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I noticed that my wall calendar has a great April photo of Tom foolery.

This is the photo that reminds me that anything can fly with a big enough motor, in this case, two Aerotech M1419’s.

The 200lb porta-potty lifted off just fine, but the chutes popped early (see bottom right), for some April showers of ….

The calendar is available at Nadine’s site.

14 responses to “Flying Crap”

  1. lol (looking for a fan)
    edit: new group this would fit in with I think
    flickr.com/groups/absolutelyhilarious/

  2. That’s absolutely fantastic.

  3. Tom Foolery just keeps getting handsomer over time.

  4. The things people do to have fun! Hillarious!

  5. I TiVo’d a Disco Channel (I think) show a few months ago that covered this, a contest to launch "anything", with many categories and other similarly implausible objects. Wish I could remember the show or dig up a reference.

  6. I guess this is going mainstream… Estes just introduced a Porta-Pot kit…

  7. They have a good sense of humor!
    ‘Twould make a good party activity!
    I hope no one gets ideas of putting little critters in there for a blast in space.

  8. Ahem… I’d bet *every* boy gets those ideas…. 😉

    NAR, the regulatory body in the U.S, actually has guidelines on this. Insects are OK. Frogs and your sister’s pets – not OK.

    "Rolly Polly" pill bugs make good cosmonauts. They so rarely get to pull a g… and although it’s involuntary, they get the honor of serving their country….

  9. Re every boy’s idea: I believe you! When I was in my mid-twenties, a male friend my age told me that when he was a boy, he and his buddies would have fun exploding bird houses, with the birds in them! He felt bad about it because he was now a caring doctor. Today, he is a prominent reconstructive surgeon! I guess it is just part of boys growing up.

    Re rolly polly: I knew the name from a fun song in the 1959 movie Pillow Talk but I never had an idea of the meaning of the word. Now I know! You can find anything on the Internet!

    rolly-poly, the steamed pudding roll
    Here is a T-Shirt for you

    rolly polly, the person, in urban talk

    roly-poly, the bug in detail
    pill bug
    rolly polly, photos of the bug
    Rolly Polly

    Yep, I see how these bugs sent into space would not create a fuss with the government. These Porta-Pots must be small like a shoe box if the parachute is 12 inches.

  10. thanks for adding this to the aprilfools pool last year. about 364 days ago…

  11. I wonder what Doctor Who would think?

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