Saturday, July 25, 2009

Give 'til it hurts

Ready to head out to the Goodwill store? Better go over the checklist of items to drop off:

Clothes the kids have outgrown? Check.

Ugly Father's Day neckties? Check.

Claymore landmine? Check.
A land mine recently left at a thrift store was authentic -- but luckily inert.

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A Goodwill employee familiar with military explosive devices found the land mine. An area strip mall was evacuated and a bomb squad called in.
I blame the Gun Show Loophole. We clearly need some "Common Sense" Landmine Control laws.

5 comments:

  1. PaladinJuly 25, 2009 at 9:29 AM

    Why don't they ever have anything good when I visit the Goodwill store?... it's not fair.

    I thought about getting one of these for my truck, at one point. Beats the nasty looking bull scrotums that you see around here on occasion :)

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  2. BorepatchJuly 25, 2009 at 2:02 PM

    Paladin wins the Internets! That is simply made of awesome. But I'll guarantee that Massachusetts is also one of the places it's illegal.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 25, 2009 at 2:05 PM

    Play more with claymore! (I saw that on a poster in a surplus store.)

    Even if it was a real one, without an initiator it is simply a wad of flammable waxy stuff and some ball bearings.

    Jim

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  4. BorepatchJuly 25, 2009 at 2:17 PM

    Play more with claymore!

    BWAHAHAHA!

    Reflectoscope, here in the People's Republic of Massachusetts, it is more than just a flammable waxy hunk with ball bearings. It's a flammable waxy hunk with ball bearings that will get you pulled over by Officer Friendly, releatedly.

    ;-)

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  5. ASM826July 25, 2009 at 11:44 PM

    Everywhere in the US of A you will find Mr. Claymore to be a big no-no.

    Unless it is inert, which makes it a curiosity, not a claymore.

    Like this little item, a claymore replica that plugs into your trailer hitch: http://www.gggaz.com/index.php?id=237

    Real claymore = bad ju-ju
    Plastic claymore case = $50.00 hitch cover

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