Unused pencils? Use them as slingshot ammo

Presenting the Pump Action Pencil Launcher

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March 05, 2012, 1:02 AM

By Keith Shaw

Presenting the Pump Action Pencil Launcher

Teaser:

As you'd expect, our slingshot video pal turns ordinary, everyday average writing instruments into deadly projectiles.

It's been a while since we featured a slingshot video from our favorite slingshot video maker, Joerg Sprave, but this week he's got a new slingshot that any IT guy or other "nerd" could love - a pump-action pencil launcher. Take a look:

With a weapon like that, the teacher is absolutely right in admonishing you when she says, "You could put an eye out with that thing!"

Sometimes I worry about Joerg, but I'm not going to be the one who tells him this. After all, he has a ton of slingshots available to him.

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