Man uses live mortars as dumbells

Ananova ^ | August 24, 2009 | Staff

[library user]

A man from China decided to keep fit using two old mortars before a friend noticed the devices were still live.

Former army officer Xie Long, 87, said: "A colleague told me they were defused and because they were heavy and in the right shape I took two home to use as dumbbells.

"Even my two sons used to use them as well for training. I can't believe we trained with them for 30 years with nothing happening."

The mortars were discovered by chance when a friend from the local police force who also specialised in explosives visited Long at his home in the Hechuan district of Chongqing.

"When I saw one of the mortars, I was sweating. The firing pin was in the position of readiness, and can explode if violently hit or shaken," said police officer Li Guangkui. Li said: "Once exploded, the result is beyond imagination."

Police have defused the mortars, and they will now be put on display in a military museum.

[library user]

Hold muh mortars.

[VisualizeSmallerGovernment]

"Once exploded, the result is beyond imagination."

Maybe this loses something in the translation, but I expect the result is exactly as I imagine it.

[taildragger]

THis guy and his kids need to start buying lottery tickets!!!!!

[Lurker]

EOD ping.

[Fiddlstix]

Ping

[I Drive Too Fast]

Sounds like 3 dumbells to me ping

[JRandomFreeper]

If you visualize a pink mist future for the workout guy, your visualization is correct. You might be surprised at the damage further away, though.

/johnny

[Flag_This]

Only little girlie men work out with defused ammunition.

[rellimpank]

—my tagline applies—

[LegendHasIt]

The mortar is the tube (& assembly) that fires them. What they are talking about are properly called projectiles, shells or bombs.

/terminology police

[b4its2late]

Don’t give Obamacare any ideas...

[dog breath]

This workout could of not only of created ripped muscles but ripped everything. The weight loss would of been instantaneous.

[library user]

THis guy and his kids need to start buying lottery tickets!!!!!

That's what I was thinking. I wish I had their luck!

[jslade]

I see a future Darwin Award.

[library user]

The weight loss would of been instantaneous.

LOL

[astyanax]

Isn’t mortar ammunition referred to as “rounds”?
(I figure who better to ask than the terminology police!)

[AngelesCrestHighway]

“Dumbell uses live mortars as dumbells”......fixed it.

[livius]

Does he have neighbors? Have they slipped a plastic bag over his head yet?

[HIDEK6]

Saved me the trouble, thank you.

[Squantos]

LOL we call folks who take home uxo organ donors and the end results culling the herd.

Take down the guard rail at the grand canyon and make america a smarter population !!

[aught-6]

“Here, hold my beer and watch this.......”

[magslinger]

LOL! Are you now or have you ever been an ordinanceman?

I can imagine flight deck red shirts saying exactly that.

[Flag_This]

"LOL! Are you now or have you ever been an ordinanceman?"

My short time in the Army was as an 11-B, but I was nearly an 11-C, so I feel close to the subject.

[wvguy]

Feel the burn! No pain - no gain.
Yea.

[LegendHasIt]

Yeah, that too.

[Disambiguator]

"Once exploded, the result is beyond imagination."

You could interpret that to mean, "since your brains are splattered all over by the explosion, it's hard to imagine anything."

;^)

[Slings and Arrows]

LOL! Are you now or have you ever been an ordinanceman?

Ordinance: Law.
Ordnance: Things that go "boom!"

Sorry, just a pet peeve of mine.

[Slings and Arrows]

CHARLES DARWIN: "Missed him by this much, Chief!"

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