To see if they could fly. Duh

I'm going to go out on a limb here, and guess it had something to do with either job or relationship stress, and that alcohol was involved.

/keen grasp of the more obvious.

are they sure he wasn't just Scottish

/one 64th scottish, if i trust my ancestors' fidelity

TFA doesn't say whether or not the guy's EOD designation was valid. Also didn't say whether or not he had ever deployed.

Maybe he never faced death daily. Maybe he's just a drunk dumbass.

I've never been in a hotel room that had multiple garbage can lids laying around. If I did, I suppose I would want to get rid of them too.

Dad?

PTSD defense, you're my friend.

APPROVES

"You know, you can shoot people out here, you don't have to throw garbage cans."

I thought that headline said...

As god is my witness, I thought garbage can lids could fly.

Jimmy Dove does not like this joker giving guys like him a bad name.

Maybe he was prank called.

Because he was out of furniture... duh!

Because if you throw them into the wall they stop, and you just have to throw them again.

/thought everybody knew that

fookin eejit: Because if you throw them into the wall they stop, and you just have to throw them again.

/thought everybody knew that

Sometimes they bounce back and knock your silly ass out.

When I was little kid I used to take the lid off of one of our trash can out in our yard and pretend I was Captain America. Used to throw them too (although, as you can imagine, a 6-year-old throwing a metal can lid doesn't impart much velocity to said lid.)

Maybe that's what he was doing?

Or... Y'know... Drunk...

Plastic or metal? This is important.

Metal ones are far superior because you can get some serious distance with them.

(RsTFA) Ground floor? Feh! I was hoping for some "Want To Believe" photo ops.

Lt. Cheese Weasel: You'd throw garbage can lids out your hotel window too if you faced death daily.

Came here to say THIS.

Headline: Police find Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist...
FTA: ...occupation as being in the U.S. Army, working with Explosive Ordinance Disposal.

Headline: ...throwing garbage can lids through his hotel windows
FTA: Another witness reported seeing a man swinging a garbage can lid at a window.


I'm going to assume submitters mommy drank a little while pregnant.

Get that man some hot black coffee, we got some damn bombs to disarm.

Sounds like a Nascar tailgate party to me.

If it comes back it's yours, if it doesn't, it never was.

Maybe he was defusing jager bombs.

"Boo hoo, I get shot at and almost blown up on a daily basis and sometimes need to vent!"

Baby.

The Hurt Locker is the best movie I've seen in a long time.

Also approves.

He was just releasing them into their natural habitat.

Just call his 1st Sergeant in the morning.

NoGods: Just call his 1st Sergeant in the morning.

You sir, are a heartless bastard.

Came for the Hurt Locker references, leaving satisfied.

Regardless of your feelings about Iraq, if you haven't seen this movie yet, do so.

PunGent: Came for the Hurt Locker references, leaving satisfied.

Regardless of your feelings about Iraq, if you haven't seen this movie yet, do so.

THIS! My fav movie of the year. Top 5 in decade. And I HATE war movies.

Sgt Otter: NightOwl2255: Headline: Police find Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist...
FTA: ...occupation as being in the U.S. Army, working with Explosive Ordinance Disposal.

Headline: ...throwing garbage can lids through his hotel windows
FTA: Another witness reported seeing a man swinging a garbage can lid at a window.


I'm going to assume submitters mommy drank a little while pregnant.

Some Farker used the proper term "Ordnance." FTFA, from a supposed professional journalist, used the incorrect "ordinance."

Tie goes to Subby.

/Not subby.

I think he got into the ordnance a little heavy then broke some ordinances.

elev8meL8r: As god is my witness, I thought garbage can lids could fly.

WKRP.

I am pretty sure I got drunk with this guy a couple weeks back.