Grenade thrown at Bush

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Grenade thrown at Bush

May 11, 2005

WASHINGTON: A possible hand grenade was thrown toward a stage in Georgia where US President George W Bush was giving a speech today, says the US Secret Service.

"After the president departed the country of Georgia we were notified by host country authorities of a report that during the president's speech in Tbilisi a device described as a possible hand grenade was thrown within 100 feet [30m] of the stage," said Secret Service spokesman Jonathan Cherry.

"It was reported that a device hit an individual in the crowd and the device fell to the ground," Cherry said.

"It was reported that a Georgian security officer picked up the device which did not detonate and removed it from the area," he said.

Bush had been speaking before thousands of cheering Georgians in Tbilisi's Freedom Square.

"At this time we have not seen the reported device. We have agents on the ground in Tbilisi working with the FBI, State Department and host country security authorities to look further into this report," Cherry said.

Bush is now back in Washington.

Hes untouchable

[Beirut]

Hes untouchable

Except when he's drunk. Then you can touch him all over.

Well, that what the hooker said...

[TheSilverKnight]

Except when he's drunk. Then you can touch him all over.

Well, that what the hooker said...

OOOOOOOOHHHH!!! SERVED!!!
Nice Beirut my main man! *high five @ Beirut*

[Papewaio]

American Pretzels are more effective then Russian Hand Grenades...

[PanzerJaeger]

Wow lucky.

Do grenades often fail to go off?

[Proletariat]

Do grenades often fail to go off?

No way! It's like, soooo obvious now he is the Anointed One we hoped for when casting our ballots last fall!

[Redleg]

Wow lucky.

Do grenades often fail to go off?

Depends on the age of the grenade and how it was stored - The grenades used by the United States Military have a dude rate that is extremely low.

However other nations I don't know of. And this could of been a practice grenade - same weight and shape - just no explosive inside. Kind of hard to tell from the article.

[Don Corleone]

No way! It's like, soooo obvious now he is the Anointed One we hoped for when casting our ballots last fall!

Good one Proletariat.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Except when he's drunk. Then you can touch him all over.

Well, that what the hooker said...

I think you have him confused with the previous tenant of the Whitehouse.

[Papewaio]

The grenades used by the United States Military have a dude rate that is extremely low.

So not many California grenades?

Hey Dude, some totally like serious surf.

[JAG]

I am so glad he survived, what a man.

[KukriKhan]

So not many California grenades?

Hey Dude, some totally like serious surf.

Bwahahaha!

Glad he's OK. Getting hurt in Georgia could have been a problem. I hear the Georgian authorities didn't even tell the Secret Service until 2 hours after GWB was out of the country.

I ran a grenade range in the early 80's. The literature cited "1 in 150,000" dud rate IIRC. We probably went through that many in the year I was there. No duds. (Maybe the day after I left?).

edit: added a zero.

[Hurin_Rules]

CNN is reporting that some sources in Georgia are denying this story is true. It seems we don't yet have all the facts.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Come on Hurin fess up . It was you and one of your practical jokes again wasnt it?

[Beirut]

Except when he's drunk. Then you can touch him all over.

Well, that what the hooker said...

I think you have him confused with the previous tenant of the Whitehouse.

No. Clinton didn't have to pay for it.

[The Black Ship]

Oh that's where you're wrong...he paid for it alright Political capital is waaaaay more pricey than your local piece of ....

[Aurelian]

A "possible" hand grenade? Sounds fishy.

Maybe it was an infinite improbability hand grenade.

Maybe it was a Georgian metallic love-pineapple.

Hard to say.

[Hurin_Rules]

Come on Hurin fess up . It was you and one of your practical jokes again wasnt it?

Ok, you're right, it was me. I was hoping to see some hot southern women, so I took a plane to Georgia, but I got the wrong one.

[Byzantine Prince]

*BP notes 'throw grenade at Bush, make sure it's not a dud'*

Ok, done!

[Gawain of Orkeny]

BP your phones ringing and theres someone at your door.

[Papewaio]

BP how pray tell would you check that the grenade is not a dud without pulling the pin first (and hence probably killing oneself)?

Now if you want to see Bush come down I suggest a less violent means... give him pretzels to eat while he is on his Segway...

Or date one of his daughters.

[Tachikaze]

Hes untouchable

What would you have said when Hitler miraculously survived the assassination attempt against him?

Only the good are spared?

[monkian]

What would you have said when Hitler miraculously survived the assassination attempt against him?

Only the good are spared?

You naughty little hippy you !

[Beirut]

Maybe it was an infinite improbability hand grenade.

Ha! That's great.

Maybe it was the action of throwing an infinite-improbability hand grenade that led to him being president. What else could the reason be?

[Spetulhu]

I can't speak for all different hand grenades, but the sort I've seen have a separate detonator tube. The grenades are stored without detonators for reasons of safety. Throw it as far as you want without the detonator, it won't work. When you prepare it for use the top of the grenade is unscrewed, the tube is attached and then it all is put back together. Ready to explode!

Someone unfamiliar with the grenade type could just have failed to make it operational.

[Ja'chyra]

I can't speak for all different hand grenades, but the sort I've seen have a separate detonator tube. The grenades are stored without detonators for reasons of safety. Throw it as far as you want without the detonator, it won't work. When you prepare it for use the top of the grenade is unscrewed, the tube is attached and then it all is put back together. Ready to explode!

Someone unfamiliar with the grenade type could just have failed to make it operational.

Or it could have been a pomegranate

[Byzantine Prince]

Those are dangerously deliscious!

[Ja'chyra]

Last time I had one I was sick for 5 hours afterwards

[Goofball]

Well, even if it had gone off, Bush would have had to have extremely bad luck to have even received so much as a scratch from a grenade exploding 100 feet away (not to mention that it was supposedly in the middle of a crowd of people who would have absorbed all of the blast/schrapnel).

[Ronin]

well.....what can i say....

better luck next time..