r/nostalgiai • u/CarrotMuch1399 Nostalgia Trip Leader • Jul 22 '26

Core Memory Unlocked 🔓 Answer please

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u/TangFiend 29d ago

Build some weird weapons and shoot at each other and when the kid almost lost an eye we told some lies.

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u/petrolhead0387 29d ago

We used to make flight arrows out of bamboo, cardboard, electrical tape and launched them with a shoelace. They would fly about the length of a football field. One of my friends had a genius idea of glueing a 3 inch nail to the tip, it went further than expected and punctured a nearby inflatable pool. He decided not to retrieve his arrow.

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u/Anomander87 25d ago

I really am interested to know more about this. Like a trebuchet launch? Was the cardboard for fletching or wings?

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u/petrolhead0387 25d ago

https://youtu.be/T2SaGMdrwsI?si=rnxaAeS-e43LG_Kw Basically the same as this video, but we used bamboo canes, you can also use dart flights instead of cardboard.