# If all would-be terrorists were like this........ **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-all-would-be-terrorists-were-like-this/745619 "2016-02-09T14:45:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-all-would-be-terrorists-were-like-this/745619/1 "2016-02-09T14:45:57Z")
When I read this piece of news I had a rather intense “WTF?” moment. Summing up (clickable text to the newspaper article): [Wannabe Daesh terrorist in Australia, 19 years old, hatches a nefarious plan: Stuff a kangaroo with explosives, paint it with a symbol of the Daesh, and set it loose on police.](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/12126677/Australian-teen-wanted-to-pack-kangaroo-with-explosives-in-alleged-Anzac-Day-terror-plot.html) What. (Also, it’s _ **AUSTRALIA** _… I bet that you can find things way worse than explosive kangaroos to set loose on police!) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-all-would-be-terrorists-were-like-this/745619/2 "2016-02-09T15:09:00Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > When I read this piece of news I had a rather intense “WTF?” moment. > > Summing up (clickable text to the newspaper article): [Wannabe Daesh terrorist in Australia, 19 years old, hatches a nefarious plan: Stuff a kangaroo with explosives, paint it with a symbol of the Daesh, and set it loose on police.](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/12126677/Australian-teen-wanted-to-pack-kangaroo-with-explosives-in-alleged-Anzac-Day-terror-plot.html) > > What. > > (Also, it’s _ **AUSTRALIA** _… I bet that you can find things way worse than explosive kangaroos to set loose on police!) That sounds like a scheme Wile E. Coyote would come up with. I can visualize it – and the inevitable outcome (It’d probably be a mechanical kangaroo. Long after he set it hopping, at the end of the cartoon, after we’ve practically forgotten about it, he would turn away from the ruins of his previous scheme and suddenly be unexpectedly confronted by his Hopping Doom, and would just have time to realize what was about to happen when it blows up. After the smoke clears we see a blackened, frazzled coyote. He looks directly out at the audience for a beat, then holds up a sign reading _Tell Them to Put a Shrimp on the Barbie for Me_. Iris out.) ---
**Author:** ![HipGnosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@HipGnosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HipGnosis)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-all-would-be-terrorists-were-like-this/745619/3 "2016-02-09T20:07:30Z")
I thought this was going to be about the bomber on the Somalian airliner that only killed himself. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-all-would-be-terrorists-were-like-this/745619/4 "2016-02-09T21:04:21Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > (Also, it’s _ **AUSTRALIA** _… I bet that you can find things way worse than explosive kangaroos to set loose on police!) Maybe involving drones and nuclear Drop Bears. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-all-would-be-terrorists-were-like-this/745619/5 "2016-02-09T23:41:42Z")
Small tip here. Kangaroos sure look cute. Try and get hold of one, and I guarantee you will get the sh!t kicked out of you way before you get anywhere near putting things in pouches etc. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-all-would-be-terrorists-were-like-this/745619/6 "2016-02-10T00:51:18Z")
↑ ↑ ↑ This :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-all-would-be-terrorists-were-like-this/745619/7 "2016-02-10T06:23:01Z")
> [@Wallaby](#): > > Small tip here. Kangaroos sure look cute. Try and get hold of one, and I guarantee you will get the sh!t kicked out of you way before you get anywhere near putting things in pouches etc. Oh, c’mon, next you’ll try to convince us hippos don’t like to be tickled and cuddled. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-all-would-be-terrorists-were-like-this/745619/8 "2016-02-10T09:52:06Z")
> [@Wallaby](#): > > Small tip here. Kangaroos sure look cute. Try and get hold of one, and I guarantee you will get the sh!t kicked out of you way before you get anywhere near putting things in pouches etc. So, we should try using a wallaby instead? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-all-would-be-terrorists-were-like-this/745619/9 "2016-02-10T15:52:13Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > So, we should try using a wallaby instead? Or a sloth. With a very long fuse. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-all-would-be-terrorists-were-like-this/745619/10 "2016-02-10T16:58:05Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Or a sloth. With a very long fuse. Bawahahaha 😉