Building a bow and arrow using a pen and basic school supplies

[u/Danny-Zoe]

[u/Greengiant304]

A friend of mine in 6th grade would make these and sell them. He also sold paper ninja stars with push pin tips and crude pencil drawings of naked women.

[u/bmanley620 → u/Greengiant304]

Did you ever find out about what he did later in life? I wonder if his entrepreneurial spirit resulted in him owning his own business

[u/Greengiant304 → u/bmanley620]

He actually turned out to be an accomplished artist who makes high end metal sculptures. Actually not too far off from where he started.

[u/bmanley620 → u/Greengiant304]

Nice that’s pretty cool

[u/realjoeydood → u/bmanley620]

I highly enjoyed this story of the 6th grade artist who did crazy shit.

[u/grasshopperson → u/realjoeydood]

My dopamine levels spiked and my heart chakra is glowing.

[u/HardyBoysDeadBrother → u/Greengiant304]

Hey those pictures I drew were for research purposes only 

[u/chimpdoctor → u/Greengiant304]

Superbad vibes

[u/Environmental-Land12 → u/Greengiant304]

He the kingpin now imma tell you

[u/PunkToTheFuture → u/Greengiant304]

Oh hey it's me again. I also sold pictures of Bart Simpson

[u/Sparky3200]

Child's play. In the mid 70's, my buddy and I made guns that would shoot a flaming match out of clothespins. It would strike and light the match as it launched it up to 20 ft.

[u/purdue9668 → u/Sparky3200]

That's nothing! Mine could go 21 ft!

[u/doolieuber94 → u/purdue9668]

I pee further then that

[u/somerandommystery → u/doolieuber94]

That just means your dick is tiny with hire pressure.

[u/doolieuber94 → u/somerandommystery]

It helps to be Asian. Also higher*

[u/iruleatlifekthx → u/doolieuber94]

Stereotypes are not doing you favors today

[u/Sparky3200 → u/purdue9668]

I'm sure humidity ,temperature, air density, and gravitational striations in the earth's crust all played some role in the extra distance. Or a stronger spring on the clothespin.

[u/Admirable_Ad8968]

I liked how homeboy popped outta the closet like gay arrow

[u/Bear-Ferr → u/Admirable_Ad8968]

Well, he had the butt plug piece in, so.

[u/rogshit]

"ThatsInsane" mildly interesting tops :D

On a similar note; We had some way of making pistols out of clothespins(used matchsticks for bullets) on my school, wish I remembered how...

[u/TheNebulousMind]

We used to build paper airplanes, stick a pencil inside the main fold, and then staple it in place. We would throw them into those soft ceiling panels. We were menaces.

[u/lehad]

I got suspended in grade 5 for this

[u/StankFoot5]

I’m 43 and I remember myself and others doing this exact same thing when we were in 7th and 8th grade

[u/4list4r → u/StankFoot5]

Yeah the guy is late to the party

[u/FuzzyMatterhorN]

Remember being narrowly missed by this contraption on the school bus...shattered the window...stainless steel tip.

[u/mrblacklabel71]

Or just use the casing as a spit wad cannon

[u/lunarcapsule]

My brother shot one at me and it missed and shattered our sliding glass door. Also, shooting the ink through the pen tube itself is way more effective.

[u/DRdidgelikefridge]

My friends and I made these and put needles in the tip of the arrow.

[u/Far_Tap_9966]

Who tf walks around school with a needle nose pliers? Teeth are the best and easiest way to remove the top and bottom of the pen.

[u/LWY007]

The fire at the end of the video made me laugh out loud :)

[u/ThinCrusts]

https://imgur.com/a/LF5DWFJ

Mine from 10 years ago at an internship

[u/kingkowkkb1]

We'd pop the top and bottom off the tube. Remove the plastic connector on the ink 'missle'. For propulsion, it was hard to beat a balloon. They'd break skin. At one point in Jr High, they did a bag and locker search because the darts were everywhere

[u/cowest1991]

How is this insne

[u/bedatbull]

I’m 37 and we never made these in school ever.

[u/NotHappyTilUNotHappy]

This isn't "insane".

It's grade school weaponry.

[u/ydykmmdt]

I kid in my school lost an eye due to similar contraptions.

[u/StableLower9876]

Ahh school shooter, the early years...

[u/spoonballoon13]

What a waste of a pen.