Explosives Camp

theodp writes "How about a summer camp where you get in trouble for not blowing things up? Students with a passion for all things explosive and proof of US citizenship pay a $450 fee to attend Summer Explosives Camp, 'We try to give them an absolute smorgasbord of explosives,' quipped a professor at the University of Missouri-Rolla, which offers a minor in explosives engineering. Here's the brochure (PDF), kids!"

Kaboom

[bruce_the_loon]

Need I say more, cousin Osama. You buy the plane ticket, I'll get the passports.

Forget students....

[Bo'Bob'O]

Can I go?

April fools day

[ghoul]

The application deadline is on April Fool's day? Isnt that a blast?

Sign me up!

[AciesD]

Dad will be so proud.

camp memories

[weighn]

can't wait to see the end-of-camp group shots - powder smudged faces, bandages, tattered clothing hanging from severed limbs...ah, the memories!

Only applicants with a lisp need apply...

[DorkusMasterus]

Obviouthly it's a technical thchool and not anything near the ivy leagueths... The brothure acthually stateth that the deadline for applicanth is April 1th.

Yes. The 1th.

Not the 1st. Becauth they're not that type of inthituthun. Dammit, Jim, they're miners, not phythithiths!

Re:School Mines

[weighn]

I think all schools should have a mine

but if each school had a mine of its own, what use would the curriculum be?
and how could we compare student grades across different schools?
oh, nevermine...

Re:Why US citizenship?

[jd]

Stop. Think. A Briton is in America, wanting American citizens - and only American citizens - to play with extremely dangerous explosives. There can be only one explanation. Revenge for The A-Team and Knight Rider.

Re:School Mines

[DorkusMasterus]

Come on now... this is a serious matter. And that is why I am introducing the "No Child Left in a Mine" bill to congress this summer...

Re:Queue the Panic

[weighn]

Surely this will provide GW with proof that terrorist training camps are being set up within the united states

no problem, just rename them to "Mythbusters Camps"

Re:Suicide Bombers anyone?

[Gordonjcp]

It seems they don't want the competition.

Well, it's bad for business. I'm amazed that the far-right fundie Christian crazies don't actually align with the far-right fundie Muslim crazies. After all, they want pretty near the same thing and the fundie Muslim crazies can do a better job of the abortion clinic bombings, and cheaper. Why not just outsource?

Re:Suicide Bombers anyone?

[somersault]

But the car bombs help, if only a little.

Re:UMR

[MadCow42]

>> Missouri Institute of Science and Technology, or MUST for short

If THAT is how you spell or make acronyms in Missouri, I'd be looking out of state for school too. :)

MadCow.

oh noes!

[edittard]

People with farming backgrounds could be able to get hold of ammonium nitrate, and mixed with fuel oil, that can be enormously devastating.

The thing is, nobody knows that. Or rather they didn't, till you opened your big fat mouth. Now it'll be all over the intarwebs in minutes. It's only a matter of time before some nutcase uses this knowledge to blow up a large government building, and it will be your fault. God help us all.

screw band camp

[jollyreaper]

*allison hannigan voice* And this one time at explosives camp...

Re:uhm, what?

[mrogers]

There'd be Explosives Camp alumni by now!

Yup, they're now recruiting for Retrieving Body Parts from Tree Branches and Reassembling them for Burial Camp. You should see the brochure for that one.

The Glasgow Flamers

[Colin Smith]

The Glasgow (for want of a better word) "bombers"

I think Flamers is a better word. It suggests a degree of crispyness or that flame grilled flavour.

Fair to assume they're capable of intelligence

Hmm. I'm not so sure. I'm far more concerned that these guys were imported into the NHS, and that there are potentially even more equally dumb people masquerading as doctors.

Still. It's good that religious nuts don't believe in experimentation.
 

Re:Safety isn't first

[Ours]

Your sig couldn't be more appropriate with your message :-).

Who to sign up...

[ancientt]

Okay, I'm not feeling motivated to sign my kids up, but can I set up a scholarship for the neighbor's kids?

Re:Safety isn't first

[Mr. Bad Example]

> So after step one, the intro to step two is most likely "See, kids, and this happens when you forget to..."

Also known as the "We're gonna need another Timmy" method.

Re:Safety isn't first

[Rorschach1]

To be fair, the building from the middle east was in the country illegally anyway.

Re:Safety isn't first

[Sven The Space Monke]

Is the safety briefing done by J. Walter Weatherman? "And THAT'S why you never hold a live blasting cap"

Re:Who to sign up...

[Foobar of Borg]

Sure, give your neighbor's kids knowledge in explosives, that's the smart thing to do

Yes. The best thing to do would be to take the course yourself. "Damn kids still playing on *my* lawn, are they?" [*BOOM*]

Re:Suicide Bombers anyone?

[Darby]

Now when I teach firearms safety, I have the student teach me back and I question the reasoning for each rule just to verify as much as possible that they understand and to force them to do extra consideration. The mindset when working with dangerous technology needs to include the foresight into what could go wrong. Understanding the context of each safety rule is very helpful.

And then you shoot them in the hand to make sure it really sticks ;-)