# Our new bomb disposal procedure involves Ivory Soap & a plastic chair. Newslink. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 11, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-bomb-disposal-procedure-involves-ivory-soap-a-plastic-chair-newslink/660760 "2013-06-11T22:53:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**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 11, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-bomb-disposal-procedure-involves-ivory-soap-a-plastic-chair-newslink/660760/1 "2013-06-11T22:53:36Z")
How did this woman survive London traffic, with no: [ul] [li]Brain[/li][li]Common Sense[/li][li]Survival Instinct[/li][/ul] ? > **[Woman washes bomb in kitchen sink](https://www.digitalspy.com/fun/a489044/woman-washes-bomb-in-kitchen-sink-puts-plastic-chair-over-it/)** > > The 66-year-old also put the unexploded bomb on her coffee table. > [@](#): > > A woman washed an unexploded bomb in her kitchen sink after finding it in her garden. > > Carole Longhorn, from Norfolk, found the explosive when she hit it with a spade while gardening at her home. > > She then took the bomb inside her house to show her husband, before washing it in the sink. > > Carole tried to take precautionary measures by placing a plastic chair over the World War II device, before her husband rang the police. They were then advised to leave the house immediately. > > The weapon was taken to a quarry and was exploded safely by RAF Wittering’s bomb disposal squad. Brains of a sparrow, that one. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-bomb-disposal-procedure-involves-ivory-soap-a-plastic-chair-newslink/660760/2 "2013-06-11T23:08:53Z")
Some people go blissfully through life having their safety assured by other people. On a similar note to the story I once worked with someone who had a hobby whereby he and his friends would go to the WW1 battlefields in France and Belgium. So far so laudable, right? Well they would also dig up old ordnance, throw it loosely in the back of their car and drive it home. Bear in mind this was Northern Ireland in the mid 1990’s and the story takes on a whole new level of crazy. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-bomb-disposal-procedure-involves-ivory-soap-a-plastic-chair-newslink/660760/3 "2013-06-12T02:26:05Z")
Yes, but had she been rushed to the hospital, I’ll bet she’d have had clean underwear on! ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-bomb-disposal-procedure-involves-ivory-soap-a-plastic-chair-newslink/660760/4 "2013-06-12T04:43:50Z")
Reminds me of [this video.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSmR5o8zO3U) ---
**Author:** ![DataX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DataX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataX)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-bomb-disposal-procedure-involves-ivory-soap-a-plastic-chair-newslink/660760/5 "2013-06-12T04:56:26Z")
This one is not much better… [http://www.digitalspy.com/odd/news/a464360/world-war-ii-unexploded-bomb-discovered-in-garden.html](http://www.digitalspy.com/odd/news/a464360/world-war-ii-unexploded-bomb-discovered-in-garden.html) Police officer drives bomb away from woman’s house (who was originally told it was safe to keep), then is ordered to bring it back. To her house? In all fairness - maybe the woman in the original article had read about dirty bombs… ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-bomb-disposal-procedure-involves-ivory-soap-a-plastic-chair-newslink/660760/6 "2013-06-12T06:58:45Z")
> [@](#): > > He said: “I heard a rattle in the kitchen and saw she was washing it in the blooming sink.” Which fortunately did not become a _booming_ sink. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-bomb-disposal-procedure-involves-ivory-soap-a-plastic-chair-newslink/660760/7 "2013-06-12T07:22:01Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Reminds me of [this video.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSmR5o8zO3U) UM, actual bombs exploding and people being hurt there, if not killed. A little warning should be mandatory at minimum. ---
**Author:** ![Teacake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-bomb-disposal-procedure-involves-ivory-soap-a-plastic-chair-newslink/660760/8 "2013-06-12T20:33:31Z")
Why should you assume that she’s ever had to survive London traffic, when she comes from Norfolk? This country doesn’t work like that country in terms of distance. Mocking people’s intelligence/knowledge of unusual subjects, ha.