The way to hit someone with one, is end on, like you would with a mini maglite. It's called a 'Millwall brick' in the UK from soccer fans use of them as weapons. The Sock
I wonder if you could do the boil-water-in-a-paper-bag thing with newspaper?
I found it too fragile. It works when set up on a ring stand over a bunsen burner as a school demonstration, but in the real world the paper is too soft to handle when wet and it tears apart under the weight of the water when you try moving it
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Originally Posted By: scafool
Originally Posted By: dweste
I wonder if you could do the boil-water-in-a-paper-bag thing with newspaper?
I found it too fragile. It works when set up on a ring stand over a bunsen burner as a school demonstration, but in the real world the paper is too soft to handle when wet and it tears apart under the weight of the water when you try moving it
How's about-Newspaper Mache',It can form just about any shape of Bowl,Box,Cup,Hat,Tube,Eating utensils,ConeDarts,etc. the only other ingredient required would be a Liquid Starch,of which Potatoes,Cat-tail tubers or Most other tubers,Corn stalks,Banana peels,etc. could easily provide in a pinch,If the real store bought stuff wasn't available that is.
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