Dynamite Bundle

DYNAMITE BUNDLE. (See also, DYNAMITE STICK) In the pursuit of explosive destruction, the provision of a dynamite stick is a well-advised first step. Should one find a single dynamite stick inadequate to the task, then the addition of further dynamite sticks, bundled together, should suffice. More sticks can be added until the desired explosive power is achieved. There is a degree of technique in this, as general consensus deems it of absolute necessity to remove oneself from the blast radius before detonation - a radius that can vary unpredictably as sticks are added to the bundle. Dynamite bundles were often used to great effect by railroad work gangs. The most memorable member of which was one Phineas Gage, who improbably survived a close encounter with a dynamite bundle, and lived the remainder of his life with an iron tamping rod lodged in his skull.