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Man Tries To Attack Gophers With Propane, Fails

chat01.asylum.com — The "Rodenator" is a device that dumps a mixture of propane and oxygen into gopher holes, then lights them up like a Fourth of July fireworks display. Problem was after a couple of successful blasts, the two Canucks who used it overfilled one of the tanks and started a fire causing $200,000 in damages. Video attached.

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  • nahsrocketeer75, on 03/27/2008, -0/+26Can't help with gophers, but "be the ball" has never let me down.
    • AgentMull, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4"Manananananan" said Ty sinking yet another putt...."Mananananana"
    • jtbandes, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Reminds me of a neighbor I once had. He got drunk and decided to kill the gophers by tossing a cherry bomb down the hole. And how best to prevent the explosion coming back out of the hole? Hm, holding a garbage can lid over the hole with his arm locked sounded like a great idea...
      • AgentMull, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Thats wouldn't do anything. Cherry bombs are weak, and the ground would take most of the force of the explosion.
    • Charlotte_Web, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3Wrong music on the video clip, they should have been playing the 1812 Overture.
  • LewP, on 03/27/2008, -14/+1I'm putting this post on the Pony Express! Great post! Funny as hell.
    • SuperWinner, on 03/27/2008, -0/+7Ok whats with the comments spam lately, anyone have a clue?
      • talonstriker, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2I think its to make the new digg algorithm think that this submission is more popular...
    • themastersb, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1lol wut?
  • MisterGreen, on 03/27/2008, -0/+43- I want ya to kill every golfer!
    - Correct me if I'm wrong Sandy, but if I do that, they're gonna lock me up and throw away the key...
    - GOPHERS YA IDIOT...NOT GOLFERS!
    - It's not my fault nobody can understand what you're saying...fuzzy little foreigner.
    • nutzin23, on 03/27/2008, -1/+8Caddy Shack FTW
    • Ajajadude, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1Great movie. I'm gonna have to watch that tonight.
    • SpectralSounds, on 03/27/2008, -0/+18So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking.

      So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama - long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-galunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.
    • RealmDown, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Cindy Morgan. rawr!
    • phanfromcheese, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2I smell varment poontang
    • dpazar2, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2continued from above...and the only good varmit poontang is dead varmit poontang
  • mali1, on 03/27/2008, -10/+1EPIC FAIL
  • caponumen, on 03/27/2008, -2/+6LOL, that Canadian beer is some powerful stuff or was it BC bud?
  • DeskFlyer, on 03/27/2008, -2/+13http://i32.tinypic.com/vobyb7.jpg
    • InnerBlueAbyss, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1You win, your prize is the internet!
  • frogman54, on 03/27/2008, -0/+14But did they kill the gopher? Yes.
    • Arramol, on 03/27/2008, -0/+6And produced an excellent headline in the process.
  • RubberBand, on 03/27/2008, -15/+4I, for one, welcome our new gopher overlords.
  • oakj423, on 03/27/2008, -0/+9i don't see what could go wrong there
  • borez, on 03/27/2008, -1/+13I smell varmint poontang. And the only good varmint poontang is dead varmint poontang, I think
  • oldhick, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2Thats brilliant. Much better than using gasoline, too expensive these days.
  • SHv2, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Hey, that kangaroo just took my ball.
  • z0l0pht, on 03/27/2008, -1/+20I have to laugh because I've often asked myself my foe, my enemy, is an animal. In order to conquer him I have to think like an animal and whenever possible to look like one. I've got to get inside this dude's pelt and crawl around for a few days. Who is the gopher's ally? His friend? The harmless squirrel and the friendly rabbit. I'm going to use you guys to do my dirty work for me.
  • lukemann, on 03/27/2008, -3/+2We must ask ourselves, who is the gophers ally?
  • carrtoonist, on 03/27/2008, -2/+0The best was the front headline of the calgary sun the next day. 'OPPS!' with all caps.
  • bioalchemist, on 03/27/2008, -2/+0I am sooo ***** that I was not the first to get in a Caddyshack reference. Bill Murray FTW!
  • Jawoodyablowme, on 03/27/2008, -5/+0Oh my GOD! I want to digg ALLL of you UP!
  • shadowspawn, on 03/27/2008, -5/+1I'd use this. Hell, if I could, I'd make an autonomous agent mobile turret to blast the damn things, as well as coyotes and mountain lions that stray onto my property. One of these days I *WILL* do this.
    • wolfboy2883, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Dude, chill out. Coyotes and mountain lions aren't a big deal. They scare so easily - just yell and flap your arms and they peace the ***** out.
    • whalt, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5There were there long before it was your property. Maybe you should learn to be a better neighbor.
  • serif69, on 03/27/2008, -2/+4They're like the Viet-Cong. Varmint-Cong.
  • chicofaraby, on 03/27/2008, -2/+2We've got a pool and a pond. The pond would be nice for you.
  • kahakauai, on 03/27/2008, -7/+1Alll aboaaaaard! - http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u224/SaneMadnes ...
    • retral, on 03/27/2008, -0/+6Quit trying to turn digg into your own personal 4chan
  • wolfboy2883, on 03/27/2008, -3/+1Hahahaha! FAIL!
  • DaDrake, on 03/27/2008, -3/+1As long as it kills them quickly, I have no problem with it. Usually they need to poison vermin, which effects other wildlife and gets into the water supplies (plus, its not exactly quick).
    • nbcaffeine, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2article said the concussive force=instakill
  • rodgerdodger5, on 03/27/2008, -3/+3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richardson's_Ground_S ...

    We have moles and a garden hose is effective at flooding them out of their tunnels without hurting them. This will also work for Gophers but be careful, they are mean when they get to the surface world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUycHDe2oFU

    • computergod, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2That's one ***** off looking prairie dog.
  • gannondork, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4Sweet, that happened like 100 miles from my house.
  • StealthGod, on 03/27/2008, -4/+1They are not "Canucks"... if they are from Calgary then they would be "Flames". Flames would have worked for the article too.
  • protogenxl, on 03/27/2008, -4/+2If Women don't find you Handsome they should at least find you Handy.
  • TheZorch, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2Dug for the "Caddy Shack" pick. Bill Murray FTW!
    Plus these guys must be either ***** nuts or really ***** stupid.
  • haterofps3, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1Calgary always making Alberta look bad, first with Ralph Klein and now with this *****. Stop acting stopped
  • wheezyninja, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1I have used a Rodenator... The only time I have seen a flying ball of burning gopher I recommend it to everyone.
  • Syko360, on 03/27/2008, -3/+0Basic Math would've told you, Canadians + Propane Explosions = FAIL
  • CONTRiC, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2I'm a firefighter in a neighbouring town (we weren't called out for this one). The funny thing is that there is a fireban on for this entire area (extremely dry out here). Here is more information regarding the fire: http://www.cochraneeagle.com/index.php?action=full ...
  • jeffchuck, on 03/27/2008, -2/+2Ugh, burning ant holes is one thing, but it's just sick to take out gophers this way.
    • computergod, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1Yet you probably eat meat and wear leather.
    • InnerBlueAbyss, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Should we throw them off a cliff and then film it?
  • kick, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1This guy is lucky. There's a number of $1m+ homes in the Springbank area.
  • bitmanx, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2If you have ever had gopher's and moles tearing up your yard you'll realize that extreme measures are necessary because those bastards are a real pain.
  • HumanRecall, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1@dry grass, starting a fire that threatened several homes and caused $200,000 in damage.

    Pics or News Reports it didn't happen
  • nardo510, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1using one of those things looks fun.
  • smackthenun, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1 You take drugs, Danny?
  • manzplan, on 03/28/2008, -0/+0I have 10 acres, and a gopher problem.. and no gun... cant poison them cause the farm kitties would eat them.. been shooting them with a pellet gun.. wife seems to love that...
  • mnchrist, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Sooner or later, if not already, our boys in Iraq are going to get bored enough from patrol after patrol to hunt these things down. I dont think Iraq has gophers but they might be of a different breed. Never the less our tax payer dollars are waisted anyways over there. They might as well have some kind of fun blowing animals up underground.
  • fudged71, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1wow, this is pretty close to where I live. Hilarious ! Love caddyshack !
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    http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=ch ...
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  • nydwarf, on 03/29/2008, -0/+1Hahahahaha stupid Canooks!
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