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Soap Screen
soap screen producing washing machine claymore mines | |
This is my only idea to date for a "weapon" (sounds of
applause)
Picture the scene - your unit is cut off and about to be
overrun... escaping under the protection of a smoke screen is
not a effective option due to a combination of circumstances,
so you decide to deploy your Soap Screen. A
series of large
overfilled washing machines, which you had previously seeded
in a defensive line, erupt into virulent life. Gallons of colourful
soap suds billow out, filling every alley-way and gully. You
make good your escape as your enemy is enveloped in a
monstrous cloud of soap suds.
Soapy bubbles have several advantages over the traditional
smoke screen
1 Inside the bubble Screen visibility is reduced to about an
inch.
2 Soap Screen would leave everything nice and clean and
shiny in its aftermath.
3 Enemy soldiers who foolishly ventured into the Screen would
become instantly lost and flounder around until they bumped
into something like a wall or fell down a hole.
4 Because cleanliness is next to Godliness many enemy
soldiers would simply strip off and start washing themselves in
the luxurious suds, while you completed your withdrawal.
Foam Distraction
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Make sure to turn up music and shine some lights on a disco ball, to really confuse them. [Worldgineer, Nov 10 2005]
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Obvious disadvantage: the bubble screen will be limited to two or three feet off the ground. (Try it and see.) |
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Nevertheless, I'm sure that could be useful in some situations. Flushing out enemy caves and foxholes in Afghanistan, maybe. You also don't need washing machines - putting dish detergent in an electric kettle has spectacular results, and I'm sure you could construct a very compact bubble-generating machine. |
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And you can rest assured - I don't think *anyone* is going to classify this as a "weapon." |
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How would they get the washing machines into the trenches?? Washing Machines are heavy and ungainly. They would have trouble getting around them to battle the enemy when not in use. If buried dirt would get into the mechanisms, rust etc. |
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Also, wouldn't it take a really long time for all those bubbles to build up? The enemy would see what was happening long before you were able to escape. |
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To much bubble and not enough squeak.... |
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[Picture the scene - your unit is cut off] |
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Is this about that movie that John Wayne Bobbitt made? |
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Drcurry - remind me not to have tea at your house |
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elvinpixie - these are military machines - compact and
powerful (Maytag M1001's to be precise) |
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normzone - that's a eunuch |
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thanks for all those - made me laugh |
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