Ever feel like blowing up a cow with a rocket launcher?

[Wonk]

25.03.2004
By JIM EAGLES, travel editor

How would you fancy the chance to fire a rocket-launcher at a cow? Or an anti-aircraft gun at a chicken? They are among the special attractions on offer to tourists in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh.

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"These guys had everything under the sun: pistols, grenades, machineguns, anti-aircraft guns, and - of course - rocket-launchers. Asked if I got to shoot at anything, they offered me a choice of a coconut, a chicken or a cow.

"Pressing them further on price, they announced their special combo was a cow and a rocket-launcher for US$400: US$200 for each. On the bright side, you got to keep your US$200 for the cow if you missed. I settled for the machinegun and the coconut."

But if you want to take the armaments home, Somalia is the place to head for.

The Economist magazine reports that, "Brave tourists can find unusual bargains in Mogadishu. In the market a hand grenade sells for US$10, a howitzer for US$20,000." Weirder still, it also reports that Somalia, which has a Minister of Tourism, has officially not had a single tourist for 14 years.

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I'll pass.

[Dogmudgeon]

1. Easier Meat

Or, you could rent a luxury hotel room in Bangkok, Thailand, for $10 a night, and rent a 12-year-old Thai prostitute for the entire night for $5.

That is, if you're Neil Bush.

--bkl

[Pert_UK]

4. It costs more than that, I was there 12 months ago!

Errrr.......I should clarify that I only got a hotel room, not a 12 year old prostitute.....The hotel room wasn't exactly luxury but cost £13 a night.

I'll get my coat.

P.

[Superfly]

2. Do you get to keep the steaks?

Blowed-up cow is Mmmmmmm-good.

[Pert_UK]

3. A friend of a friend of mine did the cow thing.........

Apparently he claimed that he aimed to miss the cow but somehow hit it, but we are very doubtful.

To be honest, prices must have gone up - there is no way that a cow should cost that much in Cambodia.

I suppose that I should point out that blowing up cows for fun is pretty fucking sickening really, although it probably dies quicker than in an abattoir...

P.

[Wingnut357]

5. Playing with your food?

I suppose if you eat/breathe the cow vapors, or donate them to the non-hindu locals, that would be ok. They'd have steak they wouldn't otherwise have. I'd be tempted, but the price is kinda stiff.

PS: I don't hunt, or anything like that, so don't assume. I think I'd rather blow up a Buick, or maybe an accursed Kia, in retrospect.

[FeebMaster]

6. Pretty cheap.

Here in the US you'd have to pay a $200 tax just on the rocket. I don't know what cows cost here.