so i got one of them old soda siphon thingys. you know the ones that make seltzer water.
anyways i learned the hard way to not try to mod them to fit different c02 canisters.
the canister i had was a hair to small so i just grabbed a few dimes and shimmed it up. looked all good. i mean what harm could be done by such a tiny little cannister of compressed c02 gas.
well to my detriment the canister popped out of the holder while i was piercing it. took off like a rocket bouncing off the cupboard door,then proceeding to take a direct course for my head.
after it hit me between the eyes leaving a nicely places cylindrical red welt it decided to do its best imitation of a missile doing a highspeed lap around the cieling of room before coming to a rest planted into the drywall.
woah nelly. that was enough fun for me. i like this old soda dispenser i got but i think it will remain a conversation piece from now on.
i could put my eye out and not be able to play the keyboards anymore. well its not like i play them now anyways. i just fake it better than most.
the lesson learned here is to heed those warnings on the packaging that tell you not to modify the canister to fit holders it does not fit.

I'm sorry Bill but that would have been a Kodak moment!!

Glad your okay bill but I have to admit that's funny as hell the way you told the story. Couldn't help but laugh my arse off reading your post.

well im kinda the same when it comes to "not-to-do-instructions"..I mess around with it until i knock myself out.

but i have to admit, from the point of the reader this just sounds so darn funny

yes as my wifey said. as soon as she saw me trying to jury rig something she was bolting to another room.
i today look as if i could join the hari krishnas with the nice large red round welt in the center of my forehead.
its funny how many things can go through ones head when something like this happens.
will i still have both eyes. will i have all my teeth. is the medical plan paid up to date. fortunately this one ended well tho.
and once again dont screw with compressed gas its a killer. like your own personal missile silo. i mean it was sort of like a live action missile command game with my forehead being used as the target.

Ah do-it-yourself tinkering...there's nothing like it, but, be careful!

yes that is about how it went down.

Oh geeez!!! Glad your OK! Too funny, but only because you weren't severely hurt.

well it would not have taken much for it to have had a more grim outcome. however i must confess it was pretty funny. i mean it was pretty classic.

Bill, I just got done reading (trying anyways - laughing too much) to my wife!!!!

Glad you're okay, but it seemed kinda like 3 stooges comedy - but with only one present...



good story


Johnny

yes it was like that. in fact i could see it all in black and white. the soda siphon is in fact from that era as well. its very cool...but i think i shall stick to only the bought club soda from now on.

That is too funny!! Glad you didn't suffer any serious damage!