Inventor builds gigantic, sonic-powered bottom to fart at France
An inventor in England has built a gigantic sonic backside in order to "fart" at France.
No, that's not a Monty Python sketch.
Colin Furze, the oddball inventor who recently made internet headline for creating real-life X-Men superpowers including Wolverine claws, Magneto boots, and hand-held flamethrowers, built the machine after being told his neighbours must not like him for being too noisy.
The device is actually called a pulse jet - something of a speciality of Colin's, and it's essentially a lightweight jet engine. It just happens to create a loud, pulsating noise as it fires.
His giant sonic device will be at the Cliffs of Dover, aimed at Calais - about 40km away. That might sound optimistic, but sound carries well over water, and there are stories from World War II that anecdotally suggest artillery fire could be heard from the nearby country.
The incredibly odd machine will be, er, at 6pm Irish time from the cliffs of Dover.
We can only assume he's also sending the French ambassador a letter which reads: "your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries."
