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Garden ornament turns out to be live bomb (www.bbc.com)

submitted 8 months ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Tests proved it was live, but with only a tiny amount of charge

Even the BBC resorts to clickbait nowadays smh

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 30 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The EOD team assessed the item and determined it to be a 64lb naval projectile

Even a tiny amount of explosive can result in a big bang, and certainly hurt someone. If this is a 64 pound projectile, then there has to be a few pounds left even if it was just a tiny amount.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Live and tiny amount likely means it has a fuse that is potentially live.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

still probably best not to bang it with your trowel

[–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's what got me. A bouncy 7 mile ride back to home. 2 world wars. Regular trowel cleaning. A paint job in 1982. And set in concrete, which EOD had to remove it from. What a ride, for the shell and the reader. Whew!

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

and it finally went out with the bang it was designed for, without hurting anyone! going out with style

[–] IonAddis@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This article is worth reading just for the perfect quotes from the couple. I'm American and can still hear the accent they're said in.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago

I read all of the family’s quotes in Grampa Simpson’s voice.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago

The owner tried to tell them, but they hadn't brought their translator

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Quit a conversation piece in the garden

[–] vinceman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago

Aw, almost feel sorry for the bomb lol.