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Tuesday, January 9, 2007


hiya ppls
i know that i havent been here in a while but hey thats me i dun have a life..lol.. well i have been thinkin bout colleges...and shit.. lol and i am also thinking a lot about what i may be doin over the summer.. i may just be takin a language class in the city.. itll be fun suttin to look foward to.. lol
and also of course cammpp!!! lol
hmm.. anythin new in skewl?? no noty rly im just overloaded with work and shit... its soo noott kewl its like i barely have any time for myself.. well i am gettin to some of my new years resolutions which is good..lol...
soo heres the thing that i know that u guys have been waitin for.. the stupiest way to die...
(1970s, Northern Ireland) Back in the late 70s, intelligence units in Northern Ireland were issued exploding briefcases to carry sensitive documents. These briefcases were lined with oxygen bricks. To arm the case, one simply removed a small pin next to the handle of the case. Thus armed, an opened case would instantly combust, destroying everything within a meter of it.

Because there was a half-second delay before the bricks ignited, the lids were designed to stop on a spring catch, so that no document could be rescued or photographed before it was destroyed.

To open the case safely, therefore, the sequence was:

1. Make sure the arming pin is in place.
2. Open the case.
3. Using a thin object such as a ruler, push back the spring catch.
4. The case will now open.

I won't embarrass the unit or the female Lance Corporal involved by naming names, but in this particular case, the sequence went as follows:

1. Make sure the arming pin is in place.
2. Open the case.
3. Look for a small thin object to push back the catch.
4. Find none immediately available.
5. Notice that the arming pin is a small thin object.
6. Use the arming pin to push back the catch.
6. Kiss one "intelligence" unit goodbye.

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