Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch Provokes Bomb Scare 186
Bomb disposal teams were called in and a nearby pub evacuated after water company engineers mistook a Monty Python film prop for a hand grenade. After nearly an hour of examination by bomb experts, they counted to three. No more. No less. Three was the number they counted, and the number they counted was three. Four they did not count, nor two, except to proceed to three. Five was right out. Once the number three had been reached, being the third number, they declared that the grenade was actually a copy of the "Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch" used in the film Monty Python And The Holy Grail. A police spokeswoman confirmed that the device was a toy and that it had been no danger to the public.
Run Away!! (Score:5, Funny)
Run away!!
This just in... (Score:2, Funny)
London: So Boston finally has someone to laugh at. (Score:2, Funny)
And ... (Score:5, Funny)
... the Lord did grin.
Of course no-one was in danger. No-one took out the Holy Pin.
Re:This just in... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Whiny bastards (Score:3, Funny)
So some genius thought a bright gold beanbag with a silver cross and a plastic gem on it was a bomb, because it said HOLY BOMB on it.
"Genius" must've been undead. Not like anyone else is going to be overly concerned about holy damage.
Re:Whiny bastards (Score:5, Funny)
If I were a terrorist, which I assure you I'm not, then I would disguise my weapons as toy weapons. And I would put blinking LEDs on it, and perhaps make the toy-bomb-like objects tick. Of course, if I were a terrorist, I would assure you that, even though I have thought about ways to hide weapons, I am in fact not a terrorist. Wait, there's someone at the door...
the animator... (Score:2, Funny)
sadly they missed the animator at the end of the bar who died from a heart attack
Re:This just in... (Score:2, Funny)
It's a bloody albatross.
Re:Whiny bastards (Score:3, Funny)
"I bet they'd have been whining pretty loudly if the cops were faster but didn't a thorough job of it."
I can imagine. Just think of all the lives they'd have put at risk by not taking every precaution necessary in disabling a toy grenade.
Re:Whiny bastards (Score:5, Funny)
If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them.
Re:wonder what they'll do when they a bunny (Score:3, Funny)
When they a bunny?!?!?!?
That makes no sense whatsoever.
What are you babbling about?
Re:wonder what they'll do when they a bunny (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This just in... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Whiny bastards (Score:4, Funny)
It couldnt have been a bomb (Score:3, Funny)
We all know that Red Blinky numbers are the favourite of terrorists the world over.
RS
Re:Whiny bastards (Score:5, Funny)
Quick, he's distracted by the joke, throw your grenade now!