Untold History: when Germany declared War on Pringles

[BeBMan]

A World War One-era German hand grenade has been found among a delivery of potatoes shipped from France to a crisp factory in Hong Kong, police say.

The muddy device, which was 3in (8cm) wide, was "in an unstable condition" because it had been discharged but had failed to detonate, officials said.

It was discovered at the Calbee crisp-making factory in the eastern Sai Kung district on Saturday morning.

The bombe de terre was safely detonated on site by bomb disposal officers.

"All the information to date suggests that the grenade was imported from France together with the other potatoes," Superintendant Wong Ho-hon told reporters.

He added that the device was defused using a "high-pressure water firing technique".

full: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-47107609

[Broken_Erika]

Explosive great taste!

[BeBMan]

The background of this is that the Kaiser always wanted to put Pringles on top of his spiked helmet, but then got furious every time they broke into pieces when he tried. One day he finally had enough...

[pchang]

Explosives become more unstable with age, but at a certain point, they lose their explosiveness. If WW1 era stuff is still dangerous, maybe US Civil War stuff is safe? It probably depends on the amount of explosives. I could see it degrading according to some half-life like equation over time.

[Aeson]

Pringles however remain a threat forever...

[Ecthy]

B O M B E . D E . T E R R E

[I AM I AM I AM MOBIUS]

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-forgotten-ferocity-of-canadas-soldiers-in-the-great-war

FTW

https://web.viu.ca/davies/H355H.Cda.WWI/CanadianSoldiers.prisoners.2006.htm

[Dinner]

I like how they changed Pom de terre to bomb de terre.

[The Mad Monk]

Explosives become more unstable with age, but at a certain point, they lose their explosiveness. If WW1 era stuff is still dangerous, maybe US Civil War stuff is safe? It probably depends on the amount of explosives. I could see it degrading according to some half-life like equation over time.

Depends on the chemistry, really. Explosive substances that can autopolymerize fit the bill on both counts, but those that can't tend to stay stable indefinitely.

[The Mad Monk]

Assuming they were all that stable to begin with, of course.

[Dinner]

Pringles are the worst type of potato chip. People who eat them are almost as wrong as people who put corn in chowder.

[Broken_Erika]

Potato-chip racism! Chipist!

[ZEE]

Potato-chip racism! Chipist!

You are cute when you are angry.

[Sava]

If I could go back in time, I'd find the first year when something capable of reproducing with me walked. Then I'd try to civilization better than the ****show that happened.

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[-Jrabbit]

Fun fact: I have a cousin who was one of the engineers on the team that originally developed Pringles for Proctor & Gamble in Cincinnati.

[pchang]

Genius way to extract value from potato scraps which would otherwise be wasted.

[-Jrabbit]

Yeah, Pringles are something like 42% potato. Developed back when they were still called chemical engineers, not "food scientists."