Elon's latest side-hustle.....

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  1. ETC(SS)

    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    Elon Musk has now sold over $4 million worth of flamethrowers - The Verge

    Elon Musk's flamethrower is real and yours for just $500 - CNET

    Sometimes Elon is Thomas Edison and sometimes (more rarely) he's George Westinghouse.

    Other times?
    He's pure P.T. Barnum!

    Two thoughts:

    1.Relax.
    It's not really a flame thrower. It's a $500 "Aim-a-flame"

    2. Is this really the product release that you want to buzz the internet with a week before you light the fuse on (currently) the world's most powerful rocket?? :eek:
     
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    But not igniting your farts..
     
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    Evidently....the WP's "technology writer" hasn't caught on to the fact that Elon's 'flame thrower'...doesn't...and isn't. :rolleyes:
     
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    but it does so make "sensational" fill for the local News outlets. real MadMax kind of thing!
     
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    ...and it livens up any party!
     
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    That's not a flamethrower, this is a flamethrower.
     
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    In Marine ITR we were shown a LAW sized, incentary rocket. Never saw another but it made a nice fireball at the target.

    Bob Wilson
     
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    1. I would not like to be in an area where people are shooting at me.

    2. I would not like to be in an area where people are shooting at me, with those tanks strapped to my back.
     
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    +1 1
    +2 2....but the flamethrower is an anachronism these days.

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    Stand-off is better....as they are finding out in the sandbox these days.....
     
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    Can it clear a foot of snow out of the driveway?
     
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    I wouldn't mind having this one for clearing snow.
     
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    What about this one?
     
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    Don't know, link gave me a 400 error...but I'd love to find out!

    Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
     
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    Lawmakers are more likely to prohibit flame throwers than guns because there is no flame thrower lobby.
     
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    Quality flatulence is self igniting.
     
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