Carbide Shooting - A Dutch New Year's Eve Tradition

Dec 31, 2017 7:17 PM

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Carbide Shooting - A Dutch New Year's Eve Tradition

A small chunk of calcium carbide and a little bit of water is placed in a metal milk churn. The carbide decomposes into acetylene and a flame is held up to a small hole in the milk churn.

Compilation Version - https://imgur.com/gallery/bswRVDd

https://streamable.com/5dso0

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He literally has a cannon for a leg!

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I read that as curbside not carbide and thought huh what an intense tradition

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Miners used to use carbide and spit to light their work in headlamps.

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Did this as a kid, cept we poured the carbide and water down an ant's nest, then ka-boom.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Jeez, get some flash cotton and save a walk.

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The Dutch military us proud of it's new artillery division

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Just off camera on the left...STERLING!!!!

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That man's nose has to be absolutely devastated by now!

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And on the other side

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Because FUCK goalies. That's why.

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Had no idea this was a thing. Thanks, @op. :)

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Bringing the important information to Imgur... The Dutch shoot their balls off on NYE!

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Down here in Flarda we just buy a few hundred bucks of high explosives hilariously labeled as "fireworks".

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

We do something like this but with bamboo. Shit sounds like a cannon going off.

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Just the perfect definition of small town boredom

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I enjoyed your gif, so I’ll trade you a gif I think you’ll enjoy as well.

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Different ways of shooting we shot the metal cover

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Old Scott Sterling will block them all

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The Man, The Myth, The Legend.

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" they all went off!" "WHAT COUGH?" "where does this high pitched noise come from?"

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Gelukkig nieuwjaar!

8 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

Beste wensen jongens!

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Forecheck, backcheck, paycheck bruh...

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"GOAL, GOAL, GOAL,GOAL, GOAL, GOAL, GOAL, GOAL, GOAL,GOAL, GOAL, GOAL, GOAL, GOAL, GOAL, GOAL, GOAL, GOAL, GOAL, GOAL, GOAL, GOAL, GOAL!!!"

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The Yale Captain love that man

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It's more a tradition in rural areas. In the suburbs we have carbecues.

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Is that where you cook meat on burning cars?

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Found a guy from Veen.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Please anyone slow this down please.

8 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Best can do I need high fps to do a perfect job... 4x the number of frames so I wouldn't lose existing ones.

8 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Thanks!!

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

2/2 So basically 1/4 speed derived from 30fps original without loss of existing frames. Happy New Year, friend! :)

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The goalie after https://media.giphy.com/media/wkg1BUhXAd6Ss/giphy.gif

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THE MAN.

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And he didn't even get hit by any of those!

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My god it's Scott Sterling!

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THE MAN!!!

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THE MYTH!!!

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THE LEGEND!!!

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Tonight’s goaltender: Scott Sterling

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I want to build a bunker made of that man’s face!

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THE MAN!!!

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Still my favorite video on the internet

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Sccoooooottttt SSSSSTTTTTEEERRRRRRLLIIIIIIIINNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

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I want to be in a bunker made of that mans face !

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Wtf? How can that be allowed?

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Oh my sweet summer child.

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It’s a skit

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THE MAN

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THE MYTH

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THE LEGEND

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THE LEGEND!

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