Weaponized Legos, Bed Bugs, & Two Creative Ways To Kill Wasps
When my oldest kid was around seven years old, he wanted to make a podracer. We didn’t get very far though; if only we had lived next door to this guy:
I used to swim and surf near piers all the time. Never knew how many darn sharks there were down there feeding on lost hot dogs and spilled popcorn. Egad, Brain:
A simplified version of the scientific and mechanical genius going on underneath your vehicle:
Venus fly trap for the win. I haaate squirrels wasps. Actually, I hate squirrels more:
And if you don’t have a field of venus fly traps standing by, you could always take the wasps out with some liquid nitrogen. In fact, you can take pretty much anything out with liquid nitrogen, even a T-1000:
When you need rope for your quest, get some real elven rope. If you can’t get real elven rope, learn how to do stuff like this:
Gen Z kids: “I know, let’s make some Lego boats.”
Gen X Dad: “I’ve got a better idea. Let’s also make some land-based artillery to blast our Lego boats out of the water.”
Alright everyone, get out your soldering iron, old batteries, garage sale pasta jars, and potassium hydroxide, and let’s make explosive gas:
And finally, a little truth about bed bugs, how to avoid them, and what can kill them. Yeah, it’s gross. Man up and learn:
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