[Libloather]

"What happens if I pull this pin?"

[ClaytonP]

Every year, the organization receives a few devices that looks like hand grenades, said Arthur Gibel, Goodwill’s executive director. Most appear to be inert and not dangerous, he said.

You don't say?

[mabarker1]

Damn! Just up the road a bit. Wish I had gotten it.

[bigbob]

It would hardly be sporting to donate a dud grenade and claim the tax deduction

[USNBandit]

There must be at least three reality tv series producers lamenting the loss of such a golden opportunity.

[Mastador1]

How come I never find the good stuff at my local Goodwill/

[Drumbo]

Couldn’t happen to a more appropriate 501(c)(3).

[trebb]

"What happens if I pull this pin?"

"It's a cigarette lighter. Hold it steady and it will take about 5 seconds for it to heat up."

[PLMerite]

“What happens if I pull this pin?”

Right after the fall of the Soviet Union there was a story about a very drunk Russian who found what he thought was a can of beer. He pulled the ring tab. It was an anti-tank grenade. Da Svedanya!

[csvset]

Here's another incident, a few months ago, in Oregon.

Grenade found in Goodwill donations bin

HILLSBORO, Ore. – Someone donated an old hand grenade to a Goodwill store in Hillsboro on Saturday, police said.

The Portland Police bomb squad responded to the Goodwill warehouse near Southwest 234th Avenue and the Tualatin Valley Highway after someone found the grenade in the donations bin Saturday morning.

Police believe someone mistakenly donated the grenade.

Hillsboro police Lt. Mike Rouches told KATU the grenade still had a pin in it, but “there was no means for it to explode. It was empty inside.”

Rouches said a member of the bomb squad told him that the device looked like a very old British hand grenade.

The warehouse portion of the Goodwill was evacuated, but the store remained open.

“People shouldn’t leave stuff like that for Goodwill,” said Rouches.

[Heart-Rest]

"What happens if I pull this pin?"

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Well, scientifically speaking, that's where the "Big Bang Theory" comes into play.