Cyclists weapon

From this weeks BBC ten facts - the answer for cyclists to those pesky
motorists:

1. A US Patent has been granted for a "toy gas-fired missile and
launcher assembly" (US patent 6,055,910). The gas in question? Colonic
gas generated by the user

;-)
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Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

Tony Raven wrote:
From this weeks BBC ten facts - the answer for cyclists to those pesky
motorists:

1. A US Patent has been granted for a "toy gas-fired missile and
launcher assembly" (US patent 6,055,910). The gas in question? Colonic
gas generated by the user

;-)

Yes, that would put the wind up 'em.

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Brian G

Tony Raven wrote:
From this weeks BBC ten facts - the answer for cyclists to those pesky
motorists:

1. A US Patent has been granted for a "toy gas-fired missile and
launcher assembly" (US patent 6,055,910). The gas in question? Colonic
gas generated by the user

Hehe.

Hmmm, given that urine is sterile, is there a US (or other) patent
on a method for antiseptic treatment of road rash?

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Not me guv

Tony Raven wrote on Sat, 20 Aug 2005
From this weeks BBC ten facts - the answer for cyclists to those pesky
motorists:

1. A US Patent has been granted for a "toy gas-fired missile and
launcher assembly" (US patent 6,055,910). The gas in question? Colonic
gas generated by the user

I don't know what the patenter is on, but the abstract talks about
launching the missile "into space".
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Iain Archer To email, please use Reply-To address

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Tony Raven wrote on Sat, 20 Aug 2005
From this weeks BBC ten facts - the answer for cyclists to those pesky
motorists:

1. A US Patent has been granted for a "toy gas-fired missile and
launcher assembly" (US patent 6,055,910). The gas in question? Colonic
gas generated by the user

I don't know what the patenter is on, but the abstract talks about
launching the missile "into space".
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Iain Archer To email, please use Reply-To address

Perhaps the applicant is Heinz.......