Chinese Inventor Builds Oil Barrel Submarine

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I dunno, with two years and $4,385 I'm sure I can make one damn impressive Papier-mâché volcano.

And I can only surmise he really wants to go places.

Oh and excuse me but I believe it's Captain Tao Xiangli
 

MrSnugglesworth

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matsugawa said:
That's cool, but $4385? Is the interior gold-plated or something? Seriously, when I look at that photo, all I can think is, "Where'd it all go exactly?"
Do you realize how much proper insulation, the air tank, the electric motor, and the permit to do it all with is?
 

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Wow, talk about a hobby that can kill. That deathtrap makes the CSS Hunley look like an underwater Volvo.
harhol said:
SinisterDeath said:
shii. I said back in the day, all china has to do to conquer the US is to give everyone a raft and a pitch fork, and even 1% of them making it here alive would be a 100:1 war!
US population: 307 million
China population: 1346 million

Are you insane?
More likely just bad at fact checking and statistics.
 

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Strategia said:
"Shortly after unveiling his submarine, Tao expressed his interest to attach a drill with black powder charges and attempt to sink a wooden sailing ship."

(Props to whoever gets that.)
Hurray for Civil war humor =D
 

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sabotstarr said:
Strategia said:
"Shortly after unveiling his submarine, Tao expressed his interest to attach a drill with black powder charges and attempt to sink a wooden sailing ship."

(Props to whoever gets that.)
Hurray for Civil war humor =D
That was the Revolutionary War, actually.

I'd say "The Turtle" as well but I've been beaten to it lol
 

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I'm always impressed by the innovative ways people can come up with to waste their money.

Time to speed up production of my lego block battle tank.
 

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somekindarobot said:
Wow, talk about a hobby that can kill. That deathtrap makes the CSS Hunley look like an underwater Volvo.
harhol said:
SinisterDeath said:
shii. I said back in the day, all china has to do to conquer the US is to give everyone a raft and a pitch fork, and even 1% of them making it here alive would be a 100:1 war!
US population: 307 million
China population: 1346 million

Are you insane?
More likely just bad at fact checking and statistics.
Or perhaps just exaggerating. Y'know, cuz China has a lot of people and stuff...
Not everything someone says has to be accurate, especially when you're joking about China invading America with rafts and pitchforks.
 

SinisterDeath

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fletch_talon said:
somekindarobot said:
Wow, talk about a hobby that can kill. That deathtrap makes the CSS Hunley look like an underwater Volvo.
harhol said:
SinisterDeath said:
shii. I said back in the day, all china has to do to conquer the US is to give everyone a raft and a pitch fork, and even 1% of them making it here alive would be a 100:1 war!
US population: 307 million
China population: 1346 million

Are you insane?
More likely just bad at fact checking and statistics.
Or perhaps just exaggerating. Y'know, cuz China has a lot of people and stuff...
Not everything someone says has to be accurate, especially when you're joking about China invading America with rafts and pitchforks.
OMFG, someone actually knows what an exagerated joke is?!

I think the end is nigh.
I'm pretty sure in the big book of world apocalpyse 101, it goes.
Giant Robots,
Chinese taking over america with rafts and pitch forks.
People understanding sarcasm/jokes on the interweb.
'nigh
 

AvsJoe

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somekindarobot said:
Wow, talk about a hobby that can kill. That deathtrap makes the CSS Hunley look like an underwater Volvo.
If the USS Hunley is a Volvo, this sub would be a poorly made go-kart, or a Geo.
Treblaine said:
*Admiral of the US Navy shits himself with fear*
Johnson!
Yes sir!
Get the Admiral a new pair of pants. No trousers!
Sir yes sir!
 

sabotstarr

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AceDiamond said:
sabotstarr said:
Strategia said:
"Shortly after unveiling his submarine, Tao expressed his interest to attach a drill with black powder charges and attempt to sink a wooden sailing ship."

(Props to whoever gets that.)
Hurray for Civil war humor =D
That was the Revolutionary War, actually.

I'd say "The Turtle" as well but I've been beaten to it lol
You sure?
 

fletch_talon

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SinisterDeath said:
fletch_talon said:
somekindarobot said:
Wow, talk about a hobby that can kill. That deathtrap makes the CSS Hunley look like an underwater Volvo.
harhol said:
SinisterDeath said:
shii. I said back in the day, all china has to do to conquer the US is to give everyone a raft and a pitch fork, and even 1% of them making it here alive would be a 100:1 war!
US population: 307 million
China population: 1346 million

Are you insane?
More likely just bad at fact checking and statistics.
Or perhaps just exaggerating. Y'know, cuz China has a lot of people and stuff...
Not everything someone says has to be accurate, especially when you're joking about China invading America with rafts and pitchforks.
OMFG, someone actually knows what an exagerated joke is?!

I think the end is nigh.
I'm pretty sure in the big book of world apocalpyse 101, it goes.
Giant Robots,
Chinese taking over america with rafts and pitch forks.
People understanding sarcasm/jokes on the interweb.
nighy
Fixed it for you.
 

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Shortly after reliving this he disappeared and the Chinese government took credit. [small] sorry [/small]

But that is awesome! Hope his oil pressure stays up.
 

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Strategia said:
"Shortly after unveiling his submarine, Tao expressed his interest to attach a drill with black powder charges and attempt to sink a wooden sailing ship."

(Props to whoever gets that.)
Terry Pratchett's Jingo? I remember something very similar happened in that book. Leonard de Quirm invented a submarine (actually, he called a going-under-the-water-device) with a drill with which it could latch onto ships and be carried along. Nobby suggests that he use the drill to sink enemy ships and Leonard is horrified.
 

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Joshimodo said:
I can't help be in awe of the seemingly infinite Asian innovation, and yet wonder "why?"
You think that is innovative.

In Prison there are people who build fully operational semi automatic firearms out of plumbing parts. (They show a confiscated one on the Myth Busters Episode "Paper Crossbow")

It's amazing how quickly even the lamest person can turn into inspector gadget when they have time and energy.
 

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sabotstarr said:
AceDiamond said:
sabotstarr said:
Strategia said:
"Shortly after unveiling his submarine, Tao expressed his interest to attach a drill with black powder charges and attempt to sink a wooden sailing ship."

(Props to whoever gets that.)
Hurray for Civil war humor =D
That was the Revolutionary War, actually.

I'd say "The Turtle" as well but I've been beaten to it lol
You sure?
Quite sure. [http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/bushnelld.html]
 

Beefcakes

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Earnest Cavalli said:
Still, this is way more impressive than the volcano you built out of Papier-mâché in the third grade.
That cuts deep Cavalli...
Cuts real deep...
[small]I just wanted someone to like something I've done[/small]
[sup]For once[/sup]

But a Sub? Pretty sweet
It doesn't give us weaponry specifics though
I think there holding out on us