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Tiny, Easy-to-Build Weapons Annihilate Office Boredom

Posted September 30, 2009 10:44 AM

From Wired Top Stories:

The lunchtime fridge-raider. The stapler crook. The golden parachuter. Cubicle farms are full of enemy combatants begging to be taken out. Your guide: toy designer John Austin, who spent years miniaturizing firepower for G.I. Joe and Star Wars figurines. In MiniWeapons of Mass Destruction, he describes how to cobble together a small-scale arsenal from supply-closet goodies.

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10/01/2009 8:45 AM

More like "a whole bunch of ways to get fired!" Fun anyhow I'm sure. In my old job we'd play bocce but replace the balls with office chairs. Fun also scrambling to find an excuse as to what we are doing when someone important peers over.
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