SAS troops have discovered a new secret weapon against al-Qaeda booby traps — party aerosol cans of silly STRING.
They spray the joke substance to expose virtually invisible trip wires in caves or darkened buildings they must enter.
The brightly-coloured string hangs across the wires, but is too light to set off explosives.
America has spent millions trying in vain to develop battle-ready imaging devices that can spot the deadly menace in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Yeah, it sounds silly, but when you think about it it’s a damn good idea. And I’m not suprised at all that it was someone besides the americans to think of it.
It’s like they say: When one is looking too hard for a complex solution, one tends to overlook the simple ones.
That is actually a very useful way of finding them.
Not to mention that they can have a party after the raid is finished and already have the decorations finished.
Just don’t let the drunk guy dance around to much.
It’s like the old Russian joke. America spends millions of dollars to develop a pen that works in space. The Russians use a pencil. That wasn’t true and I’d be surprised if this was as well.
Y’know, that reminds me of a tabloid I saw the day George Harrison’s death was all over the papers. It said “George Harrison dies! PLUS! The SECRET he TOOK TO HIS GRAVE!” My first reaction was, “Well, if he took it to his grave, how do they know about it?”