.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. ! ! ! i just want to make a loud noise! quickly! ! ! ! .!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. ! ! ! 1. paper 2. hotdog crease ! ! _______________________ _______________________ ! ! [ ] [ ] ! ! [ ] [ ] ! ! [ ] [ ] ! ! [ ] [_______________________] ! ! [ ] [ ] ! ! [ ] [ ] ! ! [ ] [ ] ! ! [_______________________] [_______________________] ! ! ! ! 3. fold top to the dog 4. again ! ! _______________________ ! ! [ ] _______________________ ! ! [_______________________] [_______________________] ! ! [ ] [ ] ! ! [ ] [ ] ! ! [ ] [ ] ! ! [_______________________] [_______________________] ! ! ! ! 5. fold this down once 6. flip it over ! ! _______________________ _______________________ ! ! [_______________________] [ ] ! ! [ ] [ ] ! ! [ ] [ ] ! ! [_______________________] [_______________________] ! ! ! ! and hamburger it 7. see this bit ! ! ____________ ____________ ! ! |____________] ___\ |____________] ! ! | ] / | ] ! ! | ] | ] ! ! |____________] |____________] ! ! ! ! pull it out, till it looks ! ! like a shitty bird ! ! __- ! ! _,-- \ ! ! < \ \ ! ! I \ _-i <- these holes ! ! L\_\,----| catch air ! ! ! ! /\ ! ! || ! ! || ! ! hold the tips of these rails ! ! between your index and thumb ! ! and make a quck downward arc --_-- ! ! like you're trying to get ( -_ _). ! ! tennis elbow on purpose. ( ~ ) ) ! ! the holes catch air and (( ) ( ) () ) ! ! move the paper so fast (. )) ( ) ! ! that it pulls a vacuum ``.. ..`` ! ! which causes a blast wave | | ! ! of supersonic air to rush (=| |=) ! ! to fill the chamber. | | ! ! (../( )\.)) ! ! after a pop, the rails only ! ! need to be folded over again ! ! for re-use. ! ! ! ! this is something we'd do in gradeschool, which ! ! at one point got all of my things inspected. ! ! teacher thought there was explosive material ! ! something like a cap-gun maybe? idk, was funny. ! ! thicker or larger stock gives a louder bang, ! ! thinner might only last a few times before ripping. ! ! -mary@metalure ! .!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.