My mum set the kitchen on fire using one of these- we first saw the flames through the serving hatch into the dining room. Luckily the local Fire Chief and his son, a fireman lived next door to us.

Making the opening smaller results in a quicker draw on the coals which gives a quicker hot fire.

I used to use this all the time in my parents' shop when I wasn't even a teenager yet. I feel the need to defend it because it would take a lot of stupid to injure yourself with it!

What is it?

"police! there's a stalker-" "ma'am, it's the fbi"

My grandma had a manual mangle (wringer). Before the advent of washing machines with a decent spin cycle, my mum had a spinner, which was basically a small washing machine drum mounted vertically and it did a better spin to get more water out.

Ahh, memories!!

I nicked the red bulbs out of our and used then in my bedroom light fitting. The whole street thought my parents had started a brothel.

I used one of these in 2014, 2015 in Berlin, because I couldn't afford a decent place to be ... so I lived in the basement of a guy who was too old (>90) to take out the trashy and broken furniture.

they gave out fantastic heat but the gas bottles when full were so heavy and it gradually went up in price to a ridiculous level

Still exist. Still used.

could i just add that we all carried knives and no one got stabbed

Ouzo gave me a terrible hangover.

these are still used and are for sale new

The Striker- not very cool like a Chopper striker-60...c384b4.jpg

how can it get caught in your ribcage? would it run amok around your organs? wtf :D

This was awesome!! Never used it as a weapon though!

I had these. Whacked myself in the nose so hard I thought my nose had gone to the other side of my head. I obviously did not learn co-ordination nor skill.

the 'shower' in most British households back in the 80's

nicely mixed into a tune by the Prodigy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSTBFZ-To2E

That wasn't really frowned upon until the nineties. All my friends' parents, mine, and basically every adult we knew smoked in his house, his car, everywhere. Children's rooms ... not that often, but sometimes, too.

Still done. In some countries, people do this to make extra money.

My dad had one of these for the greenhouse.

OMG I miss these shoes. I want a pair right now!! I remember having a pair in every color they offered (tan, white, navy and black). I loved these!!!

In Viet Nam we have "shop gun" too. It's a brand name of condom. xD

apart from amusing whilst going down stairs these were a rubbish toy

70s & early 80's when appliances didn't come with a plug fitted!

If it ripped out the hair by the roots their claim wasn't fake.

your younger brother's urine at best. A brown submarine discovered at worst.

Pfft...just a matter of training.

?!?!?!?

the originals look like trimmed twigs.

Worst when your foot can off and the whole thing sprang up and smacked you under the chin!

good old Viz characters

Only in dysfunctional families would these be used a lethal weapon. The rest of the world used them to throw them at dartboards.

you mean Big shits

the door handle trick worked...at giving children dental PTSD

We do this in Cyprus for new year's. You clean the coin, wrap it in foil and drop it in the cake batter. Everyone knows it's there so they're careful:)

Leaving a battery on an unregulated charger is something a moron would do. 1970s or otherwise.