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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #65040 on: December 11, 2014, 12:50:15 am »

Look, I know the recent incident was the most exciting thing that hapened here since ]grisha5, but lets PLEASE not mention it any more?

Actual WTF:

Apparently, in WWII, the Germans wanted a way to automatically aim bombs at ships in the water. So what they did was strap bombs to CATS, because cats always land on their feet and avoid water. Idea was, cat is dropped from high up, cat sees water and air rolls towards solid ground, namely enemy ship. Then, once cat is landed, detonate bomb. They failed to account for the fact that cats usually faint when dropped from that high up. The Murricans tried something similar with bats, with similar results. Look, I know strapping explosives to animals is FUN, but please don't try to justify it as efficient or even effective.
How did they even get authorized to do that? That sounds like the sort of thing which would make Hitler execute you for crimes against felinity.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #65041 on: December 11, 2014, 12:50:41 am »

He was a dog person
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #65042 on: December 11, 2014, 01:16:44 am »

Look, I know the recent incident was the most exciting thing that hapened here since ]grisha5, but lets PLEASE not mention it any more?

Actual WTF:

Apparently, in WWII, the Germans wanted a way to automatically aim bombs at ships in the water. So what they did was strap bombs to CATS, because cats always land on their feet and avoid water. Idea was, cat is dropped from high up, cat sees water and air rolls towards solid ground, namely enemy ship. Then, once cat is landed, detonate bomb. They failed to account for the fact that cats usually faint when dropped from that high up. The Murricans tried something similar with bats, with similar results. Look, I know strapping explosives to animals is FUN, but please don't try to justify it as efficient or even effective.
How did they even get authorized to do that? That sounds like the sort of thing which would make Hitler execute you for crimes against felinity.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #65043 on: December 11, 2014, 02:08:37 am »

Bat bombs actually almost worked.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #65044 on: December 11, 2014, 02:09:46 am »

They did work. Just got the location wrong.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #65045 on: December 11, 2014, 02:18:29 am »

The bat bomb worked perfectly, and was suitable for deployment. The only issue was that right before it was ready, some scientists managed to build an extra sun, and the program was considered obsolete.

The cat thing sounds pretty bogus. German guided antiship bombs weren't that far behind the American ones (the use of which ended fairly quickly due to running out of targets), and a few may actually have been used.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #65046 on: December 11, 2014, 02:26:29 am »

Just imagine, if the nuclear bomb hadn't worked, we'd be reading in textbooks about the US's valiant effort to end WWII with exploding bats.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #65047 on: December 11, 2014, 02:42:33 am »

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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #65048 on: December 11, 2014, 08:37:11 am »

Just imagine, if the nuclear bomb hadn't worked, we'd be reading in textbooks about the US's valiant effort to end WWII with exploding bats.
I'm now imagining the cold war with explosives strapped to flying animals instead of nukes.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #65049 on: December 11, 2014, 08:41:35 am »

Just imagine, if the nuclear bomb hadn't worked, we'd be reading in textbooks about the US's valiant effort to end WWII with exploding bats.
I'm now imagining the cold war with explosives strapped to flying animals instead of nukes.
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« Reply #65050 on: December 11, 2014, 10:54:30 am »

Ahhh, our tax dollars at work.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #65052 on: December 11, 2014, 11:21:46 am »

I bought a salad for the first time at the cafe place.  American cheese in it.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #65053 on: December 11, 2014, 11:23:05 am »

I bought a salad for the first time at the cafe place.  American cheese in it.

How is that a wtf?
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #65054 on: December 11, 2014, 11:23:53 am »

I bought a salad for the first time at the cafe place.  American cheese in it.

How is that a wtf?
Because who puts cheese in salad?
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