# Israel is developing a weapon targeting Arabs **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 2, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146 "2006-09-02T01:33:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2006, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/181 "2006-09-09T06:28:28Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] Huh. Never even considered that this idea was out there. But, since you’re 100% wrong on that little notion, I’d have to say that “couldn’t be more obvious” is a bit of a stretch. [/QUOTE] Riiiiight . . . ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2006, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/182 "2006-09-09T11:22:01Z")
What it was was a Weapon of Hamas Destruction 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/183 "2006-09-09T13:15:54Z")
[QUOTE=Excalibre] Riiiiight . . . [/QUOTE] \ Believe what you like. So much for fighting ignorance… ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/184 "2006-09-09T17:41:31Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Also, impossible. Do you often get this worked up thinking about impossible evils? Do you ose a lot of sleep over the Unicorn Genocide of 1476? [/QUOTE] Please get your facts straight. I was personally involved in both the planning and the execution of the monoceros culling, which began in January of AD **1475** and was completely over by June of that year. It was ENTIRELY necessary, and had our brave hunters not done it, the Americas would still be infested by those smelly bastards. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/185 "2006-09-09T21:46:27Z")
Unless there have been some new developments since [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=298149) 2005 GQ thread, it does not appear anybody is actually working on engineering a genetically selective plague (assuming such a thing were possible). ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/186 "2006-09-10T01:20:32Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] **Miller** : _Australian_? Do I talk about prawns and barbies too much? [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Lemur866] He’s probably thinking of Princhester. [/QUOTE] I’d just like to point out that in 5 1/2 years as a member and over 3800 posts I have (not counting this post) mentioned “prawns” _once_ (and that was in a serious, non-barbie related post about Australian ecology) and “barbies” _once_, in a spoof post. Actually, I think you will find that Miller was thinking of The Loaded Dog; he and Priceguy sharing user names with an “e” and a “g” in them. Easily done. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/187 "2006-09-10T03:16:26Z")
[QUOTE=Smeghead] You’re not exactly the sharpest bulb in the sack, are you? [/QUOTE] How the hell do you carry bulbs in a sack? Don’t they break? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/188 "2006-09-10T03:18:20Z")
[QUOTE=Weirddave] How the hell do you carry bulbs in a sack? Don’t they break? [/QUOTE] Well, duh! That’s why they’re sharp! ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/189 "2006-09-10T03:28:43Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Well, duh! That’s why they’re sharp! [/QUOTE] Don’t mind me, I’m a few sandwiches short of a rodeo. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/190 "2006-09-10T03:35:22Z")
You’re a few clowns short of a Happy Meal. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/191 "2006-09-10T05:05:45Z")
[QUOTE=Weirddave] How the hell do you carry bulbs in a sack? Don’t they break? [/QUOTE] That depends on the measure of padding in your sack, and the checking thereof is likely TMI. Minor observation-once bulbs become broken, they fall into categories of bases, filaments, and shards, the last of which are indeed sharp, and I don’t keep them anywhere near my sack. ---
**Author:** ![oy\_vay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/258eb7/32.png) [@oy\_vay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oy_vay)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/192 "2006-09-10T05:25:13Z")
[QUOTE=Weirddave] Don’t mind me, I’m a few sandwiches short of a rodeo. [/QUOTE] You mangled that phrase. It’s ssuuuuupposed to be “a few cowboys short of a club sandwhich.” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/193 "2006-09-10T05:32:50Z")
[QUOTE=oy vay] You mangled that phrase. It’s ssuuuuupposed to be “a few cowboys short of a club sandwhich.” :smack: [/QUOTE] No, it’s “A couple of cards short of a picnic”. ---
**Author:** ![oy\_vay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/258eb7/32.png) [@oy\_vay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oy_vay)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/194 "2006-09-10T05:54:29Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] No, it’s “A couple of cards short of a picnic”. [/QUOTE] Sure it ain’t a few aunts short of a firing squad? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/195 "2006-09-10T06:10:10Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] Please get your facts straight. I was personally involved in both the planning and the execution of the monoceros culling, which began in January of AD **1475** and was completely over by June of that year. It was ENTIRELY necessary, and had our brave hunters not done it, the Americas would still be infested by those smelly bastards. [/QUOTE] And where did you Swedes find the virgins required as monoceros bait? I’d assume from the Welsh Indians, but we know the likelihood of THAT. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/196 "2006-09-10T08:48:31Z")
[QUOTE=oy vay] Sure it ain’t a few aunts short of a firing squad? [/QUOTE] It’s a taco short of a combination platter. QED. [QUOTE=Xan] I’m sorry to even have posted this thread. I let my emotions get the better of me and should have done more research on the subject before posting. [/QUOTE] Don’t listen to them **Xan**. You’re now responsible for the _stupidest fucking thread in the history of the Straight Dope Message Board_. That’s an honor. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/197 "2006-09-10T09:09:08Z")
A few tomatoes short of a thick, rich sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/198 "2006-09-10T11:55:19Z")
[QUOTE=dropzone] And where did you Swedes find the virgins required as monoceros bait? I’d assume from the Welsh Indians, but we know the likelihood of THAT. [/QUOTE] What do you mean “you” Swedes? **Skald the Rhymer** clearly isn’t Swedish - he’s black, for Christ’s sakes! And if there’s one thing everyone knows about Sweden, it’s that it’s entirely ethnically homogenous and that absolutely everyone here - WITHOUT EXCEPTION - has blond hair and blue eyes. Jeez. Taking longer than we thought, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/199 "2006-09-10T13:37:03Z")
A few attractive porcelain deer short of an artist-friendly studio. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/200 "2006-09-10T18:08:10Z")
[QUOTE=Princhester] I’d just like to point out that in 5 1/2 years as a member and over 3800 posts I have (not counting this post) mentioned “prawns” _once_ (and that was in a serious, non-barbie related post about Australian ecology) and “barbies” _once_, in a spoof post. [/QUOTE] Well, then clearly you aren’t Australian, are you? I’ll bey you’re really Austrian. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146.md?page=11)