mro

There was an explosion in New York today, at the offices of the British Embassy.

Nothing major, bit of a bang, a few people covered in dust. The thing which begs me to bring this to your attention is the Bloomberg report offering an explaination for the explosion.

Observe:-



Excuse me for being a simple civilian but that on earth is a novelty grenade???

Does it, perhaps, have a smiley face logo painted on the front? Maybe it contains M&Ms and everyone get's showered in chocolate when it explodes. No. It appears a novelty grenade is a grenade which has previously been deactivated and subsequently been filled with gun powder.

So, it's just like a real grenade then....

Maybe the Americans are trying to dumb this incident down by making it sound fun? "It's OK, it's only a novelty grenade. Nothing serious to worry about"

*sigh*
*shakes his head in disbelief*





*settles down on the sofa to read 1984, a giftie provided by the lovely and caring and considerate Rainwolfkin*