bro am i the only one who never had a boomerang actually come back
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Bro, the feels!
My dad liked to pop frisbees out of the air from the bottom with his fingers pointed up.
One time he put his hand through a frisbee.
I was hanging out with my friends and my Dad called. Friends asked who called you, I told them a Boomer rang.
what do they have for halloween dessert in australia?
boo meringue.
There is a very specific way to throw it, if you don't it will never work. Takes a bit to get used to. Also you need a proper boomerang some toy mockups are made poorly.
A proper one is designed to knock shit out and not come back.
I'm referring to the fun ones that swing back though.
Idk thoes also tend to do the same anyway.
Nah, my aunt did a lot of traveling when I was young. Brought me back a boomerang from Australia when I was a kid. Threw it once at that was it. Gone forever
It'll return, when you least expect it
In the hour of your greatest need, the boomerang shall return…
…to make everything worse. I mean, have you actually tried to catch one of those things?
Well if it’s like the wooden boomerang, they aren’t meant to come back... those were hunting weapons.
I’ve never actually seen anyone hit anything with a boomerang so it must take some insane skill.
I found one out in the back of a lumberyard it was plastic lol. First time I tried throwing it (had lil instructions saying how to hold) It came back now I had to move a lil to catch it but theyre easy they're fun I would get one again honestly
I spend a week living at a place where they made them, and they taught me how to throw them properly. It really is a fun skill.
The thing is, you throw it into a flock and hope for the best
looks like rec league dodge ball is about to get more interesting
I’d assume they’re just taking out small prey with the boomerang and using other techniques for the larger prey.
Probably a hot shot somewhere in their legends though!
Boomerangs are basically for anything it would be hard to hit with a spear. It's wide and you can put a nice spin on it so you get stability and a bit of area to your attack if your target is weak to bludgeoning (Small to medium sized birds, mostly). For everything else you get a pointy stick, or maybe a sling if you have a good slinger.
Uh, no. Boomerangs can break bones at distances of 50+ meters. Theyre used to snap the legs of kangaroos and the necks of emus. Spears arent actually that good of a weapon since it usually takes several spears to down an animal.
No idea what kind of spear you use, but even a chert spearhead only takes one hit in the lungs to work, much less modern steel..
Yeah but were talking prehistory people, not modern day. Plus megafauna shrugs off most spears and most of the time spears were used as a tool to wear them down before they bled to death. The original hunting style humans had was to run an animal to exhaustion during the middle of the day, the spears just help that along. Main problem with kangaroos is they have incredible reach to kick the shit out of you and theyre fast as fuck. If you dont cripple it or kill it instantly from a safe distance your dinner is gonna run off on you. Youre just not going to get that with a spear, hence why aboriginal australians invented these specialised tools.
Who assumed prehistory?
Prehistorically, spears were not disposable; they took time and resources to make, and were therefore used most often as a finishing tool after a chase-style hunt. The Khoisan of Namibia still use this technique.
In the case of the hunting of megafauna, no one person would pursue them alone; it was a group effort sometimes involving multiple villages and tribes for mutual benefit. Spears were not used long in areas containing megafauna before the atlatl or throwing board was developed, which allowed one hunter to send a 7-foot shaft clean through animals such as elk, while mammoths were trapped and crushed with rocks in valley bottlenecks, among other ways.
Every single people that ever existed has some variation of the throwing stick; the aboriginal Australians did not invent the idea, theirs are just heavier and more purpose-built for Australian use.
I love this.
AND DOUG!
Video games have taught me it should still come back to me after hitting said flock correct? Lol
Indeed. Life lessons from video games. Sound reasoning. Next stop, GTA
Important question, how often have you seen people throw boomerangs at stuff?
I watched this guy before I posted just to be sure it was at least one!
He’s a lovely honest sounding fella tbh, whether it supports my comment or not I’ve no idea
Not true. There were two types. There were some that were essentially a heavy flying hockey stick. They generated very high forces as they whipped around but went in a straight line. Those were for hunting but also used in warfare.
The other type is the classic shape we typically call a boomerang. They are lighter, and they do return. Actually to say they “return” is misleading. They actually have a circular flight path, which (with practice) can end at the thrower.
In any case, these wooden boomerangs had two uses. They were toys, especially for children, and played with much like frisbees. But they were also used to hunt. People would hang nets between trees, spook some birds and then use the boomerang’s flightpath to chase the birds into the nets.
The thicker wooden ones.
The ones used in hunting are those with a short and long arm. They're shaped such that they can hover for dozens and dozens of meters on a good throw, unlike normal sticks.
Basically, instead of throwing them in a curve, you're actually meant to throw them as straight as you can, and use their lift to increase the distance they travel.
Further, these "throwing sticks" as they were usually called wherever they were invented (multiple places over the eons), were often heavy enough to break bone on a good throw, if the target wasn't too far away.
That looks like it’s also a returning boomerang, just a different style. You can buy wooden returning boomerangs shaped just like that with designs printed on on Amazon. I think the funkier shapes are easier to throw/return though.
Are they hard to throw or something? I've never actually owned one
I made one as a teenager as a wood working project and on my 5th try I made one that came back. Had to throw at exactly a 35 deg angle and it was scary as hell to catch. I made my older brother one as well that he still has on his wall.
and on my 5th try I made one that came back
At least you're honest. Very neat!
In my experience, you have to throw them right, and you have to throw them hard. I was pretty young at the time, so it may be easier now, but you really had to huck that thing to get it to the point it would start to come back, but it did eventually happen.
My biggest issue was there is a sweet spot.. too hard and it lifts again and goes over your head. And each boomerang had a bit different throw to it. Not that hard to throw (needs to be kind of not very windy), but I overshot myself more often than not had it return to me.
You can make your own super easily! These indoor ones are easier to throw than the big "boomerang" shaped boomerangs, not least because you don't need a big field to play in
I've had. For almost 3 year i tried and tried, to no avail
When I was many decades younger my grandparents had one of the wooden ones shown in the picture. Not as fancy though. My brother and I got pretty good at throwing it and it would come back and usually try to take the one who didn't throw it out at the ankles. We did occasionally catch it and learned why the feral kid wore a glove. Safest way to catch them is to clap it between your hands as it is coming in.
Up vote for Road Warrior reference!
Also, the Feral Kid had razor blades on his.
Apparently real Australian boomerangs are designed to fly extra far away (airfoil like an airplane wing) with accuracy, not come back to you. They were made for hunting and hitting an animal with something that comes back to you is much harder than something that flies straight. Shadiveristy had a really interesting video looking at them
I told an Australian guy about non returning boomerangs, and he didn't believe me. He said "what do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back? A stick."
When I was a kid my cousin got one and we did figure out how to throw it and get it to come back. It was just a light, cheap plastic one though. You had to throw it at an angle as I remember it, and off to the side. It didn't really go out and back, it flew more of a circular'ish pattern and we still only got it to come all the way back to us a few times. But we did do it a few times.
Are you left handed? I didn't know till I was 30 that there are left and right handed boomerangs..
nope, my sibling knew about this and told me to throw it again but with a different hand and it didn’t work.
Bruh it took me 4 straight hours in a field as an adult for me to figure that shit out.
You need to try to get as much spin on it as possible, while throwing it hard, releasing it at a correct enough angle, and compensating for wind.
It sounds harder than it is, but it does take a while to get the hang of it.
It also depends on the boomerang. Plastic ones are usually only good for indoors / zero wind days.
A boomerang that doesn’t come back is called a “ stick”….just sayin…
Abandon these in place. Australia is littered with these as they cannot be thrown away.
Why don't you just throw them away?
They always come back!
Got him
I can never find mine. I checked on top of the bed, maybe I should check…Down Under
The rare “visual” dad joke.
I don't think boomerang is coming back, Toph. It looks like this is the end.
Took me too long to find A:TLA references.
I threw a boomerang once when i was 18 and it never came back
I live in constant fear
You know that thing where you stick a straw in water and it bends?
That's why I don't take baths.
Take your up vote and get out.
The first time I threw a boomerang it hit a power pole and broke
Give it to someone else... now it's their problem
dad is that you?
Feral Kid is all grown up... and telling dad jokes no less.
I have an aerobie that I’ve been hauling around for 30 yrs hahaha when you find the one that flies for you; you keep it!
Prove it. Get yourself on video throwing one that actually comes back. I made the same joke, because I literally just moved and now my neighbor has a new boomerang. I havent seen it since.
Sokka, get off reddit !
I threw one once that didn't return to me. Now I live in fear.
they just come back anyway
Bro, the best thing about adulting is turning childhood memorabilia into interesting art pieces.
What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back?
A stick.
Congrats on getting the most amount of chuckles.
Badumm-tzzz
I thought I forgot how to throw a boomerang, but it came back to me.
Just throw it. If it come back keep it.
Booooo!
Excuse you, but are you u/iBooYourBadPuns? No, you're not.
Do you know what they say if you love something let it go, if it comes back it was meant to be
Haha. OP think he’s punny. Lol. I agree.
**BAH DUM TSS**
https://m.imgur.com/gallery/vVkoPPU
Feel douchey commenting this in r/funny, but we for real use this term to describe the current generational cohort feeling the long term effects of the great recession.
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2012/03/15/who-are-the-boomerang-kids/
ok boomer
I see what you did there
real boomerang kid haha. Nice pun~
Levi’s sang a song…”return to sender…”
Stahp
i see some nice wall decoration...
Groan... take my upvote
Ya throw it away and the next thing you know, you’re tripping over it!
Throw and duck
Throw'em away. They'll be back.
hahahaha I get it
Use them as wall art!
I see what you did there
My favorite part of this is that for some reason you own not one but two boomerangs.
Love the dad jokes
Dont throw that away. It could kill you. Even more possible if you are standing next to a river with an exhaust blowing loudly
OP is clearly not trying.
These are incredibly easy to throw away.
They're just difficult to get rid of.
Never sharpen a boomerang.
Just fling 'em out the window.
Problem solved.
Holy shut I think I have that same boomerang! The larger one
OK BOOMER-ang.
Booooooooooooo.
Ah, single-player Frisbees...
Ok dad.
"What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back?" "A stick."
Once I threw a boomerang and forgot about it. Then it hit me.
send those to me, i'll take em.
Found dad's reddit account - I refuse to go look at post history - I know it's going to be a train-wreck. . . .
Let me guess, you're moving out to a bigger place because you just became a dad?
It's rare puns are actually funny, but this made me giggle
S H U T
Try throwing out a garbage can. They just ignore it.
Sokka screeching in the distance
Reminds me of Christopher Lee's joke.
"I got a new boomerang but I can't seem to throw the old one away."
“Boomerang, you really do come back!”
How small is your new place that those 2 items wont fit?
The two things that are impossible to throw away are boomerangs and garbage cans.
I was in the park the other day wondering, why is it that boomerangs seem bigger the longer you look at them?
And then it hit me.
I scrolled three posts passed this then burst out laughing when I finally got it... came back to say, well done.
No joke. I have the exact brown boomerang. I baught it in australia.
2000: Grandpa called
2021: Boomerang
1 great joke 2 don't every "grow out of" boomerang, that's mission failed
Aha
You could always give them away to a friend - it's a kind act, and what goes around comes around.
What do you call a boomerang that doesn’t come back? A stick. Yeah there’s a particular way you need to throw it. Grab the lower part so the top is angled away from you towards where you’re throwing it, then at a 45 degree angle throw it to the side off center with a sharp motion. It’ll fly a circle coming back at you. Assuming it’s a flying, not decorative boomerang - and it’s not a stick.
Dude, wrong sub, this belongs in r/technicallythetruth
I forgot how boomerangs worked so I just launched mine.
And then it hit me
My brother was moving out of my house where he stayed for a few years. He took down a boomerang he had on the wall and packed it into a box in the kitchen. I snuck it back onto his wall when he was in another room.
Later I told him that I debated with myself how many time I could do that before it stopped being funny. I concluded that the answer was zero times, but that wasn't going to stop me from doing it at least once.
They work the same as kids. You send them off to school, but they always come back.
Recycle them
Boooo
They just come right back!
That's what She said!
When I finally learned how to throw a boomerang it got stuck in a tree.
So I guess I didn’t learn it correctly
Ah I see this joke is coming back around
Give them to me, I'll return them every now and again.
Reminds me of the old joke:
I'm was thinking of buying a new boomerang, but I'm having trouble getting rid of the old one.
WHEN YOU POST CRINGE
I always buy my boomerangs on Amazon for the return policy.
If you want your boomerang to come back, don't buy one that was made in China like the one in the picture
Just aim for something
Huh. Weird coincidence. Last night I dreamed that I had a giant bladed boomerang like an anime action hero, and then after I threw it I realized I didn’t know how to catch it and had to run away like an idiot to avoid getting my legs chopped.
😆 🤣
They don't take up much room ....
Not hard to throw, just hard to get rid of!
Shut up. Just fuckin’ shut up okay.
Costco will def take those.
you sir, are a bad man.
Boomerangs don't come back at all, but with practice you can learn to throw one at yourself.
If you don’t like this joke I’m sure you’ll come around to it.
I have that same exact wooden boomerang
Well.. the things you cling to define you… so. 😆
this made me sad
This guy is a dad.
Has anyone actually been able to successfully throw a boomerang and have it come back? Cause like I have never been able too when I've gotten my hands on any type.
It took me way longer than it should have to get that joke.
I would leave it, next person will be like “awesome a boomerang!” Then they’ll have to make the same decision on their move out day. Or their loved ones might find and think their relative was in to boomerangs. Just some thoughts
Throw it away. If it comes back to you it's yours, if it doesn't it was never meant to be.
Oh just place them down. They HATE being placed.
Throw them all
Bull, those can be stored literally anywhere!
I tried to throw a yo-yo away. It was fucking impossible.
Dad?
That is a good one
Nah i threw one of those when i was a kid and it didn't come back. It hit a homelesman instead
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