# Ever Fire a Meat Cannon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 24, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886 "2006-07-24T22:42:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886/1 "2006-07-24T22:42:12Z")
If so, I’d like to hear your thoughts on it. Me? Oh, yeah. Frightning and satisfying, I’d say, though the clean up is annoying and tedius. The plate-rattling WHUMP! is the best part, I think. You? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886/2 "2006-07-24T22:43:49Z")
I got yer meat-cannon right here. Or was that not what you meant? 😕 I’ve never managed to rattle the plates, although a few windows have been shaken. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886/3 "2006-07-24T22:49:03Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] I got yer meat-cannon right here. Or was that not what you meant? 😕 I’ve never managed to rattle the plates, although a few windows have been shaken. [/QUOTE] You sure ? From over here it looks like a pee shooter ~ ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886/4 "2006-07-24T22:51:14Z")
Dude, you’re talking about _the_ Meat Cannon. I was talking about _a_ Meat Cannon. A subtle distinction, yes, but significant nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886/5 "2006-07-24T22:56:14Z")
[QUOTE=Omegaman] You sure ? From over here it looks like a pee shooter ~ [/QUOTE] That’s just the fuse, man. You need to back up to see the whole thing. Back up. A little more. A little more. Keep going. And… A litt- stop. The you go. Better? ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886/6 "2006-07-24T23:26:26Z")
O.k. ! You got me… It was subterfuge . What’s a meat cannon ? And where might I aquire one ? ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886/7 "2006-07-24T23:49:21Z")
[QUOTE=Omegaman] O.k. ! You got me… It was subterfuge . What’s a meat cannon ? And where might I aquire one ? [/QUOTE] You know - it’s made of meat, it shoots meat, you microwave it. A Meat Cannon. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886/8 "2006-07-25T00:58:08Z")
I’ve gotya meat cannon righere! :grabs crotch: ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886/9 "2006-07-25T01:08:28Z")
> [@](#): > > The plate-rattling WHUMP! is the best part, I think. You? If you thought that was fun, next time ask have her take out her dentures. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886/10 "2006-07-25T02:42:11Z")
I’m going to get this thread right the hell out of here. Moved from IMHO to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886/11 "2006-07-25T03:25:28Z")
I fire my meat cannon at every opportunity. Sometimes I wish it had a longer fuse. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886/12 "2006-07-25T03:48:42Z")
My mighty meat cannon launches tadpole yogurt. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886/13 "2006-07-25T13:52:15Z")
When you say “meat,” are you talking that which came from a quadrupedal ruminant? 'Cos in Canada, we’ve got the [Chicken Cannon](http://www.airfarce.com/info/targets.html). ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886/14 "2006-07-25T14:01:16Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] My mighty meat cannon launches tadpole yogurt. [/QUOTE] Mine did years ago until I had the snip. Now I fire blanks ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886/15 "2006-07-25T17:15:41Z")
Aw man, you can’t fire the [meat Cannon.](http://www.fittonbooks.com/images/extra/cannon.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886/16 "2006-07-26T03:36:33Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] My mighty meat cannon launches **tadpole yogurt**. [/QUOTE] So has the “Band Name” joke been overused, yet? ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886/17 "2006-07-26T04:48:02Z")
I was going to post here and then I saw this: [QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] My mighty meat cannon launches tadpole yogurt. [/QUOTE] I just can’t top that. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886/18 "2006-07-26T08:01:20Z")
Hey, “meat cannon” sounds like a euphemism for “penis”. Isn’t that funny? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886/19 "2006-07-26T09:31:41Z")
…and “tadpole yogurt” sounds like a euphemism for “sperm”! _snerk_ …Let it be known, I haven’t even clicked on any of the links yet. I shall now, with the utmost confidence that one won’t be a man dangler. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886/20 "2006-07-26T09:34:04Z")
[QUOTE=Dijon Warlock] So has the “Band Name” joke been overused, yet? [/QUOTE] Oh no. I think it’s still apt. A funny and not-quite related band name that’s out there is Anal Pudding, out of Buffalo, NY. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fire-a-meat-cannon/365886.md?page=2)