Exploding Pineapples

I heard a chunk of flowerpot was blown out of the pot.

*gasp*

Professor Paul Wilkinson, chairman of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at St Andrew's University, said: "We have no idea yet who the perpetrators were, but obviously the authorities will be keeping a close eye on the investigation." I'm enrolling for a course tomorrow, and will be specialising in assassination, extortion, and home economics. [%sig%]

Dr Hox, will you be concentrating your efforts on Thailand and the Asia / Pacific region or going for a more Hawaiian flavour?

I blame Del Monte.

I'd heard it was a fake grenade filled with gunpowder. Grenades are sometimes called pineapples, I think, but are you guys saying they put an explosive in a real pineapple?

I heard there were two explosives. One was the "size" of a pineapple and the other was a toy hand grenade stuffed with explosive. Overall, it was a stunt that could have been done by just about anybody and doesn't appear to have been done with the intention of doing serious damage. The old WWII american hand grenades were called pineapples, due to the pattern of the fragments on the outer shell. Vietnam era grenades were called Egg grenades due to their smooth case and shape, and were generally a little more deadly.

I heard that they were explosives stored inside plastic fruits. I made up the pineapple bit. Could've been a banana or even a tangerine.

Was it you that made up the 'Freddie Starr ate my hamster' thing as well?

I tried to think of a few plastic fruits but no-one sprang to mind.

The title of this thread has made my saliva glands work overtime, just remembered I've left tea brewing in the kitchen...spoon will be standing up all by itself. Oh, suppose I ought to get the kids to bed soon too.

My mum used to say to me that if I wasn't in bed by 10pm I had to come home.

I heard one was a real granade stuffed with pineapple, one was a pineapple stuffed with gunpowder and one was a low fat special from Delia Smith served with a rather nice sorbet.

Ah, Devious Myth...I always suspected she had something to do with international terrorism. The ability to remain totally dead-pan while Lenny Henry waved placards declaring his love for her behind her as she cooked convinced me.

Kinetic clocks are allergic to pineapples. The very sight of pineapples makes us explode.