Holy Hannah! It's a Halloween Howitzer!

[Grayjack]

I know this place, I live 20 minutes away from it. I've been there a few times.

 

[lizards]

Let me get this straight... 2 guys, with absolutely no qualifications, permits or even professional advisory whatsoever, took it upon themselves to manufacture a fully functional piece of conventional artillery, a cannon, capable of propelling large items, used as ammunition, at 600 miles per hour, and then, as if that wasn't enough, proceeded to indulge themselves, having absolutely no artillery training whatsoever, by firing said cannon into the air with reckless disregard to it's trajectory (which would be pointless either ways because the barrel shakes so much it could aim anywhere from the yard next door to Nebraska) and without even studying where said heavy projectiles might land at 600 miles per hour? And then they posted it on youtube?

...And they're not sitting in jail right now?

...Only in America...

it runs on compressed air and shoots vegatables they should have some land clear for the pumpkins to land but they should not be in jail

 

[ae86gamer]

Thats cool, but it'll never beat my human cannon.

 

[Nukey]

i gotta get one of those!

 

[Izerous]

Jeeze and I had fun with a 4foot barrel potato cannon. I'm afraid what trouble i coudl actually get into with one like that.

 

[Psyco Josho]

That's almost redneck, but because it involves pumpkins it just makes it obsessive.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

"You gotta have some kind of permit for this..."

I almost expected a "Permit?! We don't need no Stinkin' Permit!"

Gotta love how well boredom and cannons go together.

 

[Xyphon]

Someone, somewhere is now finding out who beaned them upside the head with a pumpkin.

I don't think said person would be alive to find them...

Doesn't mean they can't haunt the person until they die.

 

[Strategia]

PUMPKIN IN THE HOLE!

Bloody hell, I want one of those.

 

[Magnatek]

Wow. I've seen a pumpkin cannon before, but never one that fires a pumpkin that powerful. Just, wow.

 

[Heart of Darkness]

Someone, somewhere is now finding out who beaned them upside the head with a pumpkin.

I don't think said person would be alive to find them...

Doesn't mean they can't haunt the person until they die.

Very true...but with their luck, they'd be beaned with an ethereal pumpkin, too!

 

[Xrysthos]

*knock, knock*
- Who's there?
- Trick or treat!
- Come on! You guys have to be like 50 years old! What the hell are you doing trick or treating!? No candy for you!
*door slams shut*
*knock, knock*
- What is it!? Just give up guys, this is a fun evening for kids! Don't go ruining it!
*two farmers step aside, revealing a pumpkin-firing Howitser parked on the lawn*
- Here! Candy! For you! Take it!!!

These guys have it all figured out.

 

[Zildjin81]

Holy shit. They should build an army of these things.

 

[Aptspire]

A cannon that can chug pumpkins? How awesome!
Fire in the hole XD
(For other otakus, or people who've been paying attention on the Escapist): Wow... Satoko's gonna be pissed now

 

[AgentChunk]

This is like plants vs zombies in real life. Come Halloween there's going to be prepared to defend their lawns, the zombies have no chance.

 

[Internet Kraken]

How does this benefit mankind in any way? It's a massive waste of time, money, and resources.

How does you posting on the Escapist benefit mankind in anyway?

Just let people have their fun. They haven't hurt anyone (yet). Besides, that's one of the coolest things I have seen in a while.

 

[MasterSqueak]

It needs a giant "SPNKr" on the side of the barrel.

 

[Aenir]

I think this calls for a road trip come Halloween.

 

[KeyMaster45]

Let me get this straight... 2 guys, with absolutely no qualifications, permits or even professional advisory whatsoever, took it upon themselves to manufacture a fully functional piece of conventional artillery, a cannon, capable of propelling large items, used as ammunition, at 600 miles per hour, and then, as if that wasn't enough, proceeded to indulge themselves, having absolutely no artillery training whatsoever, by firing said cannon into the air with reckless disregard to it's trajectory (which would be pointless either ways because the barrel shakes so much it could aim anywhere from the yard next door to Nebraska) and without even studying where said heavy projectiles might land at 600 miles per hour? And then they posted it on youtube?

...And they're not sitting in jail right now?

...Only in America...

Almost brings a tear to your eye when you think about it, throw some patriotic music behind a montage of those two building the cannon and you've got yourself the next promotional video for the army.

Have I ever said that the populous of this country I love so much is the white redneck populace with lots of free time and MacGyver like engineering skills?