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  1. JD says:

    Just… wow.

  2. JohnB says:

    I suppose if you blow up whatever’s on fire, that might put it out.

  3. david j says:

    Pull pin, throw at fire.

  4. mamarosa says:

    Consult the Book of Armaments. Chapter 2, Verses 9-21

  5. Hotjoe says:

    lol if i’m not mistaken a tried and tested technique to putting out smaller fires is causing some sort of large concussion wave next to the fire and it snuffs it out. Hand Grenades would actually work, lol.

  6. SailorTaksu says:

    i bet obama has a few of those hand grenades…….

    O.o

  7. dr handle says:

    This is one of those new and improved grenades – even if you forget to pull the pin, it still does quite a bit of damage if you can hurl it at someone.

  8. baby boomer says:

    Fire?

    What fire?

    I don’t see a fire.

    Just a big, stinkin hole.

    You’re welcome.

  9. HooWuzDatMaskMan? says:

    Since you can’t toss that sucker very far, I hope that thing gotsa long fuse, ’cause you’re gonna have to run like hell in the other direction before that thing blows. ‘cept it might bring the whole building down on top of you.

    Could anybody tell me how the top, which I am assuming means something close to ‘fire extinguisher’ or ‘hand-held flame stopper squirter’, could wind up being interpreted as ‘hand grenade’? No clue what the language is on top, let alone being able to read it. Very curious.

  10. ChiaPet says:

    Amazingly enough – that’s a real translation. Back in the 1900s the Harden Hand Grenade was a glass bottle full of foam that when tossed into fires would break open and extinguish the flames.
    http://www.hammerdown.com/harden.html

  11. jimsmithkka says:

    i want that sign

  12. Droll not Troll says:

    If anyone throws that at me, I’ll be rather put out!

  13. PoodleGroomer says:

    Fire grenades were a thin container with some halogenated fire agent in them, usually carbon tetrachloride, that you could throw at the worst of the fire, like into the burning trash can or onto the burning stove, and then run. it would slow things down until a fire squad could show up. They weren’t very effective, the solvents were outlawed, and the released halogens killed people that couldn’t escape and fire crews.

  14. HellHathNoFury says:

    I’ve been a firewatch at a shipyard, and we carry a 56 lb fire extinguisher. Let me tell you, when you accidentally drop one down three plats of a submarine filled with already irritable welders, and it explodes and ricochets off of everything and makes a giant mess, you’d believe it was a hand grenade, and wish it would have killed you instead of leaving you to clean up and apologize to a big burly welder who has a great headwound from a flying extinguisher. *end of story*

  15. spagety says:

    No, wait! DON’T pull the pin!

  16. dragonrady says:

    Looks absolutely nothing like those “school lunch” cluster bomblets. *SIGH OF RELIEF*

  17. KZN02 says:

    Fuuny, I think MythBusters did something on exploding fire extinguishers.

  18. Marko says:

    FIRE IN THE HOLE!

  19. dragonrady says:

    *SNERK*

  20. Yukionna says:

    What a blast.

  21. 1846914 says:

    Oh uh, the Chinese text 灭火瓶 (Me ho pin) means fire extinguisher

    LOL :D

  22. Dangger says:

    Fight fire with fire

  23. Sean says:

    Pull pin and throw at fire briskly?


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