Still Waters Posted February 3, 2019 #1 Share Posted February 3, 2019 A German First World War hand grenade was found in a shipment of French potatoes imported for a Hong Kong crisp factory. The bomb, measuring 8cm (3ins) wide and weighing about 1kg (2lb), was blown up in a controlled explosion following its discovery at the Calbee snack making plant. The bomb is thought to have been left in a trench during the Great War and accidentally harvested with potatoes a century later. https://news.sky.com/story/wwi-hand-grenade-found-in-french-potato-cargo-for-crisp-factory-11626963 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John n b Posted February 4, 2019 #2 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Bangers and mash anyone. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habitat Posted February 4, 2019 #3 Share Posted February 4, 2019 10 minutes ago, John n b said: Bangers and mash anyone. Funny ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auntyseptic Posted February 4, 2019 #4 Share Posted February 4, 2019 (edited) Them potatoes narrowly escaped becoming French fries. Edited February 4, 2019 by Cat_From_Hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Walt' E. Kurtz Posted February 4, 2019 #5 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Thats one hot potatoe. They constantly dig up unexploded ordnance from both world wars nothing new. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWoo7 Posted February 4, 2019 #6 Share Posted February 4, 2019 (edited) WHEW/PHEW! Good thing the shipment wasn't sent to North Korea . . . one can only imagine the title to that story. Edited February 4, 2019 by MWoo7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habitat Posted February 4, 2019 #7 Share Posted February 4, 2019 During WW1 in France, long tunnels were sometimes dug under enemy installations for the purpose of setting off "mines" consisting of many tons of explosives. One such mine failed to detonate, when the switch was thrown. It was decided not to re-enter the tunnel, out of fear that it might trigger the charge and kill the "sappers". So it remained in place, till a severe thunderstorm in the 1950's was enough to set it off, killing a number of cattle, but no people. Dare I say, a "blast from the past" ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John n b Posted February 5, 2019 #8 Share Posted February 5, 2019 19 hours ago, Habitat said: During WW1 in France, long tunnels were sometimes dug under enemy installations for the purpose of setting off "mines" consisting of many tons of explosives. One such mine failed to detonate, when the switch was thrown. It was decided not to re-enter the tunnel, out of fear that it might trigger the charge and kill the "sappers". So it remained in place, till a severe thunderstorm in the 1950's was enough to set it off, killing a number of cattle, but no people. Dare I say, a "blast from the past" ? I may be wrong, but I'm sure there's still another tunnel thats packed with explosives that didn't detonate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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