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Title: UXB
Post by: Snoopy on June 06, 2008, 05:05:58 PM
 scared2: That's a big b*gger! Wonder how many more they'll find twixt now and the Olympics

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23490947-details/Second+World+War+bomb+which+caused+commuter+chaos+has+been+diffused/article.do
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: Nick on June 06, 2008, 05:06:49 PM
diffused or defused?

QUite different noooo:
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: Snoopy on June 06, 2008, 05:09:34 PM
We know ..... and had I changed the link to correct it then it would not have worked.  Banghead
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: TG on June 06, 2008, 05:50:14 PM
We could load that on the VP lancaster & take the bugger back!  cussing:
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: TG on June 06, 2008, 05:55:28 PM
It started to tick ( scared2:) and ooze liquid when experts tried to disarm it.

One Royal Engineer was sent back repeatedly to the ticking device to 'freeze it' by pouring a salt solution on to it. He used a powerful magnet to stop its timer.


Sent? What happenned to volunteering?  eeek:
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: TG on June 06, 2008, 05:59:51 PM
Maria Donald, a 30-year-old trainee fitness instructor, was distraught because she was going to miss a key test for her fitness diploma.

Stupid, brain dead, petty minded, vacuous tart!  Banghead

They should have left it there just for you. Docile bint.   angry041:
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: Barman on June 06, 2008, 06:00:55 PM
We could load that on the VP lancaster & take the bugger back!  cussing:
Dresden or Schweinfurt?  rubschin:
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: TG on June 06, 2008, 06:14:45 PM
I keep re-reading this and finding nuggets that wind me up just nicely.

Lynn Lambart, a 47-year-old secretary from Basildon, said: 'Today I got the 9.15. You couldn’t get a seat for love nor money, people were squished (eyes:) right up against each other.'

So fcuking what? They find a massive bomb that starts TICKING ffs, that people are risking thier lives to sort out and all you can whinge about is you couldnt get a seat on a fcuking train!

Hitler won the war.  surrender:

Title: Re: UXB
Post by: Barman on June 06, 2008, 06:17:41 PM
I keep re-reading this and finding nuggets that wind me up just nicely.

Lynn Lambart, a 47-year-old secretary from Basildon, said: 'Today I got the 9.15. You couldn’t get a seat for love nor money, people were squished (eyes:) right up against each other.'

So fcuking what? They find a massive bomb that starts TICKING ffs, that people are risking thier lives to sort out and all you can whinge about is you couldnt get a seat on a fcuking train!

Hitler won the war.  surrender:


After spending some time on this site (http://www.thirdreichruins.com/index.htm) I'm not quite sure why he didn't...  noooo:

Apart from being a nutter obviously...
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: TG on June 06, 2008, 06:21:50 PM
 angry041: Banghead Angry9:

If he came back now we would be well & truly fucked.  noooo:
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: Barman on June 06, 2008, 06:22:40 PM
angry041: Banghead Angry9:

If he came back now we would be well & truly fucked.  noooo:
Indeed... Mind you, I have blonde hair...  whistle:
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: TG on June 06, 2008, 06:24:44 PM
angry041: Banghead Angry9:

If he came back now we would be well & truly fucked.  noooo:
Indeed... Mind you, I have blonde hair...  whistle:

Yes but.........No. I shall leave that to others.  whistle:
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: Barman on June 06, 2008, 06:26:34 PM
angry041: Banghead Angry9:

If he came back now we would be well & truly fucked.  noooo:
Indeed... Mind you, I have blonde hair...  whistle:

Yes but.........No. I shall leave that to others.  whistle:
Ahem... moving on...

Amazing technology... Imagine building something you could drop from an hairyplane and would still tick after being buried for sixy years...  noooo:
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: Snoopy on June 06, 2008, 06:26:50 PM
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 Mrs S#2 is Jewish
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: Barman on June 06, 2008, 06:27:24 PM
I have blue eyes
You 'n me are safe then...  whistle:
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: Snoopy on June 06, 2008, 06:29:34 PM
I have blue eyes
You 'n me are safe then...  whistle:

 rubschin: Should I inform on her then?
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: TG on June 06, 2008, 06:29:58 PM
angry041: Banghead Angry9:

If he came back now we would be well & truly fucked.  noooo:
Indeed... Mind you, I have blonde hair...  whistle:

Yes but.........No. I shall leave that to others.  whistle:
Ahem... moving on...

Amazing technology... Imagine building something you could drop from an hairyplane and would still tick after being buried for sixy years...  noooo:

German engineering innit. Well know factoid. Built to last. Like Auschwitz.
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: TG on June 06, 2008, 06:31:01 PM
I shall inform on both of you foreigners.  whistle:
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: Snoopy on June 06, 2008, 06:31:54 PM
Oh no you won't. I am pure Anglo Saxon (well almost)
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: Barman on June 06, 2008, 06:32:08 PM
I have blue eyes
You 'n me are safe then...  whistle:

 rubschin: Should I inform on her then?
I think it would be best...  whistle:
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: Barman on June 06, 2008, 06:32:39 PM
I shall inform on both of you foreigners.  whistle:
Your name will also go on ze list....  cussing:
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: TG on June 06, 2008, 06:37:51 PM
Oh no you won't. I am pure Anglo Saxon (well almost)

What about the nose? It protudes a bit and its wet. Camping holiday for you methinks.  rubschin:
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: TG on June 07, 2008, 05:43:46 AM
Still works.  happy088

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7441356.stm
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: Snoopy on June 07, 2008, 05:47:00 AM
 happ096
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: Barman on June 07, 2008, 05:55:05 AM
Still works.  happy088

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7441356.stm
I love the voice-over "the moment the bomb was finally made safe"  happy001
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: Uncle Mort on June 07, 2008, 02:17:32 PM
Still works.  happy088

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7441356.stm

No that was a modern demolition charge. If 2000lbs of high explosive had gone off it would have been a much bigger bang.
Title: Re: UXB
Post by: TG on June 07, 2008, 02:24:25 PM
Still works.  happy088

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7441356.stm

No that was a modern demolition charge. If 2000lbs of high explosive had gone off it would have been a much bigger bang.

Spoilsport!  confused: