laughing hysterically

[magenta]

Well, I think today's xkcd is a winner:

http://xkcd.com/

Martin's comment was that you couldn't use gasoline, it would taste bad.

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[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

I have seen a whole potato fired at high speed into, and through, a sturdy metal mesh. (The zigzag screening that underlies a plaster wall was used.)

The shredded potato fragments that result are small, less than a centimeter, and they have a fairly wide dispersal pattern. One would need something larger than a dinner plate to collect them.

In the experiment I witnessed, the mesh was not flaming.

[ginahelen.livejournal.com]

I suppose if you were able to keep the gasoline on the rim only, and off the mesh, it could work...