Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/07/02/elderly-person-has-used-live-hand-grenade-as-a-hammer-for-20-years-video.html
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From Allan Rose Hill
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O_O
If not a dud, it’s a testament to the design that it never just “went off”.
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Well, it looks like a kitchen accessory…
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Like the old saying goes, “When your only tool is a hand grenade…”
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“when life gives you a hand grenade, make spices and condiments”?
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This exquisite dish, full of flavors, will explode in your mouth!
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The distinctive appearance of the Stielhandgranate family has led to them being called “potato mashers” in British Army slang
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See? Nobody can blame the poor old lady. Everybody loved her explosive spice food!
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“…and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into…BOOM!”
– Isaiah 2:4
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Gives a weird new meaning to “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.”
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What doesn’t kill you…
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From the cat-uxo page linked in the post:
Some of these grenades may be filled with Picric Acid explosive which can become sensitive with age.
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Does it have any settings like chop, mash, purée or liquefy?
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Yes, but only once.
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Gives a new meaning to “OK, boomer.”
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Uh, oh. Not okay, boom-boom boomer.
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Eh, who doesn’t?
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