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Robert Healey

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Dec 22, 2000, 10:17:21 PM12/22/00
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Take one film. Add a piece of masking tape to one frame. Make sure it
covers at least one sprocket. Add one 1400 watt lamp attached to projector.
Run film. Viola, one ruined section of film (At least 30 frames). Watch
projectionist panic and run around like nut trying to fix it. Enjoy!

--
Da Jedi
AIM: Darkjedi521


Dalton

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Dec 22, 2000, 10:27:31 PM12/22/00
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On a related topic, I saw Vertical Limit last night.

It amazed me that even in a film about CLIMBING A FUCKING MOUNTAIN they
managed to slip in a few MASSIVE EXPLOSIONS.

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Rob Dalton
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"Who the hell decorated this place? Willy Wonka?"
---Duckman

Robert Healey

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Dec 22, 2000, 10:35:04 PM12/22/00
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"Dalton" <r...@daltonator.net> wrote in message
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> Robert Healey wrote:
> >
> > Take one film. Add a piece of masking tape to one frame. Make sure it
> > covers at least one sprocket. Add one 1400 watt lamp attached to
projector.
> > Run film. Viola, one ruined section of film (At least 30 frames).
Watch
> > projectionist panic and run around like nut trying to fix it. Enjoy!
>
> On a related topic, I saw Vertical Limit last night.
>
> It amazed me that even in a film about CLIMBING A FUCKING MOUNTAIN they
> managed to slip in a few MASSIVE EXPLOSIONS.
>

The most recent thing I saw, which I wish I could wreck, was "Dude, where's
my car?" The movie made as much sense as weyoun, and the writers/actors
were probably as stoned as him if not more.

OTOH, watching MST3k self-destruct was pretty interesting.

Chuck

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Dec 22, 2000, 10:52:28 PM12/22/00
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"Dalton" <r...@daltonator.net> wrote in message
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> Robert Healey wrote:
> >
> > Take one film. Add a piece of masking tape to one frame. Make sure it
> > covers at least one sprocket. Add one 1400 watt lamp attached to
projector.
> > Run film. Viola, one ruined section of film (At least 30 frames).
Watch
> > projectionist panic and run around like nut trying to fix it. Enjoy!
>
> On a related topic, I saw Vertical Limit last night.
>
> It amazed me that even in a film about CLIMBING A FUCKING MOUNTAIN they
> managed to slip in a few MASSIVE EXPLOSIONS.
>
I had fun discussing Hollywood explosives with my students because of that
movie.
Moviemakers believe that anything that is either in a sealed container or is
a liquid that can be burned will explode if even breathed on wrong. A car
hits a telephone pole and explodes.... now how the hell did that car ever
get past the safety tests? Imagine them doing the seatbelt test and the car
explodes, raining pieces of flaming test dummy everywhere. "Um, better put
in a passenger side airbag."
Have these people ever heard of a detonator? Most of this stuff is designed
so that it DOESN'T blow up if you fart next to it; you know, for safety
reasons. Nope, just drop the thing and it will explode, no question.

After this I spent the rest of the day pretending to throw stuff and having
it explode; staplers, pencils, paperclips...

--
Chuck
http://www.sfdebris.com


Robert Healey

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Dec 22, 2000, 10:47:01 PM12/22/00
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"Chuck" <CS...@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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My dad's a firefighter. If every car crash he responded to blew up in his
face, I don't think I'd still be using present tense for this post.

Dalton

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Dec 22, 2000, 11:30:20 PM12/22/00
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Robert Healey wrote:
>
> "Dalton" <r...@daltonator.net> wrote in message
> news:3A441BA3...@daltonator.net...
> > Robert Healey wrote:
> > >
> > > Take one film. Add a piece of masking tape to one frame. Make sure it
> > > covers at least one sprocket. Add one 1400 watt lamp attached to
> projector.
> > > Run film. Viola, one ruined section of film (At least 30 frames).
> Watch
> > > projectionist panic and run around like nut trying to fix it. Enjoy!
> >
> > On a related topic, I saw Vertical Limit last night.
> >
> > It amazed me that even in a film about CLIMBING A FUCKING MOUNTAIN they
> > managed to slip in a few MASSIVE EXPLOSIONS.
> >
>
> The most recent thing I saw, which I wish I could wreck, was "Dude, where's
> my car?" The movie made as much sense as weyoun, and the writers/actors
> were probably as stoned as him if not more.

I haven't seen it, but I bet it would be regarded better if it took
itself less seriously. That's why I enjoyed Charlie's Angels :^)

> OTOH, watching MST3k self-destruct was pretty interesting.

Hehehe.

Dalton

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Dec 22, 2000, 11:34:19 PM12/22/00
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They made a shoe explode, Chuck. A FUCKING SHOE! Haven't these people
ever heard of using STABILIZED nitroglycerin?!? That's the whole fucking
point behind dynamite!!

Hell, they even managed to put in gallons of blood! I'm surprised the
chick didn't do a striptease! Or was that during the part of the movie I
spent in the bathroom...

Chuck

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Dec 22, 2000, 11:51:37 PM12/22/00
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Do they even say why they've got explosives with them? I just can't see
why. "This is the tallest mountain in the world."
"Not for much longer. Heh heh heh!"

--
Chuck
http://www.sfdebris.com


Paradox

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Dec 22, 2000, 11:51:43 PM12/22/00
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>
> Hell, they even managed to put in gallons of blood! I'm surprised the
> chick didn't do a striptease! Or was that during the part of the movie I
> spent in the bathroom...
>
musta spent alot of time in the bathroom, there was a full blown (pun
intended) sex scene...

Dalton

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Dec 22, 2000, 11:51:38 PM12/22/00
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Chuck wrote:
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> "Dalton" <r...@daltonator.net> wrote in message
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[snip]

> > They made a shoe explode, Chuck. A FUCKING SHOE! Haven't these people
> > ever heard of using STABILIZED nitroglycerin?!? That's the whole fucking
> > point behind dynamite!!
> >
> Do they even say why they've got explosives with them? I just can't see
> why. "This is the tallest mountain in the world."
> "Not for much longer. Heh heh heh!"

LMAO. The explosives are supposed to be used to blast open the cave that
the foolish survivors are in. Considering that, I have no idea why they
brought up three fucking canisters. Or was it six?

The seals on those things were pathetic. Tupperware could do a better
job.

Graeme Dice

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Dec 23, 2000, 12:13:54 AM12/23/00
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Dalton wrote:
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> Chuck wrote:
> >

<snip>

> >
> > After this I spent the rest of the day pretending to throw stuff and having
> > it explode; staplers, pencils, paperclips...
>
> They made a shoe explode, Chuck. A FUCKING SHOE! Haven't these people
> ever heard of using STABILIZED nitroglycerin?!? That's the whole fucking
> point behind dynamite!!

Dd they fill it with the stuff or something?

>
> Hell, they even managed to put in gallons of blood! I'm surprised the
> chick didn't do a striptease! Or was that during the part of the movie I
> spent in the bathroom...

It's too cold to do a striptease when you're mountain climbing.

Graeme Dice

Graeme Dice

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Dec 23, 2000, 12:14:58 AM12/23/00
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Dalton wrote:
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> Chuck wrote:
> >
> > "Dalton" <r...@daltonator.net> wrote in message
> > news:3A442B4B...@daltonator.net...
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> [snip]
>
> > > They made a shoe explode, Chuck. A FUCKING SHOE! Haven't these people
> > > ever heard of using STABILIZED nitroglycerin?!? That's the whole fucking
> > > point behind dynamite!!
> > >
> > Do they even say why they've got explosives with them? I just can't see
> > why. "This is the tallest mountain in the world."
> > "Not for much longer. Heh heh heh!"
>
> LMAO. The explosives are supposed to be used to blast open the cave that
> the foolish survivors are in. Considering that, I have no idea why they
> brought up three fucking canisters. Or was it six?
>
> The seals on those things were pathetic. Tupperware could do a better
> job.

They were blasting rock in a dry environment? Then they should have
just used the old reliable fertilizer and diesel fuel. It's not the
most commonly used explosive in hard rock mining for nothing.

Dalton

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Dec 23, 2000, 12:39:35 AM12/23/00
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Paradox wrote:
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> snip
> >
> > Hell, they even managed to put in gallons of blood! I'm surprised the
> > chick didn't do a striptease! Or was that during the part of the movie I
> > spent in the bathroom...
> >
> musta spent alot of time in the bathroom, there was a full blown (pun
> intended) sex scene...

Bull.

Dalton

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Dec 23, 2000, 12:43:17 AM12/23/00
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Graeme Dice wrote:
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> Dalton wrote:
> >
> > Chuck wrote:
> > >
>
> <snip>
>
> > >
> > > After this I spent the rest of the day pretending to throw stuff and having
> > > it explode; staplers, pencils, paperclips...
> >
> > They made a shoe explode, Chuck. A FUCKING SHOE! Haven't these people
> > ever heard of using STABILIZED nitroglycerin?!? That's the whole fucking
> > point behind dynamite!!
>
> Dd they fill it with the stuff or something?
>

No. The guy was standing there and Nitro was just drip, drip, dripping
away onto the floor. Of course, he stepped in it.

> >
> > Hell, they even managed to put in gallons of blood! I'm surprised the
> > chick didn't do a striptease! Or was that during the part of the movie I
> > spent in the bathroom...
>
> It's too cold to do a striptease when you're mountain climbing.

Two words: base camp :)

Dalton

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Dec 23, 2000, 12:45:16 AM12/23/00
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Dude, they were on a fucking mountain blasting ice and snow at 24,000
feet. They dug a hole, POURED IN THE NITRO, and set a detonator.

Ryan Spickard

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Dec 23, 2000, 12:48:50 AM12/23/00
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"Robert Healey" <jedi...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Sounds like a real gasser.


Paradox

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Dec 23, 2000, 1:38:44 AM12/23/00
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> > >
> > musta spent alot of time in the bathroom, there was a full blown (pun
> > intended) sex scene...
>
> Bull.
>

Yeah :)

Raven Ford

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Dec 23, 2000, 1:34:49 AM12/23/00
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<snip>

Put Lameway in it?


Graeme Dice

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Dec 23, 2000, 2:34:35 AM12/23/00
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Dalton wrote:
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> Graeme Dice wrote:
> >

<snip>

> > > The seals on those things were pathetic. Tupperware could do a better
> > > job.
> >
> > They were blasting rock in a dry environment? Then they should have
> > just used the old reliable fertilizer and diesel fuel. It's not the
> > most commonly used explosive in hard rock mining for nothing.
>
> Dude, they were on a fucking mountain blasting ice and snow at 24,000
> feet. They dug a hole, POURED IN THE NITRO, and set a detonator.

That's stupid. I can't think of anything much worse that using nitro in
a mountain climbing environment. The stuff is so unstable that if you
shook a container of it rather gently it would have a good chance of
going off. Diesel fuel and fertilizer are available everywhere, so
being remote is no excuse.

Graeme Dice

Graeme Dice

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Dec 23, 2000, 2:36:34 AM12/23/00
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Dalton wrote:
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> Graeme Dice wrote:
> >

<snip>

> > > They made a shoe explode, Chuck. A FUCKING SHOE! Haven't these people


> > > ever heard of using STABILIZED nitroglycerin?!? That's the whole fucking
> > > point behind dynamite!!
> >
> > Dd they fill it with the stuff or something?
> >
>
> No. The guy was standing there and Nitro was just drip, drip, dripping
> away onto the floor. Of course, he stepped in it.

The dripping would have most likely set the stuff off.

> > It's too cold to do a striptease when you're mountain climbing.
>
> Two words: base camp :)

You wouldn't want to anyways. Polypropylene long underwear absorbs
odours very well. When climbing above 20,000', you don't ever take it
off. That means you have a few weeks of smells built up into a single
garment.

Dalton

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Dec 23, 2000, 3:07:10 AM12/23/00
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Paradox wrote:
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> snip
>
> > > >
> > > musta spent alot of time in the bathroom, there was a full blown (pun
> > > intended) sex scene...
> >
> > Bull.
> >
> Yeah :)

I could smell it a mile away.


Either that or my feet are kickin'.

Dalton

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Dec 23, 2000, 3:10:24 AM12/23/00
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Trust in Hollywood for the insanely contrived. They were JUMPING OFF A
HELICOPTER with this shit strapped on their backs! Dude, if that shit
were real, they'd've all been dead ten minutes into the main plot. Shit,
one canister created an explosion that reached up a thousand feet easy,
and the whole shack of the shit that the Pakistanis had didn't do as
much.

Of course, the chick almost got gored by the helicopter blade. Can't do
without that!

Dalton

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Dec 23, 2000, 3:11:46 AM12/23/00
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Graeme Dice wrote:
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> Dalton wrote:
> >
> > Graeme Dice wrote:
> > >
>
> <snip>
>
> > > > They made a shoe explode, Chuck. A FUCKING SHOE! Haven't these people
> > > > ever heard of using STABILIZED nitroglycerin?!? That's the whole fucking
> > > > point behind dynamite!!
> > >
> > > Dd they fill it with the stuff or something?
> > >
> >
> > No. The guy was standing there and Nitro was just drip, drip, dripping
> > away onto the floor. Of course, he stepped in it.
>
> The dripping would have most likely set the stuff off.
>

Didn't. They managed to unlace the boot and throw it for a boom.

> > > It's too cold to do a striptease when you're mountain climbing.
> >
> > Two words: base camp :)
>
> You wouldn't want to anyways. Polypropylene long underwear absorbs
> odours very well. When climbing above 20,000', you don't ever take it
> off. That means you have a few weeks of smells built up into a single
> garment.

That is just nasty, man.

Robert Healey

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Dec 22, 2000, 11:36:00 PM12/22/00
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I'll see Charlie's Angles next month, when it comes to school.

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Matthew Hyde

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Dec 23, 2000, 1:08:30 PM12/23/00
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If they can get whtever it was they had, then what was the excuse for
not using plain gel dynamite and booster? Dice, I chopped off the "e" in
"Dice" and almost didn't catch it, heh. Dic.

--
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irritate the pro-ST side. Then I wax my moustache and kick some babies.

--Kynes

Matt Hyde, lab consultant
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Matthew Hyde

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Dec 23, 2000, 1:09:34 PM12/23/00
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It's cold up here!
Yeah, it IS a tit nipply

Dalton

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Dec 23, 2000, 5:26:20 PM12/23/00
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Robert Healey wrote:
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> I'll see Charlie's Angles next month, when it comes to school.

Cameron Diaz in a white catsuit. Now that's good movie :)

[snip]

Graeme Dice

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Dec 23, 2000, 5:55:55 PM12/23/00
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Matthew Hyde wrote:
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> Graeme Dice wrote:
> >
> > Dalton wrote:

<snip>

> > That's stupid. I can't think of anything much worse that using nitro in
> > a mountain climbing environment. The stuff is so unstable that if you
> > shook a container of it rather gently it would have a good chance of
> > going off. Diesel fuel and fertilizer are available everywhere, so
> > being remote is no excuse.
> >
> > Graeme Dice
>
> If they can get whtever it was they had, then what was the excuse for
> not using plain gel dynamite and booster? Dice, I chopped off the "e" in
> "Dice" and almost didn't catch it, heh. Dic.

It was nitro. In other words, dynamite that hasn't been finished yet.

Graeme Dice
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rock.

Matthew Hyde

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Dec 24, 2000, 10:49:26 AM12/24/00
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Graeme Dice wrote:
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> Matthew Hyde wrote:
> >
> > Graeme Dice wrote:
> > >
> > > Dalton wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > > That's stupid. I can't think of anything much worse that using nitro in
> > > a mountain climbing environment. The stuff is so unstable that if you
> > > shook a container of it rather gently it would have a good chance of
> > > going off. Diesel fuel and fertilizer are available everywhere, so
> > > being remote is no excuse.
> > >
> > > Graeme Dice
> >
> > If they can get whtever it was they had, then what was the excuse for
> > not using plain gel dynamite and booster? Dice, I chopped off the "e" in
> > "Dice" and almost didn't catch it, heh. Dic.
>
> It was nitro. In other words, dynamite that hasn't been finished yet.
>
Yes, I know, and I'm asking why, if they could get their hands on it,
couldn't they just bring up some dynamite. OK, so you go to the
explosives dealer and say, "we're climbing a mountain, what would you
recommend for bringing along to blow open a cave?" Is he going to say
"Nitro!" hehe. Besides, this isn't South Africa in the 1950's,
nitroglycerin is SOOOo passe'. heh.

LT.Hit-Man

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(snip)


>Sounds like a real gasser.


Speaking of gas me and a few friends went to see a flick it sucked so we let
lose with a few cans of fart spray here and there before we left :-)
another way to drive everyone bug shit is to take a laser pointer and as the
flick is play zap the moive screen nice red dot and no one can see the beam
LT.Hit-Man
--

LT. Hit-Man looked up at the departing ship, then at Kynes,
down to the snarks, and then back at Kynes.
Slowly, a devilish grin spread across his
face, and he picked up a snark and chucked it in
Kynes' direction. Sureenough, he was able to
use the Force to control it.
"AAH! GET IT AWAY!"
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