On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:06:05 +0100, david lang
wrote:

With November approaching, an idea does occur to me. As a youngster
in the North of England, it was the must-have toy, a tack-cannon.

Hells teeth, I always knew it was rough up north!

My father grew up in Kentucky. When he was younger, well before I was
around, the local kids made N***** Chasers (offensive word to black
people, but still condidered PC in that neck of the woods) which were
rockets with their sticks removed. Horizontal launching towards a crowded
bus shelter caused appropriate consternation.

John Schmitt

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