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Silly String Saves Lives - Iraq Edition

Submitted by baudot

Edited by WilWheaton

Headed off to Iraq?

In for days of house to house fighting?

Make sure to pack plenty of Silly String.

Don't have time to check every dark corner of a room as you rush to a covered position? A few quick squirts of silly string highlights suspicious shapes that would otherwise be hidden. Need a quick test for tripwires? Let loose a liberal spray of silly string; If it hangs over an invisible strand rather than floating to the ground to rest, your suspicions are confirmed.

Alejandro Hernandez of the Marines reports:

On many occasions the silly string has saved me and my men's lives.

Want to donate Silly String to the troops? Alejandro has requested as much as anyone cares to send for his brother at:

SGT Dennis Hernandez
HHC 2/502 Inf
101st ABN DIV (AASLT)
APO AE 09398

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plonk

plonk

Campbell, CA
February 2003

NOV 10, 2005 12:02 PM

I saw this on Bruce Schneier's blog earlier today. Fucking hilarious, but one really has to wonder who the hell first tried this, and what the hell they were doing with Silly String in their pack in combat.

IKCSmiley

ikcsmiley

Asheville, NC
July 2003

NOV 10, 2005 12:13 PM

...and why the hell no one thought of this before...

Idjit

Idjit

HOPEFUL

I'm lost

NOV 10, 2005 12:18 PM

Countdown to chemical warfare charge in 5... 4...

Subrosa

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA
July 2004

NOV 10, 2005 12:23 PM

IT'S CHEMICAL WARFARE!!!

Idjit

Idjit

HOPEFUL

I'm lost

NOV 10, 2005 12:42 PM

See!


But seriously. You just wait until the first birthday party they raid and they fry some poor kids face off while he's blowing out the candles, then the shit will really hit the fan.

Idjit

Idjit

HOPEFUL

I'm lost

NOV 10, 2005 12:42 PM

Okay, maybe not for seriously.

hadees

hadees

Austin, TX
December 2003

NOV 10, 2005 12:46 PM

I wonder what they could do with Superballs...



[Edited on Nov 10, 2005 by hadees]

BurningKrome

BurningKrome

San Jose, CA
April 2005

NOV 10, 2005 12:52 PM

plonk said:
...and what the hell they were doing with Silly String in their pack in combat.


Spare no expense for the safety of our troops! "Sorry Sergeant. We don't have any more Kevlar, or HMV armor, but...ummm...try this..."

alpha_hazard

alpha_hazard

Fort Collins, CO
April 2004

NOV 10, 2005 12:54 PM

hadees said:
I wonder what they could do with Superballs...



[Edited on Nov 10, 2005 by hadees]



maybe make grenades out of them? or better yet, toss them with grenades...like that one part at the end of batman forever when he trows a bunch of decoy coins?

baudot

baudot

Oakland, CA
February 2004

NOV 10, 2005 12:56 PM

plonk said:
I saw this on Bruce Schneier's blog earlier today. Fucking hilarious, but one really has to wonder who the hell first tried this, and what the hell they were doing with Silly String in their pack in combat.



That's where I first saw it, too.
In fact, the man deserves a hat tip - pardon my forgetfulness in not mentioning it before.
Hat tip - Bruce Schneier

trestria

trestria

Wilson, NC
October 2004

NOV 10, 2005 01:04 PM

They probably had the idea before they even went there. If not, then they probably just asked someone from back home to send it to them.

snowfreak

snowfreak

Carbondale, IL
March 2005

NOV 10, 2005 01:22 PM



[Edited on Nov 10, 2005 by snowfreak]

FrankMask

FrankMask

Saint Paul, MN
June 2003

NOV 10, 2005 01:48 PM

alpha_hazard said:

hadees said:
I wonder what they could do with Superballs...



[Edited on Nov 10, 2005 by hadees]



maybe make grenades out of them? or better yet, toss them with grenades...like that one part
at the end of batman forever when he trows a bunch of decoy coins?



Pitch a rubber grenade around a corner so it bounces around crazily, wait for the guys inside to run out, kill them in an ambush?

trestria

trestria

Wilson, NC
October 2004

NOV 11, 2005 10:34 PM

How about grenades that slowly roll down walls when you throw them at them...like those sticky ninja things!

Manchester_Black

Manchester_Black

Edmonton, AB
March 2004

NOV 11, 2005 10:54 PM

I can't wait for some military contractor to make a version that costs two thousand bucks a can

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