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I was doing ecological work in a lake when we came under spudgun fire. Someone (kids?) began slowly firing from a distant treeline on the side of one of the hil
by jetrink 2y ago
I was doing ecological work in a lake when we came under spudgun fire. Someone (kids?) began slowly firing from a distant treeline on the side of one of the hills that surrounded the lake. I knew the distinctive thump, so I was looking out for the first splash, which ended up being much closer than I expected it to be! I had assumed they would be aiming somewhere else. I informed my shipmates that we were under attack and we rowed to shore as fast as possible. They got in about three or four shots, but we escaped injury and no one was ever caught.
- umvi 2y agoI wonder if most of the dangerous levels of kinetic energy in the potato would have bled off from air resistance though by the time it reached your ship. Sort of like how you can shoot a shotgun at animals that are way off in the distance without the BBs being able to penetrate skin because they've bled off too much energy to air resistance.
- lazide 2y agoA potato likely has a pretty good ballistic co-efficient due to its mass to surface area ratio. It would be even better if it was denser of course, but if a nice green one, it’s still pretty dense. That’s why artillery can hit 20-30 miles away even though muzzle velocities are roughly the same as a rifle, which would be lucky to go a couple miles even if fired at the same angle.
- beAbU 2y agoThrow a potato as high up in the air as you can, and catch it with your face.
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- lukan 2y agoAnd there was no second part with sneaking through the forest, surrounding and confronting them? Maybe you had more important things to do, but this is what I would have done. Playing artillery on humans is not a prank I think.