Woman washed suspected bomb in kitchen sink

A woman who dug up a suspected bomb in her garden washed it in her sink before police were called and a controlled explosion was carried out.

Carole Longhorn struck the metal object with her spade while gardening at her home in Melton Constable, Norfolk.

Her husband, Clive, said: "I heard a rattle in the kitchen and saw she was washing it in the blooming sink."

The object, which is about 25cm long (10in) and thought to have been a World War II projectile, was blown up.

Source: BBC

She sounds like a potential candidate for the Darwin awards.

I mean you just wouldn't would you? It does not take too much grey matter to recognise the object as a bomb or at least possibly a bomb, and considering how many were dropped over Norfolk it was quite likely that it was a bomb.

Apparently the bomb was live.

The object was driven to a nearby quarry and detonated.

"It was brilliant," Mr Longhorn said. "The ground shook - you could feel the shockwaves come across and bump into you.

Mm. Would he be saying that if it had happened in his house?

Sounds like something I'd do

It kind of makes you wonder what she thought it was to take it inside of her home to clean it off. O.o

At first glance I thought it was a giant jicama sort of root. But a metal root?

Maybe she thought it was a time capsule. What is it, a delayed message from the Germans?

At first glance, I thought it was a sweet potato.

If she'd had any sense she'd have stood it upright and danced naked around it in the moonlight.