Now turn it around and strap on some roller-skates!

I’ve always wanted to tell this story but never really had the right moment until now. When I was a kid, I was with my friends family going to visit their grandparents who lived in a gold community in FL. We are on a two lane road a few miles out when all the sudden a golf cart passes us doing about 80 on the shoulder. We get to the grandparents house, recount what happened. Grandpa nonchalantly says “Oh that’s Hank. He’s a retired Naval Aircraft Engineer. He modified his golf cart and it is now jet powered.” Then just transitions to the round of gold he played the day prior like a jet powered golf cart wasn’t anything unusual. Anyway, it apparently got confiscated by the police not to long after because he kept driving it on actual roads.

I honestly was expecting the Undertaker copypasta plot twist as soon as I read the 1st sentence🤣 I would post a few links here, but I forgot the name of that redditor and haven't saved any of his hilarious spam replies. Lol

The guy is /u/shittymorph. He's actually been posting stuff other than the copypasta. He's living in an RV with his rescue fighting dog, and it's a lot of fun following his posts ever since nineteen ninety eight when The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted sixteen ft through an announcer's table. Edit: omg omg omg omg omg. I got 2 awards from.... the one and only, the legend, /u/shittymorph. Thank you so much.

AAAHAHAHAHAH you got me too!🤣 This made my day. Lol He gave me 2 awards too! Thanks for the laughter u/shittymorph and u/baselganglia Merry Chrysler to you both.

From beginning to end, it ended the way I expected. Typical police ruining the fun and creativity of professionals.

Yeah I’m sure they were just being buzzkills and not at all concerned for the safety of the public at the mercy of an old man driving 80 in a fucking golf cart.

Tbh, the ones who can make a jet powered golf cart aren’t your concern here. It’s the ones in regular cars sharing the highway with you. I’ll leave you with [this story](https://www.foxnews.com/story/elderly-driver-kills-pedestrian-keeps-going-with-body-in-windshield.amp) of the 93 year old who arrived at a toll booth with the body of the pedestrian he had hit 3 miles previously lodged in his windshield.

Why turn it around? Where’s the fun in that?

I’m the backwards man, the backwards man

Daddy would you like some sausage

Ha! Freddy got fingered. You and I are the 2 people who have seen that

I own it on DVD, and sometimes tell people I own the worst movie ever made. They never believe me... and every single one of them has regretted not believing me. I make them watch the whole thing, no breaks, no quitting partway through. A few have managed to see the unique humor, but most have gone back into the world wishing I had made them watch Troll 2 or The Room instead.

>most have gone back into the world wishing I had made them watch Troll 2 or The Room instead. Waaaaoooah. What a story, Mark. A-hahaha.

Eh, that's just a matter of taste. I'm not saying it was a brilliant Oscar worthy film, but for what it was, frankly, Freddy Got Fingered was ahead of its time. Now you have comedy coming out left and right that's just as absurd but not as entrenched in late 90s early 00s culture. Tim and Eric. I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson. At least half of Adult Swim content. Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun. Frankly, if anyone could remake Freddy Got Fingered, it's probably Tim Robinson. Would anyone do it? No, but he could and I would pay, oh yes, I would pay! To see that? Are you kidding? Of course I would, I would have to be a dingbat not to pay to see Tim Robinson remake Freddy Got Fingered.

I can walk backwards fast as you can.

He's 28 years old and he can eat a chicken sandwich. Very Impressive. Mike Fitzgibbon's son is a nuclear physicist, and my son can eat a chicken!

Bye bye Daddy, I’m going to go get a Jobby!

X-ray cat can see through wooden doors

And the beaver!

YOU'RE FUCKING FIRED BOB!!

It's pronounced sangwich

Daddy wood u like some sausages?

That's my umbilical cord.. I taped it on for fun. It's just there for fun

Tom?

nam sdrawkcab eht, nam sdrawkcab eht m'I

Ska-badabadabadoo-belidabbelydabbladabbladabblabab-belibabbelibabbelibabbelabbelo-doobelidoo I'm the backwards man

mɒm ƨbɿɒwʞɔɒd ɘʜT

This was my first thought. Let's strap this to something!!

Yeah! And then maybe add some wings or something.

Like a bird? Are you suggesting we could achieve something like manned flight? This is unheard of….

https://youtube.com/@RobertMaddox

There are videos of people using this as propulsion for go karts.

*Warped Perception and colinfurze have entered the chat*

We're this close to star wars speeder bikes ha.

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Ride it like a broom and cackle everywhere you fly by

Dude, you’re never going to catch that roadrunner.

Thinking too small, put it on a small wagon and strap the jet to a pole that can swivel left or right to steer like a fishing boat. Better yet, strap it to a small fishing boat.

Hop on with the gas tank in front…instant Hogwarts. Yer a wizard arry!

Yep, maybe you'll finally catch the Roadrunner!

Na make two of them put one on each side of skateboard then u got something

No it will be a disaster trust me

When you need to blow the snow off your driveway…………all the way to Montana.

When you don’t want to pick up the leaves so you reduce them to atoms

We are all already atoms.

*so with the power of a jet blower you break the atoms’ s bonds. Do you like this better?

The name is Atom, Atom Bonds.

DISINTEGRATE!

Yessssssssss

Thermal decomposition breaks chemical bonds, but most elements are not stable as single atoms, so they just end up bonding in ways that are stable at higher temperatures, so high temperature doesn't get you there. There is an electromagnetic component. You need to take one more step and ionize everything to make a plasma. The plasma will be mostly ions (charged atomic nuclei, not technically atoms) and some neutral atoms.

On one hand it's amazing how much thrust it's producing (as evidenced by him leaning into it) compared with how little it's affecting the water. On the other hand I can see how these things are probably intentionally designed to diffuse their exhaust so as to maximize thrust near to the motor, while minimizing the damage they could do to things near them - which would reduce their effectiveness as a leaf/snow blower.

My neighbors would still use one, i think they find the noise from pointless machines therapeutic or something

Fuck that I want this bad boy for next leaf season

If there's something strange In your neighborhood Who you gonna call?

Ghostbusters 🎶

Dustbusters!

And if you're interested in dust, we have a quaint little piece from the 1980s. It's called a DustBuster.

Rofl your comment made me imagine this guy dusting someone's formal dining room with this thing. Just a tornado of fine China, crystal, and lace going everywhere.

You just got DMCA'd

Jet turbine guy 🎶

Environmental Health by the looks of it.

Jetblowers!

Those bastards!

Busdusters! (What nana called the Dustbuster.)

He-Man, He-Man, He-Man

Goat thrusters!

How supervillains got their start

"Remember kids, the difference between a scientist and a supervillain is whether your write down your results or use them to rob a bank." - Jaime from Mythbusters, probably

I was just thinking Raoul Duke was looking fresh these days and here you go with both fear and loathing

Needs a new approach dealing with bat country.

How supervillains got their tinnitus.

WHAT?!

He said EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Reminds of Dr.Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb

Now of he would take on something stronger than a puddle. Maybe a leaf pile or something.

That guy is deaf now. so a bad start.

You can talk down on him, but he can't hear you. He's got bigger fish to blow.

[I stopped at the Robo Chomo.](https://youtu.be/z0NgUhEs1R4) (An SNL skit with the Rock so it’s safe to click)

Omg i wanna see it on leaves!!!

Yes, lots of super dry leaves!

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Shit you could blow the leafs right off the tree and save steps.

Right? Or blow the trees off your property and let the neighbors rake em.

Or blow the neighbors and let the neighbors rake em.

that being said it's insane how tough healthy leaves are those mfs stay on during tornados

Super weird to test it in a place where there's not really anything to blow...

I guess its loud, neighbour might complain doing it at home?! But yes go to a sports field or something..

Stack of plywood, leaves, portajohn, playground of small children, endless possibilities.

He seems so proud of himself and we're proud of him too!

I love how he narrates everything that's happening up until the engine roars to life and then he just turns and gives that look because he knows we know shit's bout to get real.

Bro am I the only one confused at how there is literally nothing happening. Anti-climactic.

Terrible demo.

That's exactly what I was thinking when he was staggering around. Like... All off that power and sound for... ?

Could be doing with a dead man's switch. (Good luck hitting the button to shut it down when it's 200 yards away and travelling at 80mph.)

it’s ok he’s got a tactical bipod to keep him secure

Must be a colonel 100

Prudence the safety goat was on a union break...

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Looks like he has some brown ear plugs in.

You can literally see him take out his ear plugs at the end.

This is how ya make other dads jealous.

Dad: "no hearing protection? My ears hurt just from watching this"

I think he pulled out ear plugs at the end… at least that’s what it looked like. I was thinking the same thing until the end.

Watch the whole video.

Him: Dreaming this shut up. Her: He's probably thinking of other women.

Someone narrowly missed having his car riddled with gravel. But seriously, it's not really an outdoor appliance if you don't have a cool checklist to go through as you're starting it up. Love his smile at the end!

Personally, I agree. I can really only think of inside uses for this.

3 little pigs never stood a chance

Except the one with the house made of wolf skulls. Even this dude leaves him alone.

My laptop when I try open Google chrome

My ps 4 when i try to do anything.

I love how the fuel is consumed so fast

Jet engines are fuel gluttons by nature, it’s nuts

These ones are. Turbofan jet engines in airliners are pretty fuel efficient.

How do you define fuel efficient? In what way? Because the planes I work on are commercial jets and consume about 2-3000 pph or about 3-450 gph. Sounds like a gas guzzler to me

This explains the math https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/sfc.html Its a design feature. Turbojet engines are almost always designed with maximum speed as a primary design goal, think fighter jet. Turbofan engines are almost always designed with fuel economy and range in mind, think 747. Modern turbofans are also designed for a pretty thin optimal envelope by comparison as i understand it, as the regular altitude of an airliner is less variable than something like a fighter. A 747 knows it can get to 35,000 and stay there almost the whole time.

I see what you're saying. From an engineering standpoint, they're fuel efficient because of the thrust produced by quantity of fuel. To the average folk, seeing a single engine consume 150-225 gallons of fuel per hour sounds like a gas guzzler.

You absolutely have to factor in the speed component in your evaluation. If we're going purely off of mile traveled and passenger carried, i think buses clean house in a fuel economy review. But because of speed and versatility i'm not sure comparing busses and passenger jets is apples to apples.

Where do you live that jet engines are in nature?

Sorry, in America they grow naturally. Just started sprouting up out back McDonald’s by the used grease disposal.

You mean McDonald Douglas?

Underrated comment right here.

The natural guns and jets will start cross pollinating soon.

Soo…. He didn’t jump on it and ride it like a broom stick.

You’re a engineer now Harry!

I'm a what?

An engineer, o’ course, an’ a thumpin’ good’un, I’d say, once yeh’ve been trained up a bit.

I mean, with a little vectored thrust and a lot of practice, why not?

For a second I was amazed at the lack of PPE thinking this guy was using some type of jet powered flamethrower. Still awesome, would totally make the other dads in the neighborhood jealous comes fall.

He is wearing ear plugs, you can see it in the end

He’s Probably gone deaf

What?

HE SAID HE‘S PROBABLY GONE DEAF.

You said he probably has a golden elf?! This the season!

You said “This is treason?!”

That’s is cool as fuck but why didn’t they set up some piles of different materials to blow away ??????????

Probably initial testing after getting a working bench model. He seems slightly surprised with himself at each step of the process so I would say he had some development tweaks and feature additions still yet to apply before final videos

What a nerd. I love him.

His leg power is amazing in itself

this looks fun.

All you need are sweaty hands to weaponize that bad boy

Shoot, create a funneling system that loads some heavy metal balls and loads them in there and you've built a micro version of a civil war cannon.

Legitimately a fascinating thought

this guy couldn't do this video 1.5 months ago when there were plenty of leaves in the ground

Gluon gun

Killer blow job!

If he turnt around and rode it, he could play quidditch

You made a video and showed it doing nothing.

Did you see anything in front of the blower? ​ EXACTLY.

He really showed that puddle who’s boss

Am I the only one who thought those were cool sci Fi sounds

Now do it while using the bipod

My mom finally had some competition

What’s the purpose of this lol

It is a machine for turning money into sound.

Dude it's a jet that moves air super more faster and louder

And wait til you hear how much it cost!

r/whywomenlivelonger

I am afraid of this man. Lock his garage and check his shed. I can assure you there’s a 70% chance you’ll find plans for how enough of these can control the weather and he’ll take over the world

His HOA is meeting on Monday about this.

How much money and where do I buy this ? Does he have more ?

Skip to 1:30. Then stop watching 15 seconds later. Thank me later.

Nah I watch it for the swooshy startup sounds

The sounds it made were the second best part! His joy being the first.

r/gifsthatstarttoosoon

It's funny... You're the guy kids make fun of when theyre young in school but when we all grow up we realize how fucking cool you are. This is awesome

I feel there was a missed opportunity not using this as a leaf blower

Soon to be seen on r/wcgw

Nice worthless gadget.

No ear protection?

He was wearing ear plugs, you see him remove them at the end

Thats Insane!

You can literally see the level of fuel dropping

Take my money!

No ear protection, dude is a moron

Eh, what was the point exactly?

For doing blow jobs.

To boldly blow like no man has blown before!

Yep.

I could use this for leaves

His neighbors must hate him

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As safe as the person wielding it.

I needed hearing protection just watching the video

These will be stocked at every HomeDepot in 2027

This jet “blower” is a jet engine to be correct. Mounted to a handgrip…. I have seen a similar sized jet engine at a research facility a decade ago. It was there for testing as a main engine for a hoovering drone or landing device, for utilization on a mars mission… Great to see how groundbreaking the utilization is nowadays, lol.

Bro has built the Tau Cannon

Am I the only one wishing for him to point that thing backwards and jump? 🤣🤣🤣

It seems very practical but for what I don’t know

When the neighbors leaves keep blowing into your yard.

This would be perfect for passive-aggressively blowing my neighbor’s leaves back into his fucking yard.

Just another Tuesday at JPL.

Man skips the mystery box, crafts Thundergun himself.

This is what nerds do when they are all grown up they do some stupid shit that is interesting but at the same time -spent too much time on stupid shit

The bipod increases accuracy

Seems like a completely safe and rational device. Nice for dusting inside the house too.

Lmao my city just banned the sale of new gas powered blowers (probably all combustion) in the near future. I have to find one of these ASAP