How to Crush a Toonie With a Train, Part 2 of 3: Poke the Bear

For part one, Spocking a Five, click here.

I lied.

It doesn’t take very much at all to coheres the bear out of the toonie. At the end of the last article I said that it could possibly kill you but I was just trying to shock you into wanting to read my blog. It was a cheep trick and I apologize.

I guess technically you can die from anything. Did you know french fries can give you cancer (Yeah, it hasn’t stopped me either)? So I would recommend wearing safety goggles when performing this next task.

Octavio Mcladdy

Don’t forget that spocking fives and poking the middle out of toonies is illegal. I don’t break the law so I got my good friend Octavio Mcladdy to fill me in on how toonie breaking was done. Octavio lives life on the edge. Not only does he poke the middle out of toonies, he always takes a penny and never leaves one, he copies every dvd he rents, and steals his neighbors paper.

Plus with that kind of name you know he can’t be made up.

I remember when the toonie first came out I heard that if you put it in the freezer for a while that the middle would just pop out. My internet research said that that only worked on 1996 tonies.

Octavio’s Solution

It’s as easy as using a vice grip to grasp the edge of the outer toonie and then using a hammer to hit the end of a screw driver into the bear. I recommend poking the bear because it’s too disrespectful to say that you once poked a dead queen.

Things can go horribly awry. And just because I did say that it could kill you I will give examples.

• You could wind back too far with the hammer and gouge your eye Homer Simpson style.
• You could hammer your thumb and not the bear.
• The spark from the bear poke could ignite the gas in your house from that leak you’ve been meaning to fix.
• Instead of a screw driver you might accidently use a wand and when you hammer it the bear comes to life and eats you.

I guess with that last one there is also a possibility that the bear will turn out to be basil from sesame street and then you would have a new best friend.

Stay tuned for step 3 and this time when I say the next step could kill you I am not lying. Death and destruction if you don’t do exactly as I say. But be strong. The results are really cool. Cool enough to blog about.

How to Crush a Toonie With a Train, Part 1 of 3: Spock a Five

I had one goal last week, to run over a broken toonie with a train. This was made possible by a friend of mine who was showing off her broken toonie to me. I commented that I could run it over with a train for her and she was all over that.

But then I lost the toonie. Boo urns.

This three part series documents my attempt to make up for past mistakes and to crush a toonie like a man.

It’s Illegal To Draw On Money

The first thing you are going to need is some change. Try do

ing it with some class. Get a five dollar bill. Study it closely. Does that blue dude look familiar? Yeah. He has the same nose, mouth, and bone structure as Spock on Star Trek.

Once you add the pointy ears and a head of hair worthy of a Vulcan, there will be no denying that Leonard Nimoy used to be a Prime Minister.

You can add some accessories if you feel really daring. Spice up his collar to look like a star fleet uniform. I’ve seen a hand come up from the bottom of the bill with the classic “live long and prosper” gang sign. If you are feeling edgy you can give Spock a goatee making him evil Spock.

(I found this Spocked Five. I didn't break the law)

Obtain the Toonie

Don’t forget that as cool as it is to Spock a five the goal here is to get some change. I’m not a big fan of asking for change. So go buy something that is less three dollars and then hold that toonie close.

You have the toonie but you are not committed yet. There is still time to back out. Popping the middle out of a toonie is the most dangerous thing I have ever done.

Step 2 (soon to come) could kill you.

You’ve been warned.