You know who else submitted this with a "you know who else" headline?

hitler

/that is all

Drew set us up the bomb!

Video is not cooler than the el camino article that was greened earlier, then taken away in its prime.

You know who else linked to videos that open programs in my computer?

Mr. Hilter?

Well... I'd like to crack a joke here, but I don't feel up to it. But I will give a thumbs up to March_Hare.

I support any excuse to blow up Coventry.

Pixelvision: I support any excuse to blow up Coventry.

THIS.

steamingpile: Video is not cooler than the el camino article that was greened earlier, then taken away in its prime.

I agree whole heartedly, but my little heart did swell at seeing an explosion.

What an oddly literal and dull article that is. All it describes is the blowing up of the bomb. It says not one word about the actual bombing of Coventry, of which this bomb is presumably an artifact.

The bombing of Coventry is sometimes cited as a real-life example of one of the key premises of Cryptonomicon -- that sometimes you can't use the intelligence that you have because if you do you will tip off your enemy that you have cracked their codes.

I wonder if the reporter knows the history of their own city.

Coolest?


Seriously?

It looked like a ground fart. I've seen better on Mythbusters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woP9o6fY8fQ

Cement truck bye bye!

Woo hoo! Cool! burp

What a joke. My ejaculations are bigger than that.

germaniac: My ejaculations are bigger than that.

That comment is just fine without pictures. Or video.

You know who else liked to censor headlines?

HEIL CURTIS!

germaniac: What a joke. My ejaculations are bigger than that.

And they're over much faster

/I keed
//Buffering......

A bomb survey showed there was 0.89 100 per cent chance of finding a bomb on the site.

All fixed now.

The footage is not that good. Pretty disappointing, actually...

And, Subby, the Germans use the family name with Herr. So, "Herr Curtis" would have been more correct, if less funny. Of course, the Germans are known for their funny.

Reich-Roll'd!

FTA
A bomb survey showed there was 0.89 per cent chance of finding a bomb on the site.

Methinks the "bomb survey" will be correct 0.89 percent the next time they find a bomb.

In the midst of the smoke there is a small, terrifying, side-stepping gnome.

No "blitzkrieged by Drew" headline joke? Weak...

lame

Liberace lame

Excellent use of the often-abused "you submitted this" line.

+1 subby.

That's it?!

Jeebus Krimmus. I thought I was gonna get an orgasm outta this or something...

Coventry really got plastered in 1940. Enigma decrypts told us that the Germans were going to pulverise it that night. Churchill was told and asked if they should evacuate the city and put up extra air defonces. He said no. If we took special measures it would tip the nazis off that we could read their signal traffic so he sacrificed the city and many civilian lives. A terrible decision to have to make, but the right one.

/One good thing about Coventry - Lady Godiva rode through it nekkid.

I came here for the Unexploded Cow references.

steamingpile: camino

What el camino video? I was moving yesterday, and now my curiousity is piqued.

March_Hare: Drew set us up up us the bomb!

FTFY

Finding stuff like that must make life a little more exciting for backhoe operators over there. Here they just get a little surprise when they dig up water or gas mains.

Nakito What an oddly literal and dull article that is. I wonder if the reporter knows the history of their own city.

The reporter would have certainly known Coventry's history. Most people in the UK do, and anyone who has lived there would.

Not News: WWII bomb in Coventry.
News: WWII bomb in Coventry in 2008.


Lord Summerisle: Coventry really got plastered in 1940. Enigma decrypts told us that the Germans were going to pulverise it that night. Churchill was told and asked if they should evacuate the city and put up extra air defonces. He said no. If we took special measures it would tip the nazis off that we could read their signal traffic so he sacrificed the city and many civilian lives. A terrible decision to have to make, but the right one.

The decision may have been right, but Churchill didn't have to make it. The intelligence from the Enigma decrypts didn't identify Coventry. British intelligence thought the raid was going to be on London and the south east.

/One good thing about Coventry - Lady Godiva rode through it nekkid.

Yes. At least council tax bills came with a nekkid woman on a horse logo. Same for the wheelie-bins. Oh Coventry, how I miss your awful concrete city centre.

/Except for the Godiva on a horse statue.

A little bit on how those bombs got there in the first place..

Link (new window)

The city core was pretty much destroyed in the blitz. Rather then rebuild using the traditional British "high street" planning, they built one of the UK's first pedestrian shopping mall there.

And then there's the Coventry Cathedral. Rather than rebuild from the ruins, a brand-new cathedral was constructed on adjacent land, and the ruins kept as a reminder of the horrors of war.

Link (new window)

That was actually quite lame!

The British criteria for "cool" must be quite a bit lower than in the US.

Counting the time it took to buffer, that's about 45 seconds I'll never get back. They are gone forever.

This must happen all the time being that 1000's of bombs were being sent over weekly during WWII.

Any pensioners out there? Wonder what they thing...

Meh, I saw a better unearthed German WWII bomb being safely detonated earlier today.

"1000's of bombs were being sent over weekly during WWII."

Why would da nazis bomb a vacant lot?

/no wondor they lost.

This sucked.
(bows)

THAT'S considered astounding?


My explosions are far cooler.

Hmmm. Part of my post is missing. I'm a licensed blaster.