Family Bonding

Well, while we figure out the perfect parenting words, we distracted ourselves with a family celebration. The father in law was having a birthday, and closing in on retirement, has found himself with some extra time on his hands.
Cue Explosions.
This family has always been fond of blowing things up for family celebrations. Sticking tiny firecrackers in various foods, rotten and otherwise, and lighting the fuse. Kapow! Splat.
Well, this one blew all that came before out of the water. Even the Mentos and Soda concoction.
Behold the Potato Rocket.
Woe be the tiny red bliss pototo.
PVC pipe stuffed with one said potato + oh wait! this can be a list:

• wake up
• have time on hands
• get access to tools and random plumbing apparati
  
• pvc pipe
• tamper apparatus
• propane
• full box of spuds
• clearance

And by clearance, I mean, know where your neighbors' houses are so as not to drop rocketing potato down their chimney. Or through their window.

• push potato down PVC pipe with tamper (pipe being whittled just so, so PVC and potato make contact all around
• aim rocket
  
• fill other end of pipe with propane
• quickly! screw on end cap
• push ignition plunger
• wait mere seconds for satisfying phoomp
• watch in awe as potato is rocketed towards the sky, tree or aimed destination
• REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT

why oh why did I not have this whole thing on film?!
It was freakin' hysterical and so so wonderful.
I will definitely post pictures the next time I am in the vicinity of the Spud Rocket.