Close to Home by John McPherson for May 08, 2015

So, both projectiles will go for whoever just passed gas?

I guess no one wins that argument.

Alright, who chose the weapons?

Mutual Assured Destruction

Psych! They’re just Tee-Shirt Canons. That’s how they’re ARMED. If the authorities come, they will just tell them to pull over.

All spectators please stand way back!!

if I was watching I’d stand far away.

And I see 6 chances for a miss. 7 if you count U-turns…

I’m wondering what’s hotter between a missile and a person. ;-)

To avoid turning back on you the missiles do not arm themselves until they’ve gone 50 paces. So…Duck You Sucker!11A James Coburn movie

Cigarettes will always get you.

Mass extermination.

Reminds me of the Mythbusters segment where they checked out the shootout between an RPG and a Glock. In the movie, the bullet detonates the RPG and blows up the bad girl. However, two problems with that: (1) as suggested above, the RPG doesn’t arm until it’s about 25 feet downrange; (2) the RPG round is designed to throw a spray of hot metal forward upon detonation, as it’s designed to cause major death and destruction inside an armored vehicle. So in real life, the guy with the gun will lose every time.