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World War Two bomb kills seven in Bangkok
BBC ^
| 4/2/14
| Sunaina Gulati
Posted on 04/02/2014 7:16:14 PM PDT by fso301
A suspected World War Two bomb has exploded in a Bangkok scrap yard, killing at least seven people and injuring 19.
Workers were using a blow-torch to take the bomb apart and detonated it in the process, officials say.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bangkok; bomb; darwinaward; heyletswatchthis; thailand; theybloweduprealgood; torchbombboomduh; uxo; worldwar2; worldwarii; wwii
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To: fso301
” using a blow-torch to take the bomb apart “
It worked.
To: Squantos
Great moments in rookie EOD ping.
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posted on
04/02/2014 7:35:02 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
FWIW I have an uncle that was involved in reconstruction after WWII in France that told us stories of slicing into UOs from WWI with excavating equipment.
To: fso301
"Workers were using a blow-torch to take the bomb apart"
Whoa, there's an IQ test and a free ticket to a Darwinian competition for the award of the year.
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posted on
04/02/2014 7:36:21 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: fso301
To: fso301
It's simple math
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posted on
04/02/2014 7:37:24 PM PDT
by
OneVike
(I'm just a Christian waiting for a ride home)
To: tet68
Are Darwin Awards still given?We seem to have some candidates in Thailand.
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posted on
04/02/2014 7:37:31 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: HereInTheHeartland
using a blow-torch to take the bomb apart It worked.
The blow-torch was used to induce the bomb to take itself apart.
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posted on
04/02/2014 7:41:21 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
To: fso301
Saw the results of a Korean that tried to disarm an anti-tank mine in the middle of a village. His guts were hanging from the overhead wires. Two little kids went with him.
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posted on
04/02/2014 7:46:06 PM PDT
by
TaMoDee
(Go Pack Go! The Pack will be back in 2014!)
To: fso301
I bet that was a case of group enthusiasm thwarting common sense.
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posted on
04/02/2014 7:49:10 PM PDT
by
DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deco et Vives)
To: fso301
Hey Trong - what’s this weird oblong piece of scrap metal with fins on it?
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posted on
04/02/2014 7:56:31 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: fso301
a real “here, hold my bai, and watch this”.
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posted on
04/02/2014 7:58:01 PM PDT
by
Bulwyf
To: fso301
Apologies for the victims, but.
Bang,Bang Bangkok! http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/576460
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posted on
04/02/2014 8:00:04 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: moovova
Never take a blow torch to a bomb fight. I can hear the conversation just prior to the event, " Watsa a matta wit you knuckleheads(note they talk funny there), yous takin too long, let me shows ya hows to do it.
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posted on
04/02/2014 8:03:34 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: fso301
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes
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posted on
04/02/2014 8:03:50 PM PDT
by
VTenigma
(The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
To: fso301
George H.W. Bush’s fault.
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posted on
04/02/2014 8:06:08 PM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
(Some people meet their heroes. I raised mine. Go Army.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
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posted on
04/02/2014 8:08:14 PM PDT
by
moovova
To: fso301
And the Asian gene pool just got a few millimeters deeper.
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posted on
04/02/2014 8:10:05 PM PDT
by
Dick Bachert
(Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
To: Colonel_Flagg; fso301; All
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posted on
04/02/2014 8:29:05 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!l)
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