Bomb-loving lobster Lionel explodes
source: http://www.bigredkev.com/2009/10/bomb-loving-lobster-lionel-explodes.html
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Lionel the lobster had found the perfect home and he wasn't about to give it up for anyone.
Move? Over my dead body, he could have said. Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened.
Divers spotted Lionel lurking inside an unexploded 270kg (600lb) World War II mine in a harbour.
Royal Navy bomb disposal experts were then called in to see if they could persuade the lobster to come out before they blew it up. But the crustacean refused to budge and delivered a nasty nip to one frogman.
The bomb squad had no choice but to set charges with Lionel still inside and, after setting up a 1,000m cordon in Swanage, Dorset, blew it up.
'Unfortunately, the bomb disposal unit have a job to do and it wasn't possible to save Lionel,' said a coastguard spokesman.
'We've had a moment's silence for him, though, because he was no doubt blown to smithereens.'
Move? Over my dead body, he could have said. Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened.
Divers spotted Lionel lurking inside an unexploded 270kg (600lb) World War II mine in a harbour.
Royal Navy bomb disposal experts were then called in to see if they could persuade the lobster to come out before they blew it up. But the crustacean refused to budge and delivered a nasty nip to one frogman.
The bomb squad had no choice but to set charges with Lionel still inside and, after setting up a 1,000m cordon in Swanage, Dorset, blew it up.
'Unfortunately, the bomb disposal unit have a job to do and it wasn't possible to save Lionel,' said a coastguard spokesman.
'We've had a moment's silence for him, though, because he was no doubt blown to smithereens.'
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tallmansam
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aarrhh poor old lionel. he will be in lobster heaven now.
- 2 years ago
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tallmansam
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Cubejam
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Poor Lionel :'(
- 2 years ago
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Cubejam
