WORLD WAR II

It's not totally over in Florida.

Key Quote: "I hit a bump and that's about the time I realized moving the grenade wasn't the brightest thing to do."

(Thanks to Crash)

Comments

[Circuit7]

We seem to have maxed out their server all trying to read it at once.

[Wench Lizzy]

Aw, dad. But I want to play with bombs!

[Elon Weintraub]

Afraid so, circuit.

[wickedwitch]

nah, Circuit7, it was the grenade.

[will]

"We told him he could find jewelry and things like that, but he couldn't play with bombs," Chris Mathis said.
Man, parents never let you have any fun.

[Not my usual alias]

But if Fidel is successful in crossing the water, don't we want to have ready access to munitions to defend ourselves?

Oh, yeah. Florida. There's more than enough firepower out and about to hold off just about anything.

I wonder what the housing complex used to be in past times that there was an unexploded grenade on the grounds.

[estrogen centrale]

Too bad that the dad gave it to the Air Force gents, as there is a reality show contestant living on the east coast of his state that so deserves it shoved up his...

[DeskDiva]

...cannon, ec?

[Phil]

This was almost the first father-son Darwin Award ever!!!

[estrogen centrale]

I don't watch the show. So, I don't know have a clue whether he's well-endowed or not... and could care less about the schmuck anyway.

Oh, and I finally replied to your e-mail, DD. Sorry, wasn't paying attention.

[Morgana]

Reminds me of the signs at airport security with a big picture of a bomb crossed off. I used to think they were silly but perhaps not.

[Wench Lizzy]

Alias, if Fidel came over on a boat the Cubans would probably rip off his arms and beat him to death before America could save him from them. And I'm not saying that's a bad thing.

[Texgal]

Estrogen's got the right idea. They missed the perfect opportunity to take care of two problems at once.

[Kathybear]

The weirdness magnet just brought the grenade to the surface. What were 8 year olds doing out with a metal detector? I thought that was an old man thing....

[Annie Where-but-here]

Kathybear - they stole it off some old retired dude.

[Joben]

Kathy are you kidding? It would take threat of physical violence to keep your average 8 year old boy away from a metal detector.

...why the heck did the father stop them from putting it in a bucket of water? that was an excelent idea. It probably wouldnt have defused it, but it would have limited the blast damage. (ref. Mythbusters)

Driving around holding it out the window of a car is about 1 step up from the darwin award winner who tried to disasemble one with power tools.

[JEC666]

No Darwin winners here. The one potential candidate already spawned.

[Sarah J]

my little brother (he's 11) has a metal detector. Unfortunately his favorite thing to do with it is scan his sisters' backs for bra closures.

[Texgal]

Sarah, that was probably the original intended use of the gadgets.