Man, I'm just so glad for you that the thermos wasn't lying on its side and there wasn't someone standing nearby!!
Here's what you do......
Contact the JAG (military law) Office; apply for a patent; approach the military brass with this new weapon design for use with Homeland Security; make buckets of do-re-mi; retire with DH and start the largest quilt store cum quilt retreat business in the midwest!!
Jan in VA