Stick Bombs II

And finally, an extensive how to guide on how to make your own stick bombs. Remember to wear goggles when you try this at home, kids!

Stick Bombs

Now we know this makes us ignorant old fools, but until this morning, we had no idea what a "stick bomb" was. We knew what a "sticky bomb" was, sure -- we've played too much Medal Of Honor, you see -- but "stick bombs"? Not so much.

Today we discovered that they are, in essence, the domino's bigger, badder, much more impressive cousin. Also, they kind of explode.

Created by carefully weaving together little sticks, usually tounge depressors -- they're also known as "Chinese stick puzzles" and "frame bombs" -- if you remove just one stick from a frame, the rest of them will jump up into the air with a surprising amount of force.

Below we've got one of the most impressive homemade stick bomb set-ups out there on the internet, purportedly using over 1000 sticks in total. Anyone with easily distracted kids should take note: you've got a brand new distraction technique to look forward to.

Want to watch a lake explode?

Now whether this is real or not is still up for debate. Whether this is awesome or not is not up for debate, because it really is awesome, and that's just the way it is. All videos of laSportskes exploding are, alas. Them's the rules.

Thing is, it does beg some questions: Why did someone set up a bomb in a lake? We don't know. Why did someone record it? We also don't know. Is this better than that video where a bottle of Coke and Mentos flies into the camera? Well, that's a matter of a opinion.