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Ping Tung

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10. It looks like they were more expert at opening beer cans while playing with explosives.
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 01:51 PM
Jul 22

The "expert" that trained us how to use grenades said "Throw the fucking thing and duck". I don't recall his instructing us how to cut then in half.

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don't seem very expert pimpbot Jul 22 #1
I agree that the guy who left the grenades has liability in this. He is a KILLER to have left those grenades Demovictory9 Jul 22 #2
I think he is out of the country . I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't return JI7 Jul 22 #14
They supposedly X-rayed the grenades and determined the grenades were inert. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 23 #18
Why would an explosives expert cut a grenade in half? sop Jul 22 #3
Why would the other two stand and watch?? Not one of three said "no! no! no!" Demovictory9 Jul 22 #4
I can just see them at a workbench, watching while one of them cuts into a live grenade with a Dremel tool. sop Jul 22 #12
And why do LAPD explosives experts keep screwing up? Renew Deal Jul 22 #5
that was LAPD, this is LA Sheriff Demovictory9 Jul 22 #8
Damn grenades. They'll get you every time... PeaceWave Jul 22 #6
omg. what was that? Demovictory9 Jul 22 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jul 22 #9
It looks like they were more expert at opening beer cans while playing with explosives. Ping Tung Jul 22 #10
Just the same as with every NRA gun nut who fancies himself a firearms expert. Aristus Jul 22 #11
I guess a torch wasn't available onethatcares Jul 22 #13
Fucking geniuses. Hey, let's cut one in half and see what's in there. Is that in the manual? Martin68 Jul 22 #15
More: they had xrayed the grenades. The grenades had been stolen by the military guy Demovictory9 Jul 23 #16
One hell of a dynamic training exercise HAB911 Jul 23 #17
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