TDean Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 Cannon-shell-turned-table-leg hurts family! Tuesday, November 26, 2002 Posted: 1:38 PM EST BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (Reuters) -- A Montenegrin family thought a World War II artillery shell was the ideal replacement for a broken table leg -- until it exploded, injuring eight people as they were about to eat a meal. The Miskovic family in the town of Danilovgrad was preparing the local specialty of grilled pork fat on the table when the old shell went off over the weekend, the Yugoslav daily Vecernje Novosti reported. "It was our own idea to replace the missing leg with this cannon grenade," house owner Milovan Miskovic said. "We thought it was harmless ... it was here in our courtyard for some 50 years." But "all of a sudden, we heard a loud bang and then everything went black." YA! ..(long pause)...........What's for dessert? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 If anyone had been killed, we'd have a sure-fire Darwin Awards winner here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 That'll teach those punk kids to keep their elbows off the table... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 Pass me the baked potatoes and corn on the cob... <kaboom>.... I mean, mashed potatoes and creamed corn. Musta been just the propellant bursting the case. There's no way they'd survive the warhead. P.S. Makes you wonder how they lost the table leg in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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