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The favourite when I was a kid was cutting a small hole in a ping pong ball,
cutting the heads off enough "strike anywhere" matches to nearly fill the
ping pong ball, a bit of tape to cover the hole, and throw it at
any(thing)/(one) you wanted to scare the **** out of. Big bang...
"T o d d P a t t i s t" <tpattist@dontspamme.snet.net> wrote in message
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> "Rich S." <capn27kill@spammers.yahoo.com.sg> wrote:
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>>We would score the wood slightly to help the match ignite or glue a bit of
>>sandpaper to the wood. Remember, I am in the Northwet, so the clothespin
>>was
>>always damp. :)
>
> I was in Texas. The impact of the spring on the head was
> usually enough to start it for us. It's been a long time,
> but I vaguely recall a double barrelled version with two
> clothespins held together top to bottom.
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