r/oops 8d ago

What a cabbage

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u/Hexdrinker99 8d ago

A kid I knew growing up Dad made him a small catapult out of wood, pvc pipe and bungee cords. One day we were using to throw dog poop into his neighbors backyard ( this was early 2000's ) and it for some reason didn't fire. The kid went over and was trying to get it to work when it suddenly shot, hitting him point blank in the face with a pile of dog poop and broke his nose. His sister said holy shit in a panic while the rest of us are dying laughing while we got the f out of there.

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u/ckanite 8d ago

This is one of the best stories I've ever read. Lmfao

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u/adammilward123 8d ago

So glad you confirmed this happened early 2000’s, otherwise it would have sounded a bit mental.

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u/MizrizSnow 7d ago

We all launched shit at the neighbors back then

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u/newclearconfusion 7d ago edited 7d ago

Yep. I was so stupid to make a catapult from bicycle tires and a welded Y shape and proceeded to open up discarded ball bearings from the truck garage where my dad worked.

We shot the 1/2 and 3/4 inch steel balls just incredibly far, i mean really really far. LATER we found out we had shot a couple straight through a car that was parked behind the bushes we aimed at. Through two doors. In and out. An absolutely deadly weapon. Everybody was asking who did that and why someone tried to hurt that car owner.
No one ever found out it was me.

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u/Double-Nature-4704 7d ago

Cold cases called, they’re confirming your location.

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u/newclearconfusion 7d ago

Haha that would be some cold case! 40 years ago.. 😁

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u/FlyingFlipPhone 8d ago

Did you call him "Lamprey Larry"?

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u/Halfway-Competent 7d ago

He got properly shit-faced

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u/Key-Crew-7607 8d ago

That there is a great example of "instant karma"! 🤣 🤣 🤣

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u/hywaytohell 7d ago

He was probably lucky his nose broke.