Posted by racingsnake
@ 10:50 PM GMT+00:00
06 Sep · Tue 2005
Socks - the hidden menace.
OK, I know what some of you may be thinking... some socks should definitely be treated as a biohazard.
However, the pair I am thinking about are surfacing as evidence in an anti-terrorist trial in the UK. How about this for forensics:
"The prosecution said the socks had been modified to make them ideal for cleaning a mortar bomb." Wow.
Militarily modified socks. Nasty.
The prosecutor, Mark Ellison, offers this tantalising explanation in the BBC article:
"Mr Ellison told the Old Bailey an army expert would be called to show 'the sock ball, modified in that way, would be ideal as a cleaner of [sic] bung to be put in the top of the mortar tube.'"
I do usually ball up my socks when I'm packing. I'll certainly think twice before I do that next time.
Tag: London 7/7
Where's Dick?
Ouch. Andy Borowitz has done it again. Today's Borowitz Report (Sept. 6th) takes a bludgeon to Bush's record, but reserves a classic stiletto for VP Dick Cheney in the closing paragraph. I won't quote it here, because it's only fair that Andy should get the web hits... so do follow the link.
Posted by racingsnake
@ 02:27 PM GMT+00:00
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