Wasting food: daughter wants a spud gun.

EvgeniZyntx
EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I used to play with these as a kid and I was telling my daughter about a spud gun.

I had one like this.

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Now my daughter wants one. I'm not too sure. I think that the idea of actively wasting food might not be the best.

Thoughts?
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  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    At least it's not a pizza gun.
  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    We made orange cannons as kids and would shoot them at eat other in the orange groves. Those things hurt.

    What were were talking about again? Oh, wasting food. Right!

    Should I mention cow chip wars?
  • meritage4
    meritage4 Posts: 1,441 Member
    all depends
    How old is she?
    what is she shooting?

    Kindergartens waste food all the time with rice bins and playdough. Both are so worth it.
    Maybe have her plant a potato hill or two-grow her own ammunition.

    and what did you think using one as a kid? did you have fun with it?
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    We made orange cannons as kids and would shoot them at eat other in the orange groves. Those things hurt.

    What were were talking about again? Oh, wasting food. Right!

    Should I mention cow chip wars?
    Hey! I was gonna eat those cow chips!
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    as long as it's not a filet mignon gun, you are fine.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    We made orange cannons as kids and would shoot them at eat other in the orange groves. Those things hurt.

    What were were talking about again? Oh, wasting food. Right!

    Should I mention cow chip wars?
    Hey! I was gonna eat those cow chips!
    :laugh:
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    I'd prefer one of those guns that shoots mini-marshmallows.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    all depends
    How old is she?
    what is she shooting?

    Kindergartens waste food all the time with rice bins and playdough. Both are so worth it.
    Maybe have her plant a potato hill or two-grow her own ammunition.

    and what did you think using one as a kid? did you have fun with it?

    She's 11.
    She was shooting other kids. Not so great.
    Plus I grew up in house were we didn't waste food.
  • SyntonicGarden
    SyntonicGarden Posts: 944 Member
    "Spud gun" where I'm from involves several pieces of PVC piping and shooting an entire potato out of the tube... The ENTIRE potato. More like wasted potato skins, if you ask me...

    This looks mostly harmless and like it uses pieces of a single potato. Besides, maybe you can show her how to grow a new potato out of the pieces that she doesn't use?
  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    "Spud gun" where I'm from involves several pieces of PVC piping and shooting an entire potato out of the tube... The ENTIRE potato. More like wasted potato skins, if you ask me...

    This looks mostly harmless and like it uses pieces of a single potato. Besides, maybe you can show her how to grow a new potato out of the pieces that she doesn't use?

    ^ This is what I was thinking of when I first read this, and it's basically the same thing as an orange cannon, only I imagine potatoes would hurt even more.

    I like your idea of using the leftovers for sprouting.
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    all depends
    How old is she?
    what is she shooting?

    Kindergartens waste food all the time with rice bins and playdough. Both are so worth it.
    Maybe have her plant a potato hill or two-grow her own ammunition.

    and what did you think using one as a kid? did you have fun with it?

    She's 11.
    She was shooting other kids. Not so great.
    Plus I grew up in house were we didn't waste food.

    so, you ate the potato bits after you shot them, then?
  • Josalinn
    Josalinn Posts: 1,066 Member
    all depends
    How old is she?
    what is she shooting?

    Kindergartens waste food all the time with rice bins and playdough. Both are so worth it.
    Maybe have her plant a potato hill or two-grow her own ammunition.

    and what did you think using one as a kid? did you have fun with it?

    She's 11.
    She was shooting other kids. Not so great.
    Plus I grew up in house were we didn't waste food.

    You grew up in a house that didn't waste food yet you had a spud gun. I'm confused.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    all depends
    How old is she?
    what is she shooting?

    Kindergartens waste food all the time with rice bins and playdough. Both are so worth it.
    Maybe have her plant a potato hill or two-grow her own ammunition.

    and what did you think using one as a kid? did you have fun with it?

    She's 11.
    She was shooting other kids. Not so great.
    Plus I grew up in house were we didn't waste food.

    You grew up in a house that didn't waste food yet you had a spud gun. I'm confused.

    My parents didn't know I had it.
    They were against guns too. Plastic or otherwise.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    all depends
    How old is she?
    what is she shooting?

    Kindergartens waste food all the time with rice bins and playdough. Both are so worth it.
    Maybe have her plant a potato hill or two-grow her own ammunition.

    and what did you think using one as a kid? did you have fun with it?

    She's 11.
    She was shooting other kids. Not so great.
    Plus I grew up in house were we didn't waste food.

    so, you ate the potato bits after you shot them, then?

    I didn't.
    It was a hidden activity.
    I even had to hide the used potatoes.
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    My cousin made a full out potato launcher once... much cooler than the gun.
    I personally wouldn't waste my money on one, though. Seems like one of those toys she'll like for a few weeks, then toss to the side.
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    This is more of what I think of when I think potato gun:

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  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    This is more of what I think of when I think potato gun:

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    That looks dangerous. I certainly don't want my daughter playing with that.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    all depends
    How old is she?
    what is she shooting?

    Kindergartens waste food all the time with rice bins and playdough. Both are so worth it.
    Maybe have her plant a potato hill or two-grow her own ammunition.

    and what did you think using one as a kid? did you have fun with it?

    She's 11.
    She was shooting other kids. Not so great.
    Plus I grew up in house were we didn't waste food.

    so, you ate the potato bits after you shot them, then?

    I didn't.
    It was a hidden activity.
    I even had to hide the used potatoes.

    all the secrecy is making me horny.
  • jakejacobsen
    jakejacobsen Posts: 584 Member
    Get your daughter a spud gun, better yet build one with her. You don't sit on the couch and shoot each other so, she will be active, and you can use it to watermelon rinds if your worried about the potato. Also is it really waste if its used?
  • AlyssasDiet
    AlyssasDiet Posts: 120
    Start a potato garden and only use those potatoes?
  • Dark_Roast
    Dark_Roast Posts: 17,689 Member
    This is more of what I think of when I think potato gun:

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    That looks dangerous. I certainly don't want my daughter playing with that.

    Good god that's a crazy looking thing.



    I want one.
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    children should be seen and not heard.


    or spudded.
  • CharleePear
    CharleePear Posts: 1,948 Member
    Is this a serious question? Kids are kids, let them be kids, have fun etc
    Maybe talk to her about not aiming it straight at kids or whatever but it's some fun. What next banning kids from climbing trees cos it's not good for the tree and they might hurt themselves? You can find a negative and positive in a lot of things. Personally I think you are over thinking it. :flowerforyou:

    Edit: PS: Fear is a terrible decision maker.
  • Daniellelearnstolikesalad
    Daniellelearnstolikesalad Posts: 20 Member
    why don't you have her plant a potato patch, so she can grow her own potatos? then she's not wasting money, and they're potatos that your family probably wouldnt have eaten anyway so it's not reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally like you're taking food out of the mouths of anyone?

    maybe watch out though, her siblings are going to be fair game.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,510 Member
    Money doesn't grow on trees!!! But potatoes do (plants, anyway) :) It's a potato. She isn't wasting it, she's repurposing it. Plant some, and you will have more than you know what to do with anyway.
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  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    oh shoot.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    nvm
  • PearlAng
    PearlAng Posts: 681 Member
    I can send ya some rotten spuds that we have at work...they just go to waste anyway!
  • rachrach7595
    rachrach7595 Posts: 151 Member
    It's a spud gun ....
    Buy the girl a spud and watch her have an hour or two of fun.
    Let's not over think things. It's a freakin potato! If you feel that horrid about it send $10 to some charitable organisation to even out your karma.

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