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Neo	11-08-2005 10:33 AM

Third world game of catch

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051107/...A1BHNlYwMxNzAy

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BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) - A hand grenade being used instead of a ball in a game of catch exploded early on Saturday killing three youths in this Bosnian town, police and news agencies said.

Two youths aged 19 and 20, one of them from neighboring Croatia, were killed instantly while a 20-year-old woman died on her way to hospital, police said. Her sister was slightly injured but two other youths suffered serious injuries.

The blast occurred at 2:00 a.m. in the western town of Novi Grad at a place in the town center frequented by youngsters. Police said an inquiry was under way and declined further comment. It was not clear why the grenade exploded.

ONASA news agency quoted witnesses as saying the youths tossed the hand grenade to each other before it exploded in the hands of one of them.

Bosnia is awash with illegal weapons left over from the 1992-95 war and tragic incidents are frequent despite several successful campaigns by international peacekeepers and police to get people to hand over illegal weapons.

And you thought American toys with their small swallowable plastic pieces were dangerous.

Shadow Fox

11-08-2005 10:45 AM

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As sad as this is, it's also idiotic.

Leave the stunts to the professionals, kids.

GameMaster

11-08-2005 11:22 AM

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Why would anyone want to play ctach with an explosive?

Professor S

11-08-2005 11:22 PM

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Wow, the ultimate game of "hot potato". Next they should try musical chairs with land mines. That way if you lose, you really win.

I believe they will be up for a Darwin Award this year.

Typhoid

11-09-2005 05:04 AM

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One of them probably caught it too hard.

Grenades dont explode unless jossled hard, or have the pin pulled.

It would be fine to toss it around normally.

jeepnut

11-09-2005 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

One of them probably caught it too hard.

Grenades dont explode unless jossled hard, or have the pin pulled.

It would be fine to toss it around normally.

Play with grenades often do you?

Canyarion

11-09-2005 11:20 AM

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Am I the only one who finds the jokes of Neo, Shadow Fox and Professor S misplaced?

Professor S

11-09-2005 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

One of them probably caught it too hard.

Grenades dont explode unless jossled hard, or have the pin pulled.

It would be fine to toss it around normally.

Really? Not dangerous at all? Thats good, because I thought it was filled with explosives. The fact that it can explode if something falls out means it's NOT fine to toss around normally.

Typhoid

11-09-2005 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Professor S

Really? Not dangerous at all? Thats good, because I thought it was filled with explosives. The fact that it can explode if something falls out means it's NOT fine to toss around normally.

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Originally Posted by Jeepnut

Play with grenades often do you?

No. I also dont play professional level hockey, yet I seem to know things about that. Strange, is the knowledge people can have without actually participating in the activity they are talking of.

Neo	11-09-2005 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Canyarion

Am I the only one who finds the jokes of Neo, Shadow Fox and Professor S misplaced?

Where would you like them to be placed?

jeepnut

11-09-2005 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

You can throw around TNT, or a bullet, and they wont explode unless triggered.

And by "fine" to toss around normally, I meant compared to when the pin was pulled. Meaning in comparison, would you rather not catch a grenade with the pin in, opposed to one with no pin? (not catching isnt an option.)

No. I also dont play professional level hockey, yet I seem to know things about that. Strange, is the knowledge people can have without actually participating in the activity they are talking of.

Strange also that that knowledge often seems to be flawed or incomplete. There is no substitute for experience.

Krypton

11-09-2005 03:21 PM

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stupidity surrounds us all.

Typhoid

11-09-2005 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Professor S

Next they should try musical chairs with land mines. That way if you lose, you really win.

I'm just curious your stance on this.

Is it their fault for being poor and living in a third world country that has landmines placed in random areas?

Or is it the fault of whoever put them there?

Neo	11-09-2005 04:16 PM

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It's ultimately their fault for playing with them.

DimHalo

11-09-2005 06:30 PM

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"Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity. And formal education positively fortifies it." ~Stephen Vincenzy

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