book.
Comment: Thermite is one of the few things I actually get a different formula from different pla…
Comment: Yeah, he wrote a book "Access all areas, a users guide to the art of Urban Exploration".
Comment: Is this what eventually turned out to be your avatar? I always thought that thing look…
Comment: This should be about 300v off a full battery. As you can see from the photo it is outp…
Comment: Thats what she said.
Comment: Do not listen to the monkey. He is a provocateur of lies.
Comment: I bought thermite off them once. I noticed they included small chunks of magnesium in …
Comment: How many amperes does yours have?
Comment: Well now I wish I read this comment first.
Comment: Cornstarch is much much safer, but far less powerful. Pointless piggy posted a video i…
Comment: Good question. I don't know the answer, but it sounds like a good experiment to test…
Comment: I just found the new last words my victims are ever going to hear: YOU!!!! KNIFE!!!…
Comment: Actually I am using UV leds for a project similar to this one.
Comment: COMMENT TO JOLLYRGR: No, if you don't know the SOP for handling chemicals you shouldn't…
Comment: I know lots of home made explosives that can blow off your hand.
Comment: I'd say that the sensation from the glove is very similar to that of a piezoelectric sp…
Comment: Look to my orange board for the answer.
Comment: I have no idea what the hell you just said, but your welcome.