Have a teacher friend who applied for a job in the Isle of Man and was called for interview so he booked the flight.  He was a technology teacher and had taken some examples of the students' work to show what he could get them to do. 

He was "somewhat alarmed" when he was stopped at gun point and asked to "come with me please."

Turns out, some of the work he was carrying contained mercury tilt switches (you can see where this is going) and they had lit up the scanners like a Christmas tree.

He didn't get the job.

In the mid-late 70s my little brother, who would have been 3 or 4, bought a 'Mr Delivery man' playset with his Christmas money.  Halfway along Romford High St my mum noticed he wasn't carrying it.  A brief panic and we return to C&A, where a crowd of people had gathered round this unattended carrier bag, unsure what to do (remember, mid 70s).

My mum marched into the middle of the crowd, picked the bag up and marched out again, leaving her annoyed at how stupid people were - what if it HAD been a bomb?

Quote from: Last Hussar on 21 February 2015, 05:42:42 PM
In the mid-late 70s my little brother, who would have been 3 or 4, bought a 'Mr Delivery man' playset with his Christmas money.  Halfway along Romford High St my mum noticed he wasn't carrying it.  A brief panic and we return to C&A, where a crowd of people had gathered round this unattended carrier bag, unsure what to do (remember, mid 70s).

My mum marched into the middle of the crowd, picked the bag up and marched out again, leaving her annoyed at how stupid people were - what if it HAD been a bomb?

Darwin award

Quote from: howayman on 21 February 2015, 05:23:00 PM
Once upon a time, many, many years ago on a Northumberland beach i found a shell/rocket/flare device, which as one does, promptly took to my Grandparents house. On arrival i was asked nicely to leave it at the bottom of the garden, whilst a discussion was held about just how dangerous this thing was. When i went back to look and poke at it (without parental/grandparental knowledge) it had disappeared, perhaps, even been stolen. Never did find out what it was or were it went. Hope it wasn't tooo dangerous.
The beach had been used during WW2 as a range and the dunes were strewn will .303 and other calibre slugs.
Ah the joys of youth. 

It's probably in some rabbit's display cabinet.