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Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction: Build Implements of Spitball Warfare
by
John Austin
PopularMechanics.com selection for one of The Best DIY and Home Improvement Books of 2009 We’ve come a long way from the Peashooter Era: with the advent of modern household products and office supplies—binder clips, clothespins, rubber bands, ballpoint pens, toothpicks, paper clips, plastic utensils, and (of course) matches and barbeque lighters—troublemakers of all strip...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
October 1st 2009
by Chicago Review Press
(first published 2009)
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Impulse buy with my son at Kepler's Books. Turned out to be marked down to $1, though I found it in the science section.
I bought this book over the objection of the female members of my household, though my daughter flipped her position after she built a crossbow and a Viking-style catapult.
My son was beside himself with joy of course, and we stayed up late Friday turning a mechanical pencil into a BB shooter and making a little paper clip gun out of an old wooden clothes...more
I bought this book over the objection of the female members of my household, though my daughter flipped her position after she built a crossbow and a Viking-style catapult.
My son was beside himself with joy of course, and we stayed up late Friday turning a mechanical pencil into a BB shooter and making a little paper clip gun out of an old wooden clothes...more
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My son Adam found this in the science section at our local independent bookstore, and I said, "This could be a dangerous book in your hands." (Adam has an obsession with wanting to blow things up and dismantle electronics.) We split the cost, and my husband had a blast building this stuff using items in our junk drawer. I found the book absolutely ingenious. The author is a professional toy designer and also wrote Cubical Warfare, another must-read. In the words of writer, William Gurs...more
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Does anyone in the room have an ordinary pencil on their person or in their backpacks? How about Rubber Bands? Paper Clips- good- at least someone’s prepared. How about pens? Now, to the untrained eye, these may seem like your innocent, everyday implements of writing and attachment. But! To the MiniWeapons expert, these are the building blocks of your arsenal.
In MiniWeapons of Mass Destruction you will find instructions on how to construct everything fro...more
Does anyone in the room have an ordinary pencil on their person or in their backpacks? How about Rubber Bands? Paper Clips- good- at least someone’s prepared. How about pens? Now, to the untrained eye, these may seem like your innocent, everyday implements of writing and attachment. But! To the MiniWeapons expert, these are the building blocks of your arsenal.
In MiniWeapons of Mass Destruction you will find instructions on how to construct everything fro...more
As a former youth minister, I'm not sure I want teenagers with access to office supplies anywhere near this book - it's a veritable Anarchist's Guide to Impaling Your Youth Pastor With Small Pointy Things.
That said, it's a lot of fun to read & has some very creative ideas. (There are plenty of "you'll shoot your eye out" warnings throughout the book, most likely so the publisher can avoid any kind of legal entanglements.)
That said, it's a lot of fun to read & has some very creative ideas. (There are plenty of "you'll shoot your eye out" warnings throughout the book, most likely so the publisher can avoid any kind of legal entanglements.)
Um.. yeah... one of the entries is a cardboard tube from a paper towel rocket launcher involving a lighter and a ping pong ball. :D Nuff said.
This book is PURE FUN and simple to follow. Great illustrations. I am so digging it. I can't wait to make all this stuff with my four small people.
Very cool how-to book for making little launchers and other weapons out of office supplies. Well done, with some projects that actually could do some serious damage.
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Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction: Build Implements of Spitball Warfare by John Austin (2009)
This is hilarious! Carry a whole arsenal in your pocket. :)
I have got to try some of these...
I wish I still had the coordinaation required to make these implements!
This is childish, prankish, and guarenteed to take the eye out of someone before bedtime. Mandatory stuff.
A fun quick read about things to do when you are bored in the offece or classroom. The only things required to build these fun little creations are household items like paper clips and toothpicks. Great book, anyone would like it.
This [book] tells you how to build everything from darts to bows to catapults to ping-pong ball bazookas.
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John Austin (1790 - 1859) was a noted British jurist and published extensively concerning the philosophy of law and jurisprudence.
Austin served with the British Army in Sicily and Malta, but sold his officer's commission to study law. He became a member of the Bar during 1818. He discontinued his law practice soon after, devoted himself to the study of law as a science, and became Prof...more
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Austin served with the British Army in Sicily and Malta, but sold his officer's commission to study law. He became a member of the Bar during 1818. He discontinued his law practice soon after, devoted himself to the study of law as a science, and became Prof...more
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