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To: jbe who wrote (30145)	6/27/1999 9:14:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Respond to of 71178

bwahahahaahaahaaHAAAHAAA <cough!> <sputter> If I were to build a spudgun it would be straight pneumatic. But it might incorporate some real fast-acting trigger assembly - like a big pop-open trapdoor valve held shut by an electromagnet. I am really impressed by the Pumpkin Chuckers. Sort of a super spudgun. Saddam could use one such to bombard Tel Aviv with pork products? If I were rich and idle I would enter the Pumpkin Chunkin competition. I figure that with the right sort of large-bore air cannon and modern collapsible-foam sabots (breakaway "acceleration couches") a suitably robust cucurbit could be coaxed into the supersonic realm. Conceivably it could be coaxed up to speed, fired - the sabot peels away - and then it's even money whether or not air resistance will splatter the pumpkin. Might have to wrap it in some of that tough, stringy strapping tape! <edit> A Giant Death Ray projector is imho a poor tool for those seeking world domination. I would much rather have a Giant Discomfort Ray Projector. Y'know - "OK OK!! Quit it already! Uncle!"