"That's no spud!" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 12 Apr 2022 7:04 a.m. PST |
Amongst hundreds of thousands of muddy spuds, a World War II-era grenade was picked up on a conveyor belt at an Auckland potato factory earlier this week… New Zealand Herald: link |
79thPA  | 12 Apr 2022 7:55 a.m. PST |
It just needs to be boiled a little bit longer than the rest. |
| advocate | 12 Apr 2022 9:59 a.m. PST |
Past its sell-by date, I'd imagine. |
 The Virtual Armchair General  | 12 Apr 2022 11:09 a.m. PST |
Just cut off all the protruding "eyes" and it will be as good as the others. TVAG |
| Stryderg | 12 Apr 2022 3:51 p.m. PST |
They need to plant it and see what grows.
A frag-tree?
A spud-losion?
A pineapple? |
| Griefbringer | 14 Apr 2022 7:07 a.m. PST |
I recall there have been similar incidents in other parts of the world previously, but it is a bit surprising to hear this from NZ, which was not exactly a major battleground during WWII. |
| Cke1st | 16 Apr 2022 12:49 p.m. PST |
The Germans had potato-masher grenades, so here's the potato. |
| Heedless Horseman | 20 Apr 2022 5:14 a.m. PST |
"Corp… it hasn't gone off… shall I go and get it back?"
LOL! |
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