The 25lb bomb shell has since been turned into a beer cooler
“Unfortunately, when you find something like that in your garden, you’ve got to do something… but obviously it was a bit of a waste of a day, in terms of barbecues.”
Man has his priorities right.
Thank you for posting a news article link to supplement a Reddit screenshot. Not all heroes wear capes.
Wow I would have never thought of calling the police - I wouldn’t have recognized it as a potential explosive. I better stay away from sites that were ever bombed/mined
Probably best not visit the UK or large portions of Europe in that case.
I can’t afford that anyway… the perks of being poor
This is a really unusual case. Never heard of finding a shell that close to the surface in that sort of position. What does constantly happen in europe tho is digging up bombs during construction works which leads to an evacuation of the neighborhood and a bomb disposal team coming.
Oh man, you should read Aftermath: Remnants of War by Webster.
A Roomba from 1940, cleans up a room in 0.02 seconds.
Low precision excavator
Foot activated, quick results
I know its fake, but this instantly popped in to my mind
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_QF_25-pounder
If anyone else was interested in what this was used for.
