The Wonders of Modern Technology

[Rough Hewn]

Shaggy dog story

[Billhook]

What could possibly go wrong??

[difflock]

2 linked anecdotes;

(i) The Russians, or perhaps it was the Germans, quite callously trained dogs to run up to enemy tanks with an explosive charge strapped to their backs, "BOOM",

except of course, not having enemy tanks to train the dogs on, they used their own model tanks,

so, as they say, what on Earth could go wrong?

(ii) Typical Redneck good-ole-boys Ice fishing, fancy pickup trucks, alcohol, dogs, guns, ice drills,  and dynamite (why the dynamite was unspecified)

Drive out onto a frozen lake and set-up, with a bit of horse play involving reenacting the old movie stunt of lighting and throwing sticks of dynamite, as one does.

One stick of course being fetched back by a faithful Labrador, which on hearing his masters panic stricken voice, took shelter below his fancy pickup  .  . .

BOOM

As an Ex TA gun nut who enjoyed alcohol and  blowing things up in the OTC (courtsey of the RE) I understood the flawless logic of this story.

Edited November 8, 2018 by difflock

[Woodworks]

1 hour ago, Billhook said:

What could possibly go wrong??

The things people would rather have than money in the bank ?

 

It would be easier to have a handle placed somewhere in the middle of the door and the door being one piece maybe?

[Billhook]

 

[Yournamehere]

Hee hee! Ther was a thingy on the tele years back with Richard Briars and some other peoplein it  that wasn't the Good Life and may have been scottish but wasn't Hamish Macbeth either but he lived in a big house and was married to susan hampshire or hannah gorden and the bloke Fellows that did downton abbey was in it too and he was called sharron because he was born in arabia where sharon is a noble name and lots of things happened including richard briars trying to train his little terrier to retrieve things... which he finally got the hang of... with highly comedic if fatal consequences when something hap't with a stick of dynamite or an old wartime hand-greanade as above.

 

Boom!

 

Happy Days

Yourn

[Stubby]

3 hours ago, Yournamehere said:

Hee hee! Ther was a thingy on the tele years back with Richard Briars and some other peoplein it  that wasn't the Good Life and may have been scottish but wasn't Hamish Macbeth either but he lived in a big house and was married to susan hampshire or hannah gorden and the bloke Fellows that did downton abbey was in it too and he was called sharron because he was born in arabia where sharon is a noble name and lots of things happened including richard briars trying to train his little terrier to retrieve things... which he finally got the hang of... with highly comedic if fatal consequences when something hap't with a stick of dynamite or an old wartime hand-greanade as above.

 

Boom!

 

Happy Days

Yourn

Can't beat a bit of culture on TV . ?

[Yournamehere]

5 hours ago, Stubby said:

Can't beat a bit of culture on TV . ?

Monarch of the Glen is what it was. Was hoping to find the clip on youtube but nothing comes up.