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Granny finds grenade in groceries Wed Feb 28, 11:40 AM ET
A 74-year-old Italian grandmother who bought a sack of potatoes at the her local market found a live grenade among the spuds.
"I found a bomb in the potatoes," Olga Mauriello said in a telephone interview with Reuters.
"I went to the market to buy some potatoes and that's where the bomb was. But this bomb was covered in dirt, and I put it in water and got all dirt off. And then I realized 'It's a bomb'!"
Police said the pine cone-shaped grenade, which had no pin and was still active, was the same type used by U.S. soldiers in Europe in World War Two. Authorities believe the mix-up happened at a farm in France, where the grenade was plucked from the ground along with potatoes.
To the woman's relief, police and explosives experts in the small town of San Giorgio a Cremano, near Naples, recovered the grenade and safely detonated it on Wednesday.
But Mauriello was still shaking off her close brush with death. It didn't look like a potato and it was heavier than one. But what if she had cooked it?
"If I hadn't felt its weight, I wouldn't even have realized that it was a bomb," she said.
Granny finds grenade in groceries Wed Feb 28, 11:40 AM ET
A 74-year-old Italian grandmother who bought a sack of potatoes at the her local market found a live grenade among the spuds.
"I found a bomb in the potatoes," Olga Mauriello said in a telephone interview with Reuters.
"I went to the market to buy some potatoes and that's where the bomb was. But this bomb was covered in dirt, and I put it in water and got all dirt off. And then I realized 'It's a bomb'!"
Police said the pine cone-shaped grenade, which had no pin and was still active, was the same type used by U.S. soldiers in Europe in World War Two. Authorities believe the mix-up happened at a farm in France, where the grenade was plucked from the ground along with potatoes.
To the woman's relief, police and explosives experts in the small town of San Giorgio a Cremano, near Naples, recovered the grenade and safely detonated it on Wednesday.
But Mauriello was still shaking off her close brush with death. It didn't look like a potato and it was heavier than one. But what if she had cooked it?
"If I hadn't felt its weight, I wouldn't even have realized that it was a bomb," she said.
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How odd. I do hope she inspects her potato masher also.
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quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
How odd. I do hope she inspects her potato masher also.
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That's officially a bad pun.[:D]0 -
It's just a new way to get mashed potatoes..hasn't been approved here yet by the FDA... 0 -
Jees--where can I get seeds for those? 0 -
You don't know much about potatoes do you. You just wait until it puts out an eye, and then plant it. [;)][;)][:D] 0 -
Isn't there an elite group of "hunters" who have already spent years travelling throughout Europe, searching for ammo, bombs, grenades, etc. that were left behind (buried, lost) from WWI and WWII forces?
Last I heard, they've lost a few members over the years due to accidents, but have managed to unearth and safely detonate tons of live ammunition and such.0 -
I found some chocolate in my peanut butter! Danielle 0 -
I found peanut butter in my peanut butter! What are they trying to pull here!? 0
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