Okay, so it's actually a whale story and whales aren't fish and everyone's seen this, but still it's funny.
At Fort Benning some 33 years ago, we very green lieutenants were given some instruction in demolition and were allowed to play with C-4 a little -- at least enough that I understood about tamping (packing the explosive with some heavy backing in order to direct the explosion into the target object and thus maximize its effect). About half way through this video (as the reporter was saying, "... the dynamite was packed on the leeward side so as to blow most of the carcass out to sea"), I started laughing uncontrollably. But somehow these "demolition experts" never saw what was coming ...
... right up until the blubber shower started.
At Fort Benning some 33 years ago, we very green lieutenants were given some instruction in demolition and were allowed to play with C-4 a little -- at least enough that I understood about tamping (packing the explosive with some heavy backing in order to direct the explosion into the target object and thus maximize its effect). About half way through this video (as the reporter was saying, "... the dynamite was packed on the leeward side so as to blow most of the carcass out to sea"), I started laughing uncontrollably. But somehow these "demolition experts" never saw what was coming ...
... right up until the blubber shower started.
3 comments:
Reminds me of a line from a great movie, "think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?"
JDP
I'm actually old enough to have seen Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid when it first came out, way back when Robert Redford wasn't a left wingnut kook.
"That's gonna leave a mark."
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