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Michael F. Zanakis and Philip A. Femano have combined forces (several years ago, admittidly) to invent the world’s first gas-fired missle and launcher assembly. DIY rocketry is a good thing.

This invention relates generally to toy gas-fired missiles, and more particularly to a toy gas-fired missile and launcher assembly in which the explosive mixture for propelling the missile is derived from colonic gas discharged by the operator of the toy. -US Parent 6,055,910

Yes, the small rockets are powered by “colonic gas”. You read that right, this is a fart-powered missle launcher.

C. Means to feed a combustible gas mixture into said chamber, including an intake tube communicating with said chamber and having a normally-closed valve and an inlet to the tube, the inlet of the intake tube being placeable adjacent an anal region of the operator from which colonic gas is emitted whereby when the piston is pulled out the resultant negative pressure acts to inhale the colonic gas into said chamber to produce the combustible gas mixture;

What possesses two men, presumably mature enough to file a patent, to invent a fart-powered nerf gun? Sure this was in 1998, and from New Jersey. And you can reload with a trip to the local Taco Bell. But still, who wants to be running around the woods shooting other kids with foam darts with a hose up your anus?