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Fire Extinguisher Balls

Posted by michael on from the slow-pitch dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes "The Far Eastern Economic Review has this article about a Thai inventor who has come up with throwable fire extinguisher balls. You just toss them into the fire, or place them in high risk areas, and - boom - they explode from the heat and spew various fire-retardants all over the place. According to the article, they will soon be on sale in Thailand's 7-Eleven stores and are being considered by US-based fire and safety supply company Tyco."

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  1. Hehe... by NanoGator · · Score: 1, Troll

    "...they explode from the heat and spew various fire-retardants all over the place..."

    That sounds like a colorful metaphor for most Slashdot articles about Microsoft. Heh.

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    "Derp de derp."
  2. Ahhh! by Nickovsky · · Score: 0, Troll

    Too easy!

  3. Threshold and Mod-ing this story... by Etrigan_696 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I take a look at this story and wonder - what threshold will I have to set to keep from seeing the really awful jokes? 12?
    The only thing that would have been worse, is if they had been shaped like penises! Penii?
    How the hell...? What kind of discussion...?
    I'm at a loss for words.