Silly String Helping Save Lives of Troops
November 29th, 2006 at 10:44 am . by el nuko
STRATFORD, N.J. - November 27, 2006 - It may seem odd, but Silly String is helping to save the lives of soldiers in Iraq and one local community is making a big effort to ship it overseas.
Among the dangers faced by the military fighting in Iraq are booby traps.
Nearly invisible wires trip the explosions, but soldiers and marines have found Silly String is one way to spot the sinister mechanism without setting off the trigger.
Sixth grade teacher Jane Maugeri demonstated Silly String’s use in revealing otherwise stealth threads for students at St. Luke’s School in Stratford on Monday.
It’s all part of a drive by the student council and the parish community to collect cans of silly string to send to Iraq.
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Comment posted by nuke
at 11/29/2006 11:17:31 PM
nite–(got a chord of firewood laid in) heh
Comment posted by SwampWoman
at 11/29/2006 11:03:53 PM
G’nite, all.
Comment posted by SwampWoman
at 11/29/2006 11:02:25 PM
Aaack! N2L, you gotta get some of those emergency logs from the supermarket and/or a kerosene heater!
/They both work pretty well.
Comment posted by no2liberals
at 11/29/2006 10:59:34 PM
Let’s all hope there are no power outages. This place is all electrified, except for the fireplace, and I don’t have any firewood.
/oh well
Comment posted by no2liberals
at 11/29/2006 10:58:32 PM
Henh!
I wonder what they did before casinos? I guess they must get a lot of drop in business, from people that were trying to trudge along at the top of the hill.
/henh
Comment posted by nuke
at 11/29/2006 10:57:16 PM
gnite. that’s a long day.
see you next time
Comment posted by no2liberals
at 11/29/2006 10:56:57 PM
I thought the same thing of Little Rock, as I did Vicksburg. Those are some steep slides to the river.
Comment posted by nuke
at 11/29/2006 10:56:28 PM
so when it gets real icy in Vicksburg, the folks there just stay inside the casino
Comment posted by no2liberals
at 11/29/2006 10:55:41 PM
Well, I need to shut it down. I’ve been up since 3a.m., and no siesta today.
Night y’all.
Comment posted by nuke
at 11/29/2006 10:55:14 PM
when it get’s icy, it’s plumb dangerous.
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