How stupid is THIS guy? Exploding paperweight costs teacher his hand
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Hah! Darwinism in action. Or that fly had a heap of good karma. Hopefully none of the kids were hurt.
I'm betting it was only the primer. I have to imagine a fully charged 40 mm round would do a lot more damage.
I'm betting it was only the primer. I have to imagine a fully charged 40 mm round would do a lot more damage.
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man that sucks. i'm glad no one else got hurt.
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Well at least no one here tried to swat anything with it......
http://www.canoe.ca/WesternTicker/CANOE-wire.ODDITY-Thrifty-Shell.html
Anonymous donor gives unexploded anti-aircraft shell to Manitoba thrift store
ALTONA, Man. (CP) -- Police are trying to track down the person who donated an unexploded anti-aircraft shell to a thrift store in southern Manitoba.
The shell, which was described as 1950s-era antique, was dropped off at the business overnight on April 1, along with several other items.
The store manager alerted local police in the morning. Altona Police Chief Glen Robinson said they called the military as soon as they realized what they were dealing with.
"We contacted the Canadian Armed Forces, and they sent a team of bomb ordnance personnel out, and they retrieved the ordnance and took it back to Winnipeg to detonate," explained Robinson.
He added that the shell was quite large.
"The base would have been three inches," said Robinson. "It would have been over a foot tall, and still had the shell intact in it. And who knows what could have happened? It would have been dangerous to keep."
Robinson said the primer on the round had been fired, but the end of it was still intact.
Robinson said someone was likely keeping the shell as a souvenir without realizing how potentially dangerous it was.
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http://www.canoe.ca/WesternTicker/CANOE-wire.ODDITY-Thrifty-Shell.html
Anonymous donor gives unexploded anti-aircraft shell to Manitoba thrift store
ALTONA, Man. (CP) -- Police are trying to track down the person who donated an unexploded anti-aircraft shell to a thrift store in southern Manitoba.
The shell, which was described as 1950s-era antique, was dropped off at the business overnight on April 1, along with several other items.
The store manager alerted local police in the morning. Altona Police Chief Glen Robinson said they called the military as soon as they realized what they were dealing with.
"We contacted the Canadian Armed Forces, and they sent a team of bomb ordnance personnel out, and they retrieved the ordnance and took it back to Winnipeg to detonate," explained Robinson.
He added that the shell was quite large.
"The base would have been three inches," said Robinson. "It would have been over a foot tall, and still had the shell intact in it. And who knows what could have happened? It would have been dangerous to keep."
Robinson said the primer on the round had been fired, but the end of it was still intact.
Robinson said someone was likely keeping the shell as a souvenir without realizing how potentially dangerous it was.
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How does one miss an item like that amongst their junk?
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Hey! Thats MY word! AND, you spelled it wrong..
edu-ma-cate
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -cat·ed; -cat·ing
Etymology: Middle English slang, from Latin educatus, mangled past participle of educare to rear, educate, from educere to lead forth -- more at EDUCE
transitive senses, variant of education originated in Canadian Military trades.
1 : to provide learning based on the obvious
2 : to develop mentally, morally, or aesthetically by instruction or implied insult
3 : to persuade or condition to feel, believe, or act in a desired way to make them less stupid
intransitive senses : to edumacate a person or thing
synonym see DUN LEARNED or INSTRUCTAMACATED
edu-ma-cate
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -cat·ed; -cat·ing
Etymology: Middle English slang, from Latin educatus, mangled past participle of educare to rear, educate, from educere to lead forth -- more at EDUCE
transitive senses, variant of education originated in Canadian Military trades.
1 : to provide learning based on the obvious
2 : to develop mentally, morally, or aesthetically by instruction or implied insult
3 : to persuade or condition to feel, believe, or act in a desired way to make them less stupid
intransitive senses : to edumacate a person or thing
synonym see DUN LEARNED or INSTRUCTAMACATED
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