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LadyEllen -> strange things that explode! (1/15/2007 10:08:53 AM)

If this werent so scary, it would be funny; six guys are on trial in London accused of conspiring to explode bombs in London (the bombs didnt go off, thank goodness). Off track, but also funny - one of them evaded detection by fleeing in a burkha!

They made the bombs from chapati flour (a chapati is a form of Indian bread) and hair colouring. Apparently, this combination is highly explosive.

IMPORTANT; Without giving instructions of how to do it -

what unusual things have you come across that can be made to explode? (no penis jokes, please)

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LadyEllen -> RE: strange things that explode! (1/15/2007 10:14:31 AM)

Got another! (though it also involves flour....)

Apparently, naked flames are banned in flour mills, because there can be a high concentration of flour dust in the air.

Windmills apparently used to explode in the old days, because of this!

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FelinePersuasion -> RE: strange things that explode! (1/15/2007 10:28:17 AM)

laundry detergents liquid n powder with bleach not really a splosion but a huuuuuuuuuuge mess.



MsPoetress -> RE: strange things that explode! (1/15/2007 10:48:37 AM)

Mentos and Diet Coke give off a nice little geyser.

~poe



darchChylde -> RE: strange things that explode! (1/15/2007 10:53:48 AM)

red heads when you call out their sister's name



Aileen68 -> RE: strange things that explode! (1/15/2007 2:28:00 PM)

Space shuttles.



farglebargle -> RE: strange things that explode! (1/15/2007 2:30:14 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Aileen68

Space shuttles.



No one was really surprised when they blew up. Worst Space Vehicle Ever.




mymasterssub69 -> RE: strange things that explode! (1/15/2007 2:39:09 PM)

potatoes being cooked in the microwave



LadyEllen -> RE: strange things that explode! (1/15/2007 4:56:13 PM)

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ORIGINAL: mymasterssub69

potatoes being cooked in the microwave


Oh, yes! Microwave ovens are incredible!

We have a show called Brainiac;Science Abuse over here, and every week they put something or other in a microwave - and it goes bang! Big style! The oven door flys off, the box lifts in the air and comes down mangled. Very entertaining - and often very innocuous things they put in there too!

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Dragonskiss72 -> RE: strange things that explode! (1/15/2007 5:16:59 PM)

I seem to recall that chocolate powder also gets flamey.





MsPoetress -> RE: strange things that explode! (1/15/2007 7:04:20 PM)

Pillsbury Biscuits when kept in a hot car all day.

~poe



Aileen68 -> RE: strange things that explode! (1/15/2007 7:15:02 PM)

Cans of Coke on your front porch in the middle of a very cold winter.



MsPoetress -> RE: strange things that explode! (1/15/2007 7:25:36 PM)

Better there than your car [:(]

~poe



Invictus754 -> RE: strange things that explode! (1/15/2007 7:30:07 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: LadyEllen

what unusual things have you come across that can be made to explode? (no penis jokes, please)
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Yogurt in those plastic cups...if you sqeeze too hard while you pull off the foil top, you will be wearing it rather than eating it.



Daddysredhead -> RE: strange things that explode! (1/15/2007 7:42:59 PM)

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ORIGINAL: darchChylde

red heads when you call out their sister's name


Oh HELL yes!!!  [>:]    *lol*

Hey, DC, how would you know that?  Bad boy...  [;)]



MsPoetress -> RE: strange things that explode! (1/15/2007 7:45:27 PM)

quote:

red heads when you call out their sister's name


I bet if you were riding her from behind it would be a good ride. [;)]

~poe



darchChylde -> RE: strange things that explode! (1/15/2007 8:00:54 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Daddysredhead

Hey, DC, how would you know that?  Bad boy...  [;)]


Hey!!! *holds hands up in a pleading gesture*  Her sister was already in the bed.

quote:

ORIGINAL: MsPoetress
I bet if you were riding her from behind it would be a good ride. [;)]

~poe


if you can grab her braids and hold on for 8 seconds and it's the definition of Rodeo Sex.



dcnovice -> RE: strange things that explode! (1/15/2007 9:05:27 PM)

Champagne that you put in the freezer to chill, then forgot about.



Emperor1956 -> RE: strange things that explode! (1/15/2007 9:12:04 PM)

any fine powder in the air, near an open flame, can explode.  Grain elevators do it with some surprising regularity. 

Nitrogen fertilizer is very explosive, given the right detonator and/or catalyst.  It was the major component of the Oklahoma City bomb.  And every couple of years some poor dumb bastard's pickup goes up because he was carrying a few hundred pounds of the stuff.

E.



OeldeWolf -> RE: strange things that explode! (1/15/2007 9:25:27 PM)

The comment about almost any powdered flammable substance is a good one, as it is the fine particle size and thorough mixing with the air that creates the potential for a boom. 

But some surprising substances can go boom.  Several light metals can go boom if they are of small enough particle size, and the conditions are right. 

OeldeWolf  <probably the only chemist I know of who is also an ASE certified automobile technician>



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