Guide me in the ways of pyromaniacism.

Brolli411 · Post by **Brolli411** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 4:11 pm

I wonder if the gas station would take it if I brought one of thoes red gas canitsers, saying that my grandmas car broke down, and I came to get gas? (If you have to know, I'm only 15)

jonmartensen · Post by **jonmartensen** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 4:38 pm

It could be for a lawn mower. Besides, no one that works at a gas station is gonna care what you do with the gas as long as you don't spray it all around the gas station.

RichLather · Post by **RichLather** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 6:18 pm

I recall someone figured out a way to make a neat groundburst effect for a film they were working on...

They took 2-liter soda bottles, half-filled with water, and buried them in the ground, up to the neck. Then they dropped dry ice into the bottles, screwed on the caps and very quickly covered them with loose dirt, leaves, etc.

After that it's simply a matter of waiting. There's no way to predict when the pressure built up inside the bottle will be enough to cause it to burst. The end result was rather impressive on tape, I have to say.

And technically, these aren't pyrotechnics...I'd call 'em cryotechnics.

Disclaimer: Don't try this at home, kids. Unless you want to risk your eyesight, limbs, or those of your friends. Or enemies. Just be smart, mmkay?

Roke · Post by **Roke** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 7:22 pm

"I'm going to fight fire with napalm!"

-Space Ghost

AKH257 · Post by **AKH257** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 8:19 pm

listen to danniwilson a potatoe canon is good funn i made one can lanch a patatoe 9 blocks wrap the potatoe in toilet paper and u get a instant fireball

Mr. Bucket · Post by **Mr. Bucket** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 9:09 pm

jonmartensen wrote:Get extremely fine iron shavings and let them rust. stick a magnesium strip into it and light the end. When the extremely bright/hot magnesium reaches the iron it will start a super hot reaction. The oxygen from the rust will break off from the iron and burn, which means this doesn't need a source of air. Cover it with dirt and it will keep on buring, it will even burn under water. The only way to stop it is to spread the shavings apart so that they won't catch fire.

thats how waterproof matches are made. magnesium is teh roxxor.

Mr. Bucket · Post by **Mr. Bucket** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 9:11 pm

brolli411 wrote:I wonder if the gas station would take it if I brought one of thoes red gas canitsers, saying that my grandmas car broke down, and I came to get gas? (If you have to know, I'm only 15)

Theres no age limit for purchasing gasoline.

Brolli411 · Post by **Brolli411** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 9:20 pm

bucket- Well, people all over the place where I live are 'playin around' with stuff like that.

Dannywilson · Post by **Dannywilson** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 9:57 pm

RichLather wrote:I recall someone figured out a way to make a neat groundburst effect for a film they were working on...

They took 2-liter soda bottles, half-filled with water, and buried them in the ground, up to the neck. Then they dropped dry ice into the bottles, screwed on the caps and very quickly covered them with loose dirt, leaves, etc.

After that it's simply a matter of waiting. There's no way to predict when the pressure built up inside the bottle will be enough to cause it to burst. The end result was rather impressive on tape, I have to say.

And technically, these aren't pyrotechnics...I'd call 'em cryotechnics.

Disclaimer: Don't try this at home, kids. Unless you want to risk your eyesight, limbs, or those of your friends. Or enemies. Just be smart, mmkay?

Back when I was in High School, one april fools, we took 5 25lb blocks of dry ice, and cut it into cubes with a reciprocating saw. We then proceeded to take these blocks to school in cardboard lined backpacks. Each person then went to a different bathroom in the school, 45 minutes before school started. We dropped one 3x3 inch cube in every one of the toilets, and some of the urinals. The carbon-dioxide fog proceeded to fill the school, top to bottom. School was shut down with everyone standing outside for 3 periods.

RadicalEd0 · Post by **RadicalEd0** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 10:05 pm

OMG

I am soo doing that this year