# Potato masher

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [February 24, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200 "2014-02-24T23:00:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![GrizzlyAdamz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/grizzlyadamz/32/8056_2.png) [@GrizzlyAdamz](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GrizzlyAdamz)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200/1 "2014-02-24T23:00:20Z")

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Grenade + duct tape + stick =

 ![](http://www.bladesandbows.co.uk/ekmps/shops/bladesbows/images/german-hand-grenade-replica-2493-p.jpg)

Gives a bonus to throwing while it’s equipped.

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**Author:** ![Iosyn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/iosyn/32/35_2.png) [@Iosyn](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Iosyn)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 9:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200/2 "2014-02-25T09:33:34Z")

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Extra range when throwing grenades? I like it. Christ, not seen one of those for ages.

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**Author:** ![Rivet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rivet/32/11_2.png) [@Rivet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rivet)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200/3 "2014-02-25T17:07:10Z")

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Es ist eine Stielhandgranate!

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**Author:** ![Dominae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/dominae/32/53_2.png) [@Dominae](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dominae)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200/4 "2014-02-25T18:32:50Z")

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Bonus points for having it just say its a grenade in the description but NOT the item name, so we get funny stories of people rushing to the forums freaking out and asking why their ![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_OaMjD7ZbZkg/TKt1kVlViaI/AAAAAAAACDY/c6wzNXgY3EM/s800/lots%20of%20mashers.jpg) went ![](http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/Michael-Bay-Working-on-Rom-Com-Between-Two-Explosions-The-Onion-2.jpg)

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**Author:** ![John\_Candlebury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/john_candlebury/32/6437_2.png) [@John\_Candlebury](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/John_Candlebury)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200/5 "2014-02-25T18:41:00Z")

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I see only one problem with that idea.

> HEY look this potato masher has an integrated alarm timer!

Cue to John blowing up.

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200/6 "2014-02-25T18:42:27Z")

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[quote=“Dominae, post:4, topic:5200”]Bonus points for having it just say its a grenade in the description but NOT the item name, so we get funny stories of people rushing to the forums freaking out and asking why their ![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_OaMjD7ZbZkg/TKt1kVlViaI/AAAAAAAACDY/c6wzNXgY3EM/s800/lots%20of%20mashers.jpg) went ![](http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/Michael-Bay-Working-on-Rom-Com-Between-Two-Explosions-The-Onion-2.jpg)[/quote]I like it!

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200/7 "2014-02-25T20:17:24Z")

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“You activate the potato masher”

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**Author:** ![GrizzlyAdamz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/grizzlyadamz/32/8056_2.png) [@GrizzlyAdamz](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GrizzlyAdamz)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200/8 "2014-02-25T20:29:54Z")

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IRC  
’Hey guys, how do I apply this potato masher to my potato?’  
‘Have you activated it?’  
‘Yes’

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200/9 "2014-02-25T20:42:21Z")

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Lol

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200/10 "2014-02-25T22:38:23Z")

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[quote=“GrizzlyAdamz, post:8, topic:5200”]IRC  
’Hey guys, how do I apply this potato masher to my potato?’  
‘Have you activated it?’  
‘Yes’[/quote]  
Hit 5 until the potatoes are mashed.

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200/11 "2014-02-25T22:59:23Z")

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“Just wait until the time gets to 0. It needs to warm up.”

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200/12 "2014-02-25T23:52:03Z")

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This is the evilest thing I’ve ever heard :,)

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200/13 "2014-02-25T23:59:46Z")

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Very.

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**Author:** ![Inquisitor\_Dust](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/inquisitor_dust/32/119_2.png) [@Inquisitor\_Dust](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Inquisitor_Dust)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200/14 "2014-02-26T00:25:18Z")

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Even better, put an actual potato masher in the game along with this.

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200/15 "2014-02-26T00:29:40Z")

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[quote=“Inquisitor Dust, post:14, topic:5200”]Even better, put an actual potato masher in the game along with this.[/quote]This, please this.

CDDA will claim it’s rightful place in the Trolling Hall Of Fame.

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200/16 "2014-02-26T00:45:06Z")

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[quote=“HunterAlpha1, post:15, topic:5200”][quote=“Inquisitor Dust, post:14, topic:5200”]Even better, put an actual potato masher in the game along with this.[/quote]This, please this.

CDDA will claim it’s rightful place in the Trolling Hall Of Fame.[/quote]

Nope.

It’s one thing to have two books with the same name, one of which is Useful and the other not so much. (Reading the standpipe maintenance log isn’t fun, but of itself isn’t harmful.) A grenade and a completely innocuous item sharing the same name is a gotcha. Gotchas are a dealbreaker.

(And the Granade is both spelled differently and (unlike any other item in-game) capitalized as a proper noun. That should get people’s attention. “potato masher” and “potato masher” are indistinguishable.)

Thanks for not screwing people over.

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**Author:** ![EkarusRyndren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ekarusryndren/32/80_2.png) [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200/17 "2014-02-26T01:04:17Z")

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> [@Iosyn](#):
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> Extra range when throwing grenades? I like it. Christ, not seen one of those for ages.

And you haven’t seen one in ages because they don’t increase the range you can throw a grenade, they actually decrease it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200/18 "2014-02-26T01:07:08Z")

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Seriously, the only benefit is that it is slightly easier to aim left and right.

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**Author:** ![EkarusRyndren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ekarusryndren/32/80_2.png) [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200/19 "2014-02-26T01:20:25Z")

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> [@gtaguy](#):
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> Seriously, the only benefit is that it is slightly easier to aim left and right.

Holy shit GTA Guy is agreeing with me? Dear god the world is ending.  
 ![](http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/705/335/a77.gif)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/potato-masher/5200/20 "2014-02-26T02:15:02Z")

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I’m not taking fucking two physics classes and sitting back while we bend those laws even more.

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