spuzzlightyear (spuzzlightyear) wrote in vintage_ads,
2010-10-15 18:33:00

KILL IT WITH FIRE

KILLS WEEDS QUICKLY
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  • 33 comments

weelisa

October 16 2010, 01:40:24 UTC 2 years ago

Well, I'd certainly want one of these if I was an officer aboard a spacecraft and we were directed to check out a derelict alien spacecraft.

Otherwise, bad idea...

chipuni

October 16 2010, 01:44:02 UTC 2 years ago

...and fifty more uses inside the home, too!

seminarist

October 16 2010, 01:47:20 UTC 2 years ago

100 FARM USES:

1. Burn down the @#$% farmhouse
2. Burn down the @#$% barn...

amyangel96

October 16 2010, 02:26:28 UTC 2 years ago

Re: 100 FARM USES:

3. Burn out those annoying neighbors
4. Effective against zombies!

classicality

2 years ago

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singeaddams

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crabofdoom

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emmuzka

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morwen_peredhil

October 16 2010, 01:51:03 UTC 2 years ago

I want one.

mystical_chickn

October 16 2010, 01:51:05 UTC 2 years ago

Oh my god I just burst out laughing. XD

hot_turkey

October 16 2010, 02:04:30 UTC 2 years ago

Ooh, that looks like fun.

randomneses

October 16 2010, 02:05:51 UTC 2 years ago

I'M SURE THIS WORKED OUT SO VERY WELL.

amyangel96

October 16 2010, 02:28:21 UTC 2 years ago

I find myself hoping that below this was an ad for some sort of firefighting device. This thing may kill weeds, but how do you STOP it once the entire field goes up in flames?

aj_hyena

October 16 2010, 02:30:11 UTC 2 years ago

You -don't- --- it was used against rivals, you see... heh.

rosehiptea

October 16 2010, 02:49:34 UTC 2 years ago

This is probably my second stupid question for today, but how do you burn air?

(I tried google and it was uninformative.)

fynoda

October 16 2010, 10:14:22 UTC 2 years ago

Oxygen has to be present for combustion to occur. Hence, you'll never see explosions in space.

rosehiptea

2 years ago

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3cthelion

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rosehiptea

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jomadge

October 16 2010, 03:08:20 UTC 2 years ago

I've seen similar products in modern gardening catalogs.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4858217_flame-weed-garden.html

realpestilence

October 16 2010, 03:28:15 UTC 2 years ago

I bet it's handy for mucking out stalls. Plus, great for starting bonfires for barn-raisings, harvest dances, quilting bees, and other farm funtimes! Just add marshmallows, lol.


I WANT ONE

pseydtonne

October 16 2010, 03:55:20 UTC 2 years ago

Can I borrow it? I have some kids that won't get off my lawn and I'm allergic to grass pollen.

whoseline_wlsc

October 16 2010, 03:38:58 UTC 2 years ago

Yeah, kill your weeds and everything else in the field! haha I'm interested in what all the uses are...

pseydtonne

October 16 2010, 03:54:25 UTC 2 years ago

You make it sound like torching a field is such a bad thing. The soot and ash are fertilizer.

"Fire is bright and fire is clean." -Captain Beatty, Fahrenheit 451

whoseline_wlsc

2 years ago

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jodi

October 16 2010, 11:00:06 UTC 2 years ago

a 1947 classified-style ad in the back of modern mechanix says the following about it:

"Modern Flame Thrower destroys weeds, splits rocks, disinfects, irrigates, 100 practical uses, 4 gal. tank, torch, hose, $22 express collect.Valuable literature Free. Sine Equipment 16S(?) Quakertown, Pa."

and a similar 1946 ad says:

"Kill all weeds with 2000 degree flame. Famous fire gun sterilizes, thaws, incinerates, disinfects. Works like a blowtorch, burns kerosene, mostly air. Economical, safe, sure. Free literature tells how. Write Sine Equipment. S376 Quakertwon, Pa."

another 1946 ad adds "destroys tree stumps" and "heats water in stock tanks" to the list of advantages.

so at least we know some of the 100 uses they meant it for other than burning stuff and burning stuff and burning stuff.

faceless_wonder

October 16 2010, 04:02:51 UTC 2 years ago

DO WANT!

dasia_rockstar

October 16 2010, 13:21:08 UTC 2 years ago

I wouldn't want to see the lawsuits once *this* thing starts malfunctioning!

But seriously, they just don't make zombie- and vampire-repellants like they used to!

gotham_syren

October 16 2010, 13:24:12 UTC 2 years ago

What's the big deal? Doesn't everyone garden with a flamethrower?

pbrim

October 16 2010, 16:16:58 UTC 2 years ago

My ex-husband had a couple that he got from his dad, but I don't think he ever used them. In Texas they are called "Pear Burners". You run the flame over prickly pear cactus just enough to singe off the thorns but not enough to char them. (Prickly pears don't burn easy, they hold a lot of water.) Then the cattle will eat the prickly-less cactus. Apparently, the cattle love cactus brulee -- he says they would follow his dad and uncle around the pasture, barely waiting for the cactus to cool off to eat them.

crossfire

October 16 2010, 18:46:17 UTC 2 years ago

want.

baron154

October 16 2010, 23:06:18 UTC 2 years ago

"Halloween is coming- great for burning the witches who ruined your crops with the evil eye!"

itskelp

October 17 2010, 00:15:57 UTC 2 years ago

where i live "controlled burns" are quite common to keep the chaparral in check, so this seems pretty useful actually. . not to say that those controlled burns don't occasionally get out of control and start straight up brushfires :/