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MOCAŠ

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<div class="bbWrapper">Driving past the Shell station in Ashburnham Road this afternoon, I heard a load thwack, followed by a light splattering of what felt like water and some excited whooping from the roadside. I looked around sharply and just caught a glimpse of some adolescents making off through the petrol station. <br /> <br /> Still wasn't quite sure what had hit me, so to speak, so pulled in a little further up the road to take a look. No damage to the car, thankfully, just some water marks across the boot lid and nearside wing. I had wondered if they might have thrown paint at it in an attempt to relive last year's student riots, but evidently not.<br /> <br /> On closer inspection, I found this lurking behind the driver's seat:<br /> <br /> <script class="js-extraPhrases" type="application/json"> { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.", "lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow", "lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow", "lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen", "lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails", "lightbox_download": "Download", "lightbox_share": "Share", "lightbox_zoom": "Zoom", "lightbox_new_window": "New window", "lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar" } </script> <div class="bbImageWrapper js-lbImage" title="waterbomb.jpg" data-src="http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m495/9MOCAS/waterbomb.jpg" data-lb-sidebar-href="" data-lb-caption-extra-html="" data-single-image="1"> <img src="http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m495/9MOCAS/waterbomb.jpg" data-url="http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m495/9MOCAS/waterbomb.jpg" class="bbImage" data-zoom-target="1" style="" alt="waterbomb.jpg" title="" width="" height="" loading="lazy" /> </div><br /> <br /> Don't know whether to be outraged at their delinquency or impressed with their aim. <br /> <br /> Either way, just be careful if you're driving an open-top car past Shell Chelsea. You have been warned.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Hmmm... it's near your tap... I am assuming that you are about to refill it and reuse it - conduct some scientific experimentation with water bombs no doubt - or just working on your aim? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="markjay" data-source="post: 1191286" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1191286" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1191286">markjay said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Hmmm... it's near your tap... I am assuming that you are about to refill it and reuse it - conduct some scientific experimentation with water bombs no doubt - or just working on your aim? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> Bomb disposal, more like...</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="MOCAŠ" data-source="post: 1191287" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1191287" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1191287">MOCAŠ said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Bomb disposal, more like... </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> he who smelt it... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="rascalmaster" data-source="post: 1191314" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1191314" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1191314">rascalmaster said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> he who smelt it... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">I think the other part is<br /> <br /> ..dealt it?</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">I can just see MOCAS now investigating the hire of a helicopter - the price of an underslung firefighting canvans &quot;bucket&quot; the location of a pond and a pilot with a sense of humour.<br /> <br /> Now thats a waterbomb.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="markjay" data-source="post: 1191321" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1191321" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1191321">markjay said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I think the other part is<br /> <br /> ..dealt it? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> Just Googled that, and it comes up with &quot;flatulence humour&quot;. I'm none the wiser...</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Mocas you're far too refined for this 'toilet humour' but the old retort against being accused of breaking wind would be:<br /> <br /> 'who smelt it dealt it'<br /> to which the assailant would reply:<br /> 'who denied it, supplied it'<br /> <br /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Actually your picture is of something that looks as if it would be more 'at home' on a ram! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="camerafodder" data-source="post: 1191324" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1191324" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1191324">camerafodder said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Mocas you're far too refined for this 'toilet humour'... </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> Don't know about that, but this one had clearly passed me by.<br /> <br /> Still struggling to see the relevance to the waterbomb incident though. Perhaps if it had been a stink bomb...</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="camerafodder" data-source="post: 1191324" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1191324" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1191324">camerafodder said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Mocas you're far too refined for this 'toilet humour' but the old retort against being accused of breaking wind would be:<br /> <br /> 'who smelt it dealt it'<br /> to which the assailant would reply:<br /> 'who denied it, supplied it'<br /> <br /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> SBD. Silent But Deadly is the way to go.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="camerafodder" data-source="post: 1191326" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1191326" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1191326">camerafodder said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Actually your picture is of something that looks as if it would be more 'at home' on a ram! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> LOL!<br /> <br /> The weird thing is that it didn't split on impact, so I didn't get a drenching (which would have been quite welcome yesterday afternoon). I think the sprinkling I did feel at the time must have come from water on the surface of the balloon.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="trapperjohn" data-source="post: 1191329" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1191329" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1191329">trapperjohn said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> SBD. Silent But Deadly is the way to go. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> Now that one I <i>had</i> heard of... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">And to think that when I'm in one of my long &quot;can't get on&quot; periods I'm missing this level of quality motoring dialogue.<br /> <br /> How will I survive? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">In my defence Mocas; it was just after 7 in the morning... and my 'potty humour' probably reflected that... <br /> i was merely lending to the notion that you had taken it upon yourself to fill the said balloon with water as (shown in the incriminating picture posted)... and thus possibly harboured nefarious plans to test the item yourself, albeit purely in the interests of science...<br /> so perhaps this post was a carefully construed ruse to convince us and your conscience, that your actions to follow derived solely from the noble pursuit of scientific exploration into the mystery of the unexploded balloon theory... and had nothing in common witht he kids who lobbed it at your car.<br /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">... so did you chuck the balloon at some one?<br /> ... go on, you know you want too... lol</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="MOCAŠ" data-source="post: 1191330" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1191330" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1191330">MOCAŠ said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> The weird thing is that it didn't split on impact, so I didn't get a drenching (which would have been quite welcome yesterday afternoon). I think the sprinkling I did feel at the time must have come from water on the surface of the balloon. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Probably a second balloon..</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="rascalmaster" data-source="post: 1191363" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1191363" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1191363">rascalmaster said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> In my defence Mocas; it was just after 7 in the morning... and my 'potty humour' probably reflected that... <br /> i was merely lending to the notion that you had taken it upon yourself to fill the said balloon with water as (shown in the incriminating picture posted)... and thus possibly harboured nefarious plans to test the item yourself, albeit purely in the interests of science...<br /> so perhaps this post was a carefully construed ruse to convince us and your conscience, that your actions to follow derived solely from the noble pursuit of scientific exploration into the mystery of the unexploded balloon theory... and had nothing in common witht he kids who lobbed it at your car.<br /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> Blimey! Nothing so elabrote. I was about to pour the contents of the balloon down the sink when I decided to record it for posterity.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="Dieselman" data-source="post: 1191377" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1191377" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1191377">Dieselman said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Probably a second balloon.. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> Hadn't thought of that, but I don't think so. Only one thwack (which gave me quite a start, being right behind my head), and no explosion of water (which I'd have noticed). I also doubt the balloon could have been too full to start with, as it probably wouldn't have travelled (or slipped down behind the seat).</div>
 
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