[lbo-talk] Not that there's anything wrong with that

[Carl Remick]

>From: "Andy F" <andy274 at gmail.com>
>
><http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/04/1645/>
>
>  Published on Monday, June 4, 2007 by BBC News
>US Military Pondered Love Not War
>by BBC News staff
>
>The US military investigated building a "gay bomb", which would make
>enemy soldiers "sexually irresistible" to each other, government
>papers say.
>
>Other weapons that never saw the light of day include one to make
>soldiers obvious by their bad breath. ...
>
>Another idea was to develop a chemical causing "severe and lasting
>halitosis", so that enemy forces would be obvious even when they tried
>to blend in with civilians.
>
>In a variation on that idea, researchers pondered a "Who? Me?" bomb,
>which would simulate flatulence in enemy ranks.
>
>Indeed, a "Who? Me?" device had been under consideration since 1945,
>the government papers say. ...

Ha.  All these are fine examples of weapons-grade humor.  But let's not 
forget the deadliest of all, Monty Python's WWII comedic blockbuster, "the 
funniest joke in the world."  Two versions of this device exist:

Short-range (5 mins):  <www.youtube.com/v/IysnS5wO60g>

Long-range (10 min):  <www.youtube.com/?v=yff5Sp6bN6k>

Carl

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