# Al Qaeda is using burritos as WMD now **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 29, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-is-using-burritos-as-wmd-now/301798 "2005-04-29T22:11:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-is-using-burritos-as-wmd-now/301798/1 "2005-04-29T22:11:26Z")
[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/burrito\_lockdown](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/burrito_lockdown) Oh what fun. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-is-using-burritos-as-wmd-now/301798/2 "2005-04-29T22:17:53Z")
Gives a whole new meaning to “Drop the Chalupa!!”, doesn’t it? Tripler And you can no longer say “Fire” sauce in an airport. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-is-using-burritos-as-wmd-now/301798/3 "2005-04-29T22:23:21Z")
Holy sh\*t! I just reread the article in earnest, and you won’t believe this: I came \*\*\* [this friggin’ close](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6110738)\*\*\* to being killed by a weapon of mass destruction. Or a burrito. Whichever you prefer. . . God, what are the chances? Tripler I escaped a harrowing flour-tortilla death by the skin of my teeth! ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-is-using-burritos-as-wmd-now/301798/4 "2005-04-29T22:23:51Z")
**Rufus Xavier** beat you to posting [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=314442) topic by six minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-is-using-burritos-as-wmd-now/301798/5 "2005-04-29T22:26:47Z")
:smack: I just realized the OP of this thread is the one who posted “Dang, I’m late by six minutes.” in the other thread. Sorry. :o (I figured there were 3 duplicate threads is all.) ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-is-using-burritos-as-wmd-now/301798/6 "2005-04-29T22:28:04Z")
> [@Zabali\_Clawbane](#): > > **Rufus Xavier** beat you to posting [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=314442) topic by six minutes. Woo hoo! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-is-using-burritos-as-wmd-now/301798/7 "2005-04-30T00:30:47Z")
I’m sure that it didn’t help that as the kid waddled in, he warned everybody, “Watch out, 'coz I’m-a bean-laden.”