The Craptastic Potato Spud Gun
So here be me first entry to file under CRAP. I found this little guy in a convenient store in Maine. It caught my eye as everything about it is a tad unusual. (Perhaps in your world an item like this isn’t uncommon.) But I ran into a problem: The price was one dollar and zero cents. So I did a lot of soul searching and soul destroying and said goodbye to my friend Billy Juan, my favorite one dollar bill. Now you will marvel at the glorious pictures…
I'm surely on my way to professional photography.
You don't believe that I shelled out a whole dollar plus tax?!
These drawings sure are fun!
Danger Jackercrap. Danger.
I couldn't really find any information about this which is part of the reason I'm starting off with this. If you or someone you know can surrender any information about this potato spud gun I would be mildly interested in reading said information. I found a guy on eBay (gotsta have that capital B) who seems to have "more than 10 available" and has added that you can "get 300 shots out of one potato". He also claims that it's a "great party gift". If your idea of a "great party gift" is a potato spud gun then you might just be my new best friend or a real weirdy (we'll get to this on another post). Even the Padgett Bros website doesn’t have any info or pictures that I could find. This English company that “imported and distributed” the made in China potato spud gun probably wants to distance themselves from this fine product. It just seems like one those toys that wound up on the news because some hillbilly child shot their own eye out with it. 
The box has all the info you need to properly handle this sophisticated piece of crap. “Do not aim at eyes or face.”
“Do not use missiles other than those supplied by the manuacturer…” (Their typo not mine. I didn’t get any missiles!)
“Use only the projectiles supplied.” (I didn’t get any projectiles!)
“Not suitable for children under 36 months…” (Great news for all you 37-month-olds out there! I seriously hope that there aren’t any 4-year-olds out there running around with these…in NY.)
“KEEP YOUR POTATO GUN CLEAN.” (A lesson we could all learn from.)
So why do I enjoy this? Well first of all, the gun looks like something from Forbidden Planet or an awful drawing from a 35-month-old. My experience with potato guns was always the homemade PVC pipe rocket launcher looking contraptions. I suppose it’s like trying to use a pencil as a battering ram. I don’t really have any intentions of actually trying this thing out. I’m afraid that the urge to aim it at my eyes or face will suddenly come over me.
Jackercrap 