Department Of Really Bad Ideas
We here at Blue Crab Boulevard pride ourselves on being the number one Google search engine hit if you should happen to query "40mm cannon shell". We reached this pinnacle of success by bringing the world accurate and timely advice like not to use 40mm cannon shells to swat flies.
But, we never really thought we'd actually have to explain this particular item to people: It is not a good idea, at all, in any way whatsoever, to use a hammer to try to open a grenade.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - A Brazilian man died on Tuesday when he tried to open what police believe was a rocket-propelled grenade with a sledgehammer in a mechanical workshop on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.
Another man who was in the workshop at the time of the explosion was rushed to a hospital with severe burns, a police officer told Reuters. The workshop was destroyed and several cars parked outside caught fire.
So, let's just add that to our handy-dandy guide of things not to do with your spare time, shall we? Don't use 40mm cannon shells as flyswatters and don't try to hammer grenades open. (We'd recommend using a torch just as a joke, but after reading this story, we're afraid someone would actually take that advice).
Advice, Weird Stuff, World news | Gaius Wednesday, 9 August , 2006
By K T Cat, Wednesday, 9 August , 2006 @ 9:57 am
As a mathematician, I can assure you that this is no way to go about making such assertions. Without a statistically significant sample size, your claim that “hammering an RPG is dangerous” cannot be substantiated. At the very least, we need more tests. I recommend Nasrallah, several Hamas members and Achminidjad of Iran (if he wanted me to spell his name right, he’d have a shorter name) be asked to participate in this experiment.
By Blackhawk, Wednesday, 9 August , 2006 @ 9:24 pm
Ah, Darwinism at work.