- Step 1: Be a kid given a cap gun as a toy
- Step 2: Pull the trigger two or three times
- Step 3: Go find a hammer
I used to run my thumbnail across them. My fingertips were constantly black and smell like fireworks/hotdogs.
Pop the whole roll at once.
Light it on fire… or so a friend told me
I left mine on the carpet in my room. My mom came in to vacuum one day and thought it was just some scrap paper.
She was not amused by the 2 inch burnt mark it left on the carpet, or the shock it gave her.
Ah reminds me. My dad did smoke. And as tobacco was taxed differently he had once used one of these small sliding machines to put tobacco into “empty” cigarettes, sold separately.
He had stopped using these and was back to store bought cigarettes when I found his cigarettes and the machine.
I carefully pulled out all the tobacco from one of his Camel filters, and put it back in with the sliding machine - adding the tiniest firecracker I had.
Few days later he was sooooo angry. And the angrier he was the more I had to laugh.
It did explode in his ashtray when he was concentrating at his desk.
Oh fuck, thats was over 40 years ago and I still have to laugh like a madman.
Remembering him fondly, even when he was mad as hell at me the worst that would happen was him shouting.
I absolutely guarantee you he told that story to his friends with a huge smile.
We used the scrape them on the sidewalk with a rock
- Step 3: Go find a hammer
Is that why afterwards they put the explody paper in those plastic revolver rings?
Opening them, inserting all the powder into one. Russian roulette as a kid was a bit of a fucked up thing back then …
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We used to just lay those strips on the ground and throw rocks at 'em. Good times.
I played with them few months back. How old am I?
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One of the coolest toys to have existed.
What about the Slime Pit TM
Hell yeah! I was born like 2 years after this came out so it wasn’t an option for me 😭 I got to experience the other ones through my older cousins though.
A friend and I had the bright idea to hit a whole roll of those with a hammer. We also were smart enough to know that it should be on something hard, like a garage floor. We also knew that we didn’t want anyone to see us. So, we made sure all the garage doors were good and shut. I swear, it literally blew his hair back, and my ears have been ringing ever since.
We did the same thing, but I was the smart dumbass who knew that’s how you lose fingers, so I had us hide behind a board and drop a bowling ball into it. It cracked the fucking ball! My parents were livid
Thanks for doing my intrusive thoughts
See? Scotty doesn’t know…about toy safety and hearing protection! This is why OSHA would be upset!
I gave these to my son to play with in a cap *** in 2008 when he was 8. He’s hardly old as shit. But I am.
Did you censor that word or is that an instance rule? To be clear, the word was gun not ass, correct?
Cap ass hahaa
Cap gun… this Minneapolis thing has me wanting to never say gun ever again. Just broken about it.
If you’re old as shit, then I’m older than shit, but I’m not old so you’re not old either.
No… we’re vintage.
Thank you for making me feel younger (I’m 26). XD
My childhood was in the 70s and we absolutely loved this caps. Yes we played with them in ***s but also just on the sidewalk with rocks. Did you guys do the rocks method?
Nahh, my thing was Nerf Guns. Sounds fun, though. :D
I loved the smell of gun powder in the morning.
I know what they are, spent pocket money on them, and loathe them. Ring caps are far more reliable (albeit more expensive; always a topic of debate when said pocket money was $3 / month).
I can smell them too.
It was fun to take a hammer and hit the entire roll at once. They actually made quite the noise.
For reference, I was born in 1970 so yeah I grew up with those things.
We used to roll them out like trumps red carpet for maduro, grab some coin and just rip all of them in sequence, wonderful smell
I’m still slightly wary of them after (mildly) burning a knuckle attempting a whole strip
If you see these and think, “I have no idea what those are, no cap,” you’re too young to be on the internet.
I remember it well…
The smell of the gunpowder. In the play room.
Walmart sells these today. Free delivery.
You can still buy these.
All I know is that they smelled good.
You mean the sulfur?
Yeah.
You’re gonna love farts.
sulphur from caps. Farts are hydrogen sulfide.
“Anyone who says they hate farts is choosing to have less joy in their life, but the same amount of farts”
Damn, that hit home.
Everyone loves their own brand, but I’ve not really enjoyed them in general.
More for the rest of us!
Those were the newer ones.
If you know what these are, your knowledge has capped!
