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Offline Cthulhu

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Re: German WW2 Air-Gun
« Reply #15 on: November 28, 2009, 10:47:54 AM »
Just be glad the Allies were mercilllessly bombing the pumpkin fields in the Ruhr, or this could have turned the tide of the entire war. :D
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Re: German WW2 Air-Gun
« Reply #16 on: November 28, 2009, 02:20:33 PM »
No thank you Turkish, I'm sweet enough.

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Re: German WW2 Air-Gun
« Reply #18 on: November 28, 2009, 03:46:03 PM »
My dad accused me of doing something like that in a J-3 Cub on a trip, But I just used Beans and cabbage.
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Re: German WW2 Air-Gun
« Reply #19 on: November 28, 2009, 04:48:06 PM »
rofl :rofl and we'd call it "fart ack" ?
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Re: German WW2 Air-Gun
« Reply #20 on: November 28, 2009, 05:01:43 PM »



What immediately struck me when seeing the picture: This pumpkin gun has the same bore & barrel length as this one:


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Re: German WW2 Air-Gun
« Reply #21 on: November 28, 2009, 07:15:56 PM »
Seeding humor wherever I go. :D

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Re: German WW2 Air-Gun
« Reply #22 on: November 28, 2009, 07:40:50 PM »
When I first saw it, I thought it was a rail gun they converted to shoot pumpkins.
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