Potato gunman convicted"Stockholm - A man in central Sweden was convicted of shooting potatoes from an apartment window with a home-made gun, Swedish press reported."
Now this is what I call food for thought. What better use for potatoes than shooting them at innocent targets... i mean poeple from your flat/apartment window. Its freakin genius.
In August 2005, inspired by seeing a potato thrower on television, the 25-year-old man bought parts for the gun in a local supermarket, Soedra Dalarnes Tidning wrote.
The man and a group of friends met in a flat in Bojsenburg, in the heart of Sweden, loaded the weapon with potatoes and began firing from the balcony into the car park below, reported the paper.
Authorities confiscated his gun as well as two sacks of potatoes found in the apartment.
Police tests showed the tuber cannon had a more potent firing power than a revolver.
Police tests showed the tuber cannon had a more potent firing power than a revolver.
More firing power than a revolver! Is it just me or are we looking at the evolution of the rubber bullet? A new kind of weapon to dispers riots and protesting hippies or Jacob Zuma followers.
Just think about the amount of money a country like ours could save with an invenetion like this.
I mean we'll be able to stop riots and feed the poor at the same time. Even better, is the fact that you can build the gun yourself. By golly! I think i'll pop down to my local Pick 'n Pay and go build myself one of these tuber cannons.
story courtesy of news24.com
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