The peroxide and fruit drink plan to down seven airliners

The Register (UK) ^ | Friday 4th April 2008 10:50 GMT | John Lettice

[Old Professer]

Homemade thermite?

[fish hawk]

Wow, nice article. Thanks to it, I and any high school kid now knows how to make a bomb that will down an airliner.

[toddlintown]

Poon Tang’s available in the produce department. Try checking the melons section. Remember, you want them firm, but somewhat giving to the touch, with a light fragerance. Don’t pull a “Mr. Whipple” or you might be escorted from the store.

[antiRepublicrat]

Homemade thermite?

I suggest wearing sunglasses when lighting.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Just posted:

Plotters 'made suicide videos' (UK Muslims on trial)

[Polynikes]

“Homemade thermite?”

Sure is although the ignition is not what one would assume :)

[rednesss]

"Poon Tang’s available in the produce department. Try checking the melons section. Remember, you want them firm, but somewhat giving to the touch, with a light fragerance. Don’t pull a “Mr. Whipple” or you might be escorted from the store."

Sound advice.

[antiRepublicrat]

Thanks to it, I and any high school kid now knows how to make a bomb that will down an airliner.

I learned how to make several kinds of bombs that could take out an airliner, but that was starting as young as middle school about 30 years ago.

Bombs are basic natural truths of chemistry. Fight Club wasn't a joke, if you know how to make soap (something most women learned way back when) it's only a couple (rather dangerous) steps more to make nitroglycerin. The only way to keep bomb making out of the hands of the people is to keep them stupid.

[VanShuyten]

“Here honey, hold muh beer. I’m gonna go out to the garage and see if’n this really works.” ;-)

[ccmay]

A pity that England no longer has the stomach to draw and quarter scum like this.

[SuziQ]

If you see an Islamic sounding fellow chanting Allah Akkbar, and he’s got a bottle of TANG, Two “D” cell batteries, a camera with a flash unit, and he’s heading to the bathroom....

Uh, trip him?

[UCANSEE2]

“Thanks to it (the article), I and any high school kid now knows how to make a bomb that will down an airliner.”

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Oh, come on now.

Using the article, procure the items listed, and mix them as stated.

Most likely, you will get a fizzy mess to clean up off the floor.

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On the other hand, posters here have contributed much simpler, and easier bomb recipes.

Ones that we learned ‘as children’.

It’s part of growing up. If you grew up, it’s because you learned to be careful with household chemicals after seeing what they could do.

Oh, for the day’s of an acetylene filled balloon in shop class.

[UCANSEE2]

BTW. Here’s the recipe from the article.

Maybe today’s ‘high school kids’ are much smarter than us old fogeys, and can figure the recipe out and clue us in.

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“Mouthwash, blue, red. Calculate exact drops of Tang, plus colour. Make in HP.” And: “Lucozade, red, 1.5 drops, one teaspoon Tang, one teaspoon orange, 12 drops. Oasis, red. On, red dye. Orange, two times mango.”

[UCANSEE2]

Uh, I was gonna say don’t ask him for a drink, but tripping him and screaming “terrorist” real loud might work better.

Cereally (a true word. Combines Cerebral and Serious into one convenient word), the most important part of the story is being missed.

In our recent past, the MSM came out with news about a new ‘infraction’ on our rights by that huge symbol of evil, (President Bush).

Poor airline customers were having their drinks and batteries taken away.

IIRC, there was plenty of outrage over the seemingly odd mix of things like fruit drinks, and flashlight batteries.

Comments were things like, “don’t these TSA workers have anything better to do?”.

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NOW we know the rest of the story.

But, I wonder, how many even remember?

[UCANSEE2]

“Sure is although the ignition is not what one would assume”

Camera Flash causes catalytic reaction after the powder and liquid are mixed?

[SuziQ]

But, I wonder, how many even remember?

Oh, I do, because I happened to be flying the same day that this threat was announced, back in 2006. TSA took my mascara, of all things! I'm glad they're now allowing folks to buy food and drinks within the secure area to take on planes.

[Polynikes]

I was referring to the “homemade thermite”. You are talking about TATP and just the mixing of the ingredients does not produce the bad stuff. It has to be prepared in a controlled environment to be made ready. That is all I am going to say about that even though the info is in the public domain.