tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post5051581987140911970..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: The Borderline Sociopathic Book For BoysSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-67379634714457877062013-04-14T09:36:24.337-04:002013-04-14T09:36:24.337-04:00In my neighborhood we used to have green apple fig...In my neighborhood we used to have green apple fights. However armed-launched green apples fail to reach their full potential in terms of range and velocity. Therefore you will want to take your pocket knife (my grandad gave me mine at age 10) and make a launcher from a nice straight freshly cut branch about 2 feet long. Just trim off the little branchs and put a nice sharp point on one end to stick the apple onto.<br /><br />NOW you've got something useful. In fact, you can dent a car with one of these babies, and we're talking honest 60's Detroit sheet metal here. Still, we were tougher back then. Hit a friend in the forehead square on and he won't even cry ... probably cause he's unconcious but still.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-86553675806246625562012-07-10T23:37:45.699-04:002012-07-10T23:37:45.699-04:00Bleach and iodine make a wonderful low explosive.....Bleach and iodine make a wonderful low explosive..it's a little unstable though. Blew the chemistry teachers drawers out of his desk in the sixth grade.wyvernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03682790588112477657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-88880938398077711102012-05-18T16:52:26.242-04:002012-05-18T16:52:26.242-04:00If you mix some clayey dirt in water and mix in so...If you mix some clayey dirt in water and mix in some straw, then roll some good sized balls and let them bake in the sun on some old roof tin, you can make some serious dirt balls that you can then launch using a couple of old bicycle tubes nailed to the hayloft door, with a tin can for a holder. And if you mold them with a hole to insert a firecracker, and steal some Camels to use to light them, well that right there is some good clean fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-23770170207238054452011-11-08T08:42:04.441-05:002011-11-08T08:42:04.441-05:00Ooh yeah. Paper match rockets. Good times.Ooh yeah. Paper match rockets. Good times.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417094386820895642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-23287262879286856762011-08-11T08:41:01.178-04:002011-08-11T08:41:01.178-04:00Another bit on Ordnance Tape - you will occasional...Another bit on Ordnance Tape - you will occasionally see a pic of a Corsair with a pattern of rectangles outlined on the fuselage ahead of the cockpit. Those engines leaked oil onto the windscreen. They mechs taped the seams of the cowling to stop it.<br /><br />I'm not going to tell you what we did to make rockets from paper matches. Suffice to say that, carried to extremes, it becomes ordnance. We did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-84924862803438401372011-07-29T18:29:24.575-04:002011-07-29T18:29:24.575-04:00Except for the computer stuff, which we didn't...Except for the computer stuff, which we didn't have, it reminds me of every day business as usual in my boyhood. Oh yeah, and duct tape sucks no matter how cute you feel about using it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-48418797428191111042011-07-05T15:21:40.149-04:002011-07-05T15:21:40.149-04:00A word or three on so-called 'duct', '...A word or three on so-called 'duct', 'duck', gaffers, or Gorilla tape: I first encountered said tape in the military where it was, and likely still is, known as Ordy Tape. <br /><br />It's olive drab in color and will darn near peel skin if applied incorrectly. We actually used it to patch through and through (non-structurally damaging) bullet holes in Helos. A bit of OT and some paint and she's good to go :)Toddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-31938807283961805212011-05-30T10:34:47.487-04:002011-05-30T10:34:47.487-04:00Sometimes a man must raise a daughter, so I taught...Sometimes a man must raise a daughter, so I taught mine the three things ever woman must know:<br /><br />1. Duct tape. It is for fixing things that move, but shouldn't.<br /><br />2. WD40. It is for fixing things that don't move but should.<br /><br />3. Zip-ties. For everything that duct tape and WD40 can't fix.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-80154927524889028112011-02-08T06:28:51.193-05:002011-02-08T06:28:51.193-05:00I'm an oldster of 60 now, so I'm of the ge...I'm an oldster of 60 now, so I'm of the generation that would be considered terrorists if we acted the way we did, now. We commonly shot each other with BB guns and slingshots, hunted small animals with same; passed around M-80s and cherry bombs like kids have sparklers now, and used said explosives in interesting and funny ways, most of which would now be worth 10 years in the slammer. For instance, if you hang a cherry bomb by a thin thread tied to the fuse, it will drop just before it goes off. Put a cigarette on the fuse, it is a time bomb. Put a bucket of something underneath it, it becomes a volcano.Dave Eberthttp://propellerdiver@tds.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-25226407672678856942010-12-19T11:09:52.908-05:002010-12-19T11:09:52.908-05:00You will before age 10 learn how to fry bacon and ...You will before age 10 learn how to fry bacon and eggs into a delightful breakfast food on toast without burning down the house and you will make one for Dad too.<br /><br /><br />firefirefireAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-65767568029964324262010-11-20T09:02:33.976-05:002010-11-20T09:02:33.976-05:00Great Blogs. I'm a Sixties kid, and made alot...Great Blogs. I'm a Sixties kid, and made alot of plastic model ships and planes. Then recreated WWII blowing them up with M-80s, and gobs of Testor's glue for flame and smoke. All sorts of cool stuff available to 12 year olds for under a buck back then. BB guns were the least of our parents worries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-20283972101517395882010-10-24T01:36:01.281-04:002010-10-24T01:36:01.281-04:00Playing war with glass jars and firecrackers for g...Playing war with glass jars and firecrackers for grenades.tjbbpgobIIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12456342500825653657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-30978749831936924532010-09-09T03:14:07.689-04:002010-09-09T03:14:07.689-04:00I like number seven, but suggest that you change i...I like number seven, but suggest that you change it to "fireworks" so that it will include bottle rockets, et al.<br />Another suggestion, add to "bicycles" the instructions to learn to build a ramp, the bigger the better.<br />Fun times, fun times...Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11308171394825291900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-21718006322621532442010-06-30T04:57:09.453-04:002010-06-30T04:57:09.453-04:00Project Gutenberg's "The Boy Mechanic&quo...Project Gutenberg's "The Boy Mechanic" seems like a good place to start. <br /><br />Gaffer's tape, think duct tape without the residue. <br /><br />Still carry around a pocket knife, now known as a multi-tool. Learned that a bully hates right cross to the nose. Did fish with carbide and a sealed can with puncture holes.<br /><br />Good times.Duncan Idahonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-42170458533763352802010-06-04T00:05:46.789-04:002010-06-04T00:05:46.789-04:00We had a game called 'Suitcase O'Death....We had a game called 'Suitcase O'Death.' It required a ginormous suitcase, made out of cloth with a zipper to close.<br /><br />Procedure: Put suitcase on top of shelf in the basement. Insert a kid and zip him or her in. Knock suitcase off shelf onto bed, roll case & kid off bed and around the floor.<br /><br />Important note: All kids in neighborhood could play but had to be *quiet*! Suitcase had to be dropped on thin edge, so it was easy to roll.<br /><br />Mother must not know about this game because it was quite possible to break someone's neck. I quit playing with ME in the suitcase, since I was the oldest, biggest and most likely to die.<br /><br />Kept giving other kids rides, though. And, since 4 kids in ten families got law degrees, I can assure you that 2nd poster had it right.<br /><br />We know how to maim with a Purgatory of Depositions.Lynne Sears Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12161704790621628767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-40307966766551411022010-04-27T01:37:56.800-04:002010-04-27T01:37:56.800-04:00Oh, yeah, all of this stuff is excellent. One thi...Oh, yeah, all of this stuff is excellent. One thing that hasn't been mentioned is putting rocket engines into model cars, and running them up the street on a wire. (Cut a hole in the back of the plastic car with a red hot piece of metal. Insert rocket engine. Glue empty pen barrel or metal tube to top of car to run the wire through). Have the far end of the wire anchored to a brick for a spectacular rocket-powered collision. Best of all, insert a baggie with a small amount of gasoline in front of the rocket engine, so that when the engine burns through, it ignites the gasoline and car.<br /><br />Boys were boys back then. Maybe they will be again, if the neuterizing feminists can be dislodged from power.IowaBoynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-63901401082032294462010-03-04T07:37:51.909-05:002010-03-04T07:37:51.909-05:00Marbling paper IS dangerous to a boy, when his fri...Marbling paper IS dangerous to a boy, when his friends find out.<br /><br />DAVEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-9392253404078510592009-07-15T12:53:42.624-04:002009-07-15T12:53:42.624-04:00Actually, number 5 should be updated to Gorilla Ta...Actually, number 5 should be updated to Gorilla Tape. Gorilla Tape is duct tape on steroids and a few gamma rays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-2747039839675002292008-03-06T20:09:00.000-05:002008-03-06T20:09:00.000-05:00Ah yes, the fireworks, exploding B-17 models and t...Ah yes, the fireworks, exploding B-17 models and the plaster bombs shot into the air from a wrist-rocket. To make: Insert one black cat firecracker into almost dry plaster circle about a nickel-size round. Squeeze plaster to encase firecracker. Let dry. Get wrist-rocket slingshot, pull back and have buddy light firecracker - then let go high into the sky.<BR/>Be warned that if it blows up early you could put an eye out. Ignore warning. We did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-72055489645038366772007-12-26T08:06:00.000-05:002007-12-26T08:06:00.000-05:00Believe it or not, everbody--it ain't "duct tape,"...Believe it or not, everbody--it ain't "duct tape,"--it's "duck" tape. jus' like everbody says it.<BR/><BR/>Got it's name (in WWII) from its water-shedding ability, not for its use in repairing one of the thousands of things it's useful for repairing. I mean--c'mon--who'd ever even remember that it was great for emergency surgery on a bile duct? Gimme a break.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-82647416279421883002007-09-10T03:17:00.000-04:002007-09-10T03:17:00.000-04:00I was going to leave a long winded comment about y...I was going to leave a long winded comment about your list, but I have my own blog, so I posted most of it there. What I wish I would have posted is this:<BR/>As kids, we played a game called 'Cobra Dance of Death' where we would go to the park during the days the sprinklers were turned on. They were attached to large hard rubber hoses, and we would disconnect one whenever they stopped, and when they started up again, the hose would become like a living snake, thrashing and spraying highly pressurized water all over us. The object was to get wet, without getting hit by the hose.Mother Effingbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01264056812587985898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-21443214667354510332007-09-08T08:40:00.000-04:002007-09-08T08:40:00.000-04:00I do miss the old "how to" books for boys. When I ...I do miss the old "how to" books for boys. When I was 12 I built an arc light in the basement using two carbon rods, a flower pot, the cord from an old toaster and the household current. Plugged it in and the basement lit up like the sun. The book said it could reach temps of 5000 degrees and melt stuff. Blew a fuse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-75990751358799863422007-09-01T23:19:00.000-04:002007-09-01T23:19:00.000-04:00Yeah, I found that marbling paper chapter in the b...Yeah, I found that marbling paper chapter in the book. I was like -- WTF? Making pretty patterns on paper? That's something <I>I</I> would do. I'm pretty sure that if anything is something I would it do shouldn't be in a "dangerous book for boys."Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01413541711301513897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-17304196314383898562007-09-01T13:17:00.000-04:002007-09-01T13:17:00.000-04:00Boys like to jump from high places with or without...Boys like to jump from high places with or without fake parachutes. You are not a boy until you know what it's like to be semiconscious with the wind totally knocked out of you. Remember how your best buddy sounded when he tried to talk but couldn't breathe. Said exercise also introduces you to extreme pain and emergency rooms. <BR/><BR/>My little brother jumped off the roof of our rancher into our back yard--a drop of about 15 feet. We allowed him to use our Dad's golf umbrella because he was pretty little. During the descent the umbrella turned inside out and was destroyed. When he got his breath back, he started crying. Not because he was hurt but because he knew what would happen when our Dad found out about the umbrella.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-83734429989591621702007-09-01T09:18:00.000-04:002007-09-01T09:18:00.000-04:00Luckily for me, I had only brothers and was raised...Luckily for me, I had only brothers and was raised as a boy. By time I was eight and had figured out that I was, in fact, a girl, it was too late. I'd spent my formative years fighting with dirt clods, performing anti-cosmetic surgery on my dolls, learning to tolerate the shocks from electric fences and terrifying the neighborhood by engineering the building of a dam which, when it broke, washed away all the vegetable patches and one workshop.<BR/><BR/>Needless to say, my sons are well prepared to defend us against wussification and Jihadists. My daughters are better men than most of the androgynous male idiots their ages. <BR/><BR/>And I volunteer to help Webutante electronically with the book for girls. My first suggestion is the proper use of nail polish, which of course is to paint bright pink and purple female tribal designs on the legs, backs and arms of oneself and one's friends.<BR/><BR/>Nice work, Sip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com