Extreme Water Pistols

Remember water pistols? I think they still sell them. Little gun-shaped plastic things you'd fill with water and shoot by squeezing a plunger/trigger thing. Some of the better ones could shoot maybe 6 feet! Some looked like ray guns and some looked awfully like the real thing.

Not any more. Not since 1982, when Nuclear Scientist Lonnie Johnson and inventor Bruce D'Andrade designed the Super Soaker, ushering in a new age for the agelessly playful. The technology of the Super Soaker is so advanced that only an animated model can explain its workings. Like this one.

So advanced, so seriously-takable is this technology that it has given rise to a new order of the militantly playful, called "Water Warriors" - where I found the manic Super Soaker illustration used in this article.

If you don't have a Super Soaker with you, and find yourself with an immediate need to simulate the experience, here's a virtual and irrefutably drier game for your immediate gratification. On the other hand, if you find yourself suddenly needing to own one, more or less immediately, try these.

Finally, for those who need to go even further, perhaps you might consider borrowing the Ultimate Water Gun.