# Boom--with newslink. And bright red nads, too, of course.

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**Created:** [June 3, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-with-newslink-and-bright-red-nads-too-of-course/451684 "2008-06-03T20:56:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-with-newslink-and-bright-red-nads-too-of-course/451684/1 "2008-06-03T20:56:07Z")

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WHEE! Aren’t exploding dye packs in yer knickers _ **fun?!?** _ 😃

[http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080603/D91292601.html](http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080603/D91292601.html)

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> FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Staffers at a pawn shop in Fort Lauderdale thought the shopper with a goatee looked suspicious. Their instincts were confirmed Monday when, two minutes later, a red dye pack exploded in the man’s pants. He fled the store, ditching a stolen wad of cash that contained the theft-detection device.

Plans & schemes for how to identify/locate/capture this Criminal Mastermind, this Napoleon Of Crime? 😃

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**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-with-newslink-and-bright-red-nads-too-of-course/451684/2 "2008-06-03T20:59:20Z")

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And most guys think blue balls are bad.