Tony,

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:15:08 +1000, Tony Smith wrote:

> > > It is quite obvious that you don't know that bombs /always/ have a 
> > > timer with big bright red LED numbers that count down from 
> > the time it 
> > > has been activated, and a green, a red and a blue wire 
> > connecting the 
> > > timer to the bomb
> > 
> > Well mine do. And they tick too. In fact I take a lot of care 
> > prepar....
> > 
> > Oh, wait. Hmmm, note to self, Gerhard knows too much. Gerhard 
> > must not know too much for any longer than is necessary
> 
> 
> Change it so they need to cut the green wire.  No-one will ever guess that.
> Needs a laser too.

Yes, and of course the red wire is the divide-by-10 signal, which if you cut it means the timer runs that much faster!  :-)

Some friends of mine were discussing colour-blindness once, and decided that bomb disposal was the most dangerous job for someone who suffered from it:

"I'm about to cut the reddy-greeny-greyish wire"!  :-)

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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