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Stroboscopic Shot Through the Head Gag

 Update to an old novelty
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Have you ever seen the novelty item consisting of an arrow in two parts connected by a headband? It’s supposed to make you look as though you’ve been shot through the head. Clever, but I think it looks a little fake. This is the 21st Century! Does anyone still use arrows?

For greater verisimilitude I propose an update to the classic gag based on a photograph by Harold Edgerton (see link). The stop-motion picture depicts an apple being shot with a bullet.

In the wearable 3D version, the apple is replaced with your head, the realistic-looking splatters of fresh apple sauce (one entry, one exit) are attached to the sides of your head, and the departing bullet is suspended by a nearly-invisible wire.

—AO, Oct 07 2003

Edgerton photo http://www.josephbe...ton/edgerton08.html
[AO, Oct 17 2004]

Apple being hit by a nuke http://www.nv.doe.g...tolib/8X10/XX45.JPG
[lubbit, Oct 17 2004]

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       And just in time for Halloween!
—phoenix, Oct 07 2003
   

       Bullet time.
—krelnik, Oct 07 2003
   

       [phoenix] Potential Hallowe'en costume - a Derren Brown copycat gone horribly wrong.
—friendlyfire, Oct 07 2003
   

       I once went to a 60s party, with a "bullet hole" in my forehead, "blood" all over my shirt, and a "Kenndy For President" badge on my lapel. Won a prize for "Bad Taste Costume", that night.
—UnaBubba, Oct 07 2003
   

       So at a neighbor's door, you're given an apple made to look like it's been penetrated by a razor blade.
—FarmerJohn, Oct 08 2003
   

       I can just imagine Tommy Cooper wearing one of these. I like.
—PeterSilly, Oct 08 2003
   

       Mm. Classic [AO]. Tasty. +
—k_sra, Oct 08 2003
   

       Is that applesauce, coming out the left side?
—phundug, Oct 08 2003
   

       Or is it happy to see you?
—AO, Oct 08 2003
   
      
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