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Explosives Camp

Posted by samzenpus on from the if-you-love-something-blow-it-up dept.

theodp writes "How about a summer camp where you get in trouble for not blowing things up? Students with a passion for all things explosive and proof of US citizenship pay a $450 fee to attend Summer Explosives Camp, 'We try to give them an absolute smorgasbord of explosives,' quipped a professor at the University of Missouri-Rolla, which offers a minor in explosives engineering. Here's the brochure (PDF), kids!"

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  1. April fools day by ghoul · · Score: 5, Funny

    The application deadline is on April Fool's day? Isnt that a blast?

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  2. Only applicants with a lisp need apply... by DorkusMasterus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obviouthly it's a technical thchool and not anything near the ivy leagueths... The brothure acthually stateth that the deadline for applicanth is April 1th.

    Yes. The 1th.

    Not the 1st. Becauth they're not that type of inthituthun. Dammit, Jim, they're miners, not phythithiths!

  3. Re:Why US citizenship? by jd · · Score: 5, Funny

    Stop. Think. A Briton is in America, wanting American citizens - and only American citizens - to play with extremely dangerous explosives. There can be only one explanation. Revenge for The A-Team and Knight Rider.

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  4. Re:Safety isn't first by Rorschach1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    To be fair, the building from the middle east was in the country illegally anyway.