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No Joke: NJ Mom Collects 'Silly String' for Iraq Troops ["If the string falls to the ground....]
KYW.COM ^

Posted on 11/10/2006 4:12:45 PM PST by Sub-Driver

No Joke: NJ Mom Collects 'Silly String' for Iraq Troops

by KYW's David Madden

A Camden County, NJ woman is working on a plan to send cans of the children's aerosol toy "Silly String" to troops in Iraq.

Stress relief? Hardly.

Marcelle Shriver’s son has been in Iraq for a month now. She says Army and Marine units spray the string through the doorways of buildings before entering them -- to make sure there are no bombs inside:

"If the string falls to the ground, there are no trip wires. If the string hangs in mid-air, then they can see that there’s a wire and they do not go in until they can dismantle it."

And he wants more. She’s gathered two cases of the string so far, and $140 to help in shipping. She needs more of both.

Donations are being taken at St. Luke’s Church in Stratford, NJ, and at Our Lady of Grace in Somerdale.

(Excerpt) Read more at kyw1060.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: sillystring; supportourtroops
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creative.
1 posted on 11/10/2006 4:12:46 PM PST by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

Very clever!


2 posted on 11/10/2006 4:13:46 PM PST by KoRn
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To: Sub-Driver

Jon Carry would never believe the ingenuity!


3 posted on 11/10/2006 4:14:48 PM PST by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: Sub-Driver

Brilliant. Simply brilliant.


4 posted on 11/10/2006 4:15:22 PM PST by Jaysun (Let's not ruin this moment with words.)
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To: Sub-Driver

brilliant, and far more effective than our congress


5 posted on 11/10/2006 4:15:57 PM PST by Cinnamon
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To: Pan_Yan

Ping


6 posted on 11/10/2006 4:16:20 PM PST by Pan_Yans Wife
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To: Pan_Yans Wife

Yankee ingenuity


7 posted on 11/10/2006 4:17:23 PM PST by daku ("Behold this creature that walks like a man. It wants ketchup on its hot dog.")
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To: Pan_Yans Wife

Now, lets hope that someone does not come up with a new anti-tripwire string that costs $100 a can and sell it to the military.


8 posted on 11/10/2006 4:19:00 PM PST by Kev from Ohio
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To: Sub-Driver

Ah, something else to add to my troop Christmas package. What a great idea!


9 posted on 11/10/2006 4:19:50 PM PST by Rte66
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To: Sub-Driver

Sounds like stress relief to me.


10 posted on 11/10/2006 4:20:31 PM PST by usmcobra (I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese, that why I don't sing.)
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To: Sub-Driver

I see a major congressional investigation looming-"Why aren't our troops being supplied with the proper equipment?"


11 posted on 11/10/2006 4:20:56 PM PST by fat city (What part of cognitive dissonance don't you understand?)
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To: Sub-Driver

What a slick use for the stuff. And, I suppose, if they hear a funny sound from inside the building, they can light the silly string and use the can as a flamethrower!


12 posted on 11/10/2006 4:21:03 PM PST by Redcloak (Speak softly and wear a loud shirt.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Smart mom...why didn't the brass think of this first?


13 posted on 11/10/2006 4:21:08 PM PST by meandog (This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!)
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To: Sub-Driver

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/04/military_application.html


14 posted on 11/10/2006 4:22:11 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Fight Crime. Shoot back.)
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To: Rte66

rather cool. I'm going to have my sister's cub scout troop go collect 'em and ship them off.


15 posted on 11/10/2006 4:23:22 PM PST by Sub-Driver (Proud member of the Republican wing of the Republican Party)
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To: Pan_Yans Wife

Wow, now that's really something. When I first read this, I figured it was a joke or something.


16 posted on 11/10/2006 4:23:28 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("A litany of complaints is not a plan." - GW Bush, referring to DNC's lack of a platform on ANYTHING)
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To: meandog

Front-line troops are more creative. We have learned a ton about urban warfare in this environment.


17 posted on 11/10/2006 4:24:19 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Sub-Driver

bump for bookmark


18 posted on 11/10/2006 4:25:28 PM PST by rit
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To: daku

Spiderman serving in the WOT?


19 posted on 11/10/2006 4:26:54 PM PST by Always Independent
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To: meandog
why didn't the brass think of this first?

Well... because the brass weren't the ones with the problem.

20 posted on 11/10/2006 4:28:27 PM PST by Ramius
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