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2006-11-29 Science & Technology

US military trains 'air force' of bomb-sniffing bees

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Posted by .com 2006-11-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Bee all that you can bee!

Posted by Angie Schultz 2006-11-29 00:57|| 2006-11-29 00:57|| Front Page Top

#2 "How do I tell if it's a bomb, sarge?"

"If you look very carefully, you'll see it extend its proboscis."

Posted by gorb 2006-11-29 03:56|| 2006-11-29 03:56|| Front Page Top

#3 First zionist cyberwasps, then imperialist bees... what's next, japanese mecha-ants?

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-11-29 05:17|| 2006-11-29 05:17|| Front Page Top

#4 I hear the new military uniforms will be black and yellow.

Posted by PlanetDan 2006-11-29 05:42|| 2006-11-29 05:42|| Front Page Top

#5 "Your bomb or your wife, Senor!"

Posted by John Belushi 2006-11-29 08:33|| 2006-11-29 08:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Naw, the new uniforms will be black and orange with great big wings on the back. They've hired some guy who calls himself The Monarch to design them.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-11-29 08:37|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-11-29 08:37|| Front Page Top

#7 RC: If you combine the two programs, you would have a unit with the motto (I hope My Latin is right)
Volta sicut papilio, punge sicut apis.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-11-29 10:16|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-11-29 10:16|| Front Page Top

#8 que left wing debate about letting the queen bee join in

Posted by pihkalbadger 2006-11-29 10:38|| 2006-11-29 10:38|| Front Page Top

#9 anon hits it! We should spread this news and the Jooooos news of cyberwasps far and wide on al-Jizz, then release hundreds of angry bees into Baghdad and al-Sadr City. Watch 'em squirm!

Posted by BA 2006-11-29 15:40|| 2006-11-29 15:40|| Front Page Top

#10 Seems to me they'd hyperventilate in Baghdad.

Posted by .com 2006-11-29 15:44|| 2006-11-29 15:44|| Front Page Top

#11 I think they already are.

Posted by gorb 2006-11-29 17:20|| 2006-11-29 17:20|| Front Page Top

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