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Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch Provokes Bomb Scare
Bomb disposal teams were called in and a nearby pub evacuated after water company engineers mistook a Monty Python film prop for a hand grenade. After nearly an hour of examination by bomb experts, they counted to three. No more. No less. Three was the number they counted, and the number they counted was three. Four they did not count, nor two, except to proceed to three. Five was right out. Once the number three had been reached, being the third number, they declared that the grenade was actually a copy of the "Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch" used in the film Monty Python And The Holy Grail. A police spokeswoman confirmed that the device was a toy and that it had been no danger to the public.
What a bunch of whiny little bitches. I bet they'd have been whining pretty loudly if the cops were faster but didn't a thorough job of it.
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next to the den of a rabbit with big scary teeth?
Run away!!
"I'm going to f***ing bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to f***ing kill Google"
I can't believe that Wikipedia already has the blurb about the bomb scare in London. Do they have _nothing_ else to do?
Once I was a four stone apology. Now I am two separate gorillas.
I have an albatross for sale...
Some people are only alive because it's against the law for me to hunt them down and kill them.
I liked how Worms had the holy hand grenade with the "hallelujah" chanting right before it explodes.
Britain will be calling in help from Boston's bomb technicians to confirm the grenade is disarmed.
Congraultions, UK, you just made Boston's cops look like a paragon of sanity!
... the Lord did grin.
Of course no-one was in danger. No-one took out the Holy Pin.
'If Christ had tweeted the sermon on the mount, it might have lasted until nightfall.' - John Perry Barlow
sadly they missed the animator at the end of the bar who died from a heart attack
wonder what they'll do when they a bunny
i call BULLSHIT on this story because nobody would mistake that for a real hand grenade i think the truth is more likely that they found a real grenade but dont want nobody to get afraid
when they see a bunny dude -- typos suck. Go get yourself a shrubbery.
You would get more than a spanking and might wind up looking like the Black Knight.
Knowledge is how to play a game, intelligence is how to win, wisdom is knowing what game to play.
"If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them."
I stand corrected. "...nasty, sharp, pointy teeth." it is.
Britain will be calling in help from Boston's bomb technicians to confirm the grenade is disarmed.
But it's a HOLY hand grenade. That implies the explosion may be miraculous. Which means normal tests for whether it's armed and normal disarmament techniques may not work.
You need a priest to handle this. (If it were an UNholy hand grenade you'd need an exorcist.)
Bantam Dominique roosters crow a four-note song. Once you've heard it as "Happy BIRTHday" you can't NOT hear it that way
It's a good thing the bartender didn't bring out the Chambord Liqueur.
They'd have decided he had an arsenal and he'd still be closed.
Bantam Dominique roosters crow a four-note song. Once you've heard it as "Happy BIRTHday" you can't NOT hear it that way
Okay, now I see.
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"Okay, now I."
I'm Peggy.
So much for my plan to make a real bomb in one of those toys...
upon the advice of my lawyer, i have no sig at this time
Then they'll know how is babby fucking formed. Typo - usually means I typed one letter out of place - like kat. Leaving out entire bits of a complete sentence? GOPriceless.
Okay, now I see.
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Now we see the violence that's inherent in the system!!!
> The ultimate comeuppence would have been if, after disposing of the dangerous prop, they *were* attacked by a killer bunny.
Jimmy Carter should carry a Holy Hand Grenade with him at all times.
No they didn't.
They were playing slightly safer than they needed to. After confirming that everything was safe they laughed about it and didn't slam anyone with a trumped up charge to justify their hysteria.
Hell, it took them an hour and everything was back to normal.
But it's only a fleshwound!
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This past September they had to evacuate a Philadelphia Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park because someone confused a fucking hot dog wrapper for a bomb.
Our government, schools, media, and society as a whole train us to be paranoid and live in fear, to dumb us down. Not to sound like a conspiracy nut but this is the world that we occupy.
http://cbs3.com/topstories/Philadelphia.Phillies.Citizens.2.824722.html
http://www.nj.com/phillies/index.ssf/2008/09/hot_dogs_create_bomb_scare_at.html
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Hot-dogs-cause-a-delicious-bomb-scare-before-Phi?urn=mlb,110486
Help! Help! I'm being repressed!
The presence of an unused Holy Hand Grenade only means one thing. The Killer Rabbits have developed immunity. God have mercy on all our souls.
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Goes great on ice. :)
We all know that Red Blinky numbers are the favourite of terrorists the world over.
RS
Shoes for Industry. Shoes for the Dead.
Wow, if you think he's a psychopath, it's you who really needs to see a psychiatrist, since psychopathy is a brain disorder and psychiatry can't help them.
Seriously.
What a bunch of whiny little bitches. I bet they'd have been whining pretty loudly if the cops were faster but didn't a thorough job of it.
... sort of like the author of the PP.
I bet they'd have been whining pretty loudly if the cops were faster but didn't do a thorough job of it.
There, fixed that for you.
. . . the Spanish Inquisition!
"Our two main weapons are fear surprise, and the Holy Hand Grenade . . . oh, wait . . ."
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
But he says he's not dead!
The only thing more hilarious than a Python quote, is a string of Python quotes placed together seemingly at random.
For large sets, this will be our guide even unto death, for the LORD will work for each type of data it is applied to...
But.....I got better!
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I've seen where this is leading:
"We detected a large amount of liquid on your person."
"Yeah, I drank a liter of Mountain Dew before I had to wait in this long line."
"Could you come with us, please?"
"The only legitimate use of a computer is to play games." - Eugene Jarvis
I want one now. My penchant for silliness will not be denied!
"The only legitimate use of a computer is to play games." - Eugene Jarvis
Actually, the HHG0A was ideal. Sucker the bomb squad in, make them think it's a false alarm and then kill them as they stand around the HHGOA laughing.
Years ago, there was a mass casualty drill at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. Near the end of the drill, someone put a large bag in the decon area. I don't know if this was something the Feds did as part of the drill or if someone just left a bag in the wrong place.
Someone attempted to declare an emergency and cordon off the area. By that point, most people were exhausted and sick of the drill--and they simply ignored the cordon. The drill fell apart at that point. They "knew" it wasn't a bomb.
I was cold, soaked from d-con and only wearing a pair of swim trunks when I walked past the suspicious bag. I remember thinking that if someone had wanted to kill a whole lot of EMS, police and fire (even most of the victims were off-duty public safety), a bomb in that bag would have done it. And at that point, I didn't care.
That's exactly the sort of stuff that gets you hurt or killed.
I'm in a new line of work now.
This sig seemed like a good idea at the time....
Last summer, I worked at Citizen's Bank Park, home of the Philadelphia Phillies. At some point either late in the season or early in the playoffs, the entire facility was evacuated, fans, employees, everything, due to a suspicious package found outside main warehouse gates. Two hours later, after a horrible evacuation drill and horrible management of the situation, we were allowed back inside. The Culprit? A hot-dog carrier the concession vendors use had been left outside on the ground by the employee entrance to the warehouse.
I think is pretty damned self-centred of the bar keeper that he thought his bar was on par with strategic bomb targets a terrorist might have. Weeks spent secretly preparing a cleverly disquised powerful explosive in order to blow up a bar in the middle of nowhere... Riiiiight.
A friend of mine recently bought a boxful of these Monty Python souvenir props, and plans to ...uhh, "distribute" them in bars, libraries and schools all over the city.
News at 11 tomorrow.
Woosh
No... Whoosh
there- corrected it for ya (and for the TP)
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Of the people who have won the medal of honor in the last ten years, most of them got them for throwing themselves on grenades. Close combat is still very real.
I want one...