Britain on alert for deadly new knife

Daily Mail ^ | 7/17/08 | Staff

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Britain on alert for deadly new knife with exploding tip that freezes victims' organs

Senior police officers have been warned to look out for a new knife which can inject a ball of compressed gas into its victim that instantly freezes internal organs.

The 'wasp knife', which can deliver a ball of compressed gas capable of killing its victim at the press of a button, may be heading for Britain, the Metropolitan Police fear.

A needle in the tip of the blade shoots out the frozen ball of gas which instantly balloons to the size of a basketball, freezing organs.

The Metropolitan Police have told colleagues in the West Midlands to be on the lookout for the blade, which is designed to kill sharks and bears.

Police are concerned that the £200 weapon could fall into the wrong hands.

The American-made weapon is sold to hunters and divers and injects the frozen gas when the small handle-mounted trigger is pressed.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

The latest in the wave of British knife crime hysteria, look for plastic butter knives to be the only legally available knives soon.

[CarrotAndStick]

Where can one get one of these? Any websites?

[driftdiver]

Perhaps they should ban murder?

[Celerity]

Plastic butter knives can be easily “whisked through metal detectors” and kill thousands, if not -millions- of the Queen’s Subjects.

Do the english still spell it “Hysteria” or “Histeria” ?

[Brilliant]

Britain is such a joke.

They are on alert for the knife when they should be on alert for the perps.

[CholeraJoe]

I want one! I’ve got a few kittens and raccoons I need to try it out on.

[RepoGirl]

And not even plastic butter knives -- they can make a small scratch in the epidermis that could possibly become infected. Or-- if you break them in half, they can deliver quite a nasty poke.

We must ban all danger!

[XR7]

Police are concerned that the £200 weapon could fall into the wrong hands.

At 200 lbs., there are very few hands that could handle it. :)

[massgopguy]

But can it deflect a bullet using an ultra strong miniature electro magnet?

[G.Mason]

They never tell the junior police officers anything.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Make it illegal.

[Erik Latranyi]

Do the english still spell it “Hysteria” or “Histeria” ?

Neither....since they have all, including the men, had hysterectomies!

[Doohickey]

Wouldn’t that make the UK like the world’s largest airport?

[Daffynition]

They could start looking here ... a place you'd hardly expect. ;-D

[RepoGirl]

Only when coupled with a paperclip — but lets consult MacGuyver!

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Where can one get one of these? Any websites?

http://www.waspknife.com/

[Tennessee_Bob]

Look out! He’s got a spork!!!!

[G.Mason]

Go for it!

[NewCenturions]

PLASTIC knives...shudder!!! Do you know how large a carbon footprint PLASTICS leave?!! Oh the Horror!

[johnandrhonda]

from a technical standpoint, this is nonsense. No small compressed gas cylinder is going to hold enough gas under high enough pressure to freeze anything. Releasing the gas will do plenty of harm, but not because of any freezing effect. I swear, don't they teach science in school anymore? Don't publications have editors anymore?