# Wacky String Car-bomb **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 8, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wacky-string-car-bomb/92273 "2001-11-08T20:56:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wacky-string-car-bomb/92273/1 "2001-11-08T20:56:38Z")
According to [this story](http://www.nasawatch.com/misc/11.07.01.wacky.string.html), a can of **Wacky String[sup]tm[/sup]** left in a hot car exploded with enough force to send the container through the car’s windshield like a missile. The interesting thing is, it happened in the parking lot at **Jet Propulsion Laboratories**. Shouldn’t these folks know that it’s not a good idea to leave an aerosol can in a car parked under the California sun? I mean, it’s not exactly rocket science. sup[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wacky-string-car-bomb/92273/2 "2001-11-08T21:42:54Z")
I was thinking you’d invented a new weapon for the Episode II: Attack of the Clowns. Ah, well. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wacky-string-car-bomb/92273/3 "2001-11-09T01:30:40Z")
Nah, that’s over [here](http://www.mudd.dhs.org/miscpics/clownbomb.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wacky-string-car-bomb/92273/4 "2001-11-09T02:04:09Z")
hehe, hope the guy had leather seats…