• Takatakatakatakatak
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    291 year ago

    I was at an xmas party one year where the workshop boys did this with an upturned 44 gallon drum. It was the loudest bang I’ve ever heard. I thought we were under some sort of attack.

    They expected the drum to launch a little but what actually ended up happening was the upturned metal bottom blew off and launched a LOT punching a hole in the workshop roof. It’s a miracle that nobody was hurt (their hearing probably was). Somehow they didn’t get fired.

    • @[email protected]
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      121 year ago

      Somehow they didn’t get fired.

      When someone does something really stupid and shows remorse, you can be pretty sure they will never ever do it again. A new guy might though.

    • @CADmonkey
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      101 year ago

      I was invited to a rural party for new years, I’m pretty sure it was 2003-2004. I drank entirely too much, and saw some friends crushing beer cans, and was inspired. I found an old 55-gallon steel drum, put a bunch of water in it, and rolled it into the bonfire. Once steam was shooting out, I put the bungs back on it and rolled it into the pond. After a few minutes, there was a metallic “bang” and the drum was folded in on itself.

      The guy who invited me to the party told everyone for years that I used my head to crush a steel drum.