German police find 'WW2 bomb' was big courgette - Sensationalist Headlines

[img]https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/44DE/production/_98603671_gerpolzucchini.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41857694[/url] [quote]A German man feared a monster courgette he found in his garden was an unexploded World War Two bomb and called the police. The 5kg (11-pound) courgette had probably been thrown over a hedge into the 81 year old's garden, police said. Luckily no evacuation was required in Bretten, a town near Karlsruhe in south-west Germany. The 40cm (16-inch) vegetable - also called zucchini - "really did look like a bomb", police said.[/quote]

Oh hey that's right around the corner from where I live!

[QUOTE=DrDevil;52853390]Oh hey that's right around the corner from where I live![/QUOTE] Hmmmm [url=maps.google.de]interesting[/url] [editline]3rd November 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=Burre.png;52853397]It doesn't even remotely look like a bomb.[/QUOTE] The guy is 81 years old. I doubt his eye sight is 20/20.

[QUOTE=Burre.png;52853397]It doesn't even remotely look like a bomb.[/QUOTE] It could if it was partially buried and covered in dirt, especially if you're 81.

[QUOTE=Burre.png;52853397]It doesn't even remotely look like a bomb.[/QUOTE] [img]https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/7E6B/production/_91536323_untitled.jpg[/img] Could be easily mistaken. Better safe than sorry.

To be fair, that is a pretty fucking big courgette.

That is hilarious.

[QUOTE]The 40cm (16-inch) vegetable -[B] also called zucchini[/B][/QUOTE] You learn something new every day.

[QUOTE=The_J_Hat;52853720]You learn something new every day.[/QUOTE] [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo2QaXZe3NE"]Oh hey, LISA the pointless taught me that.[/URL] I say better safe than sorry here. There's still many undetonated bombs lying around in Europe.

[QUOTE=The_J_Hat;52853720]You learn something new every day.[/QUOTE] i came in here wondering what the hell a courgette was

[QUOTE=Pat.Lithium;52853779]i came in here wondering what the hell a courgette was[/QUOTE] Me too. Silly Germans

Turns out not only corgis are afraid of giant zucchinis

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;52853435]To be fair, that is a pretty fucking big courgette.[/QUOTE] You're supposed to cut them off the vine before they get that big. You don't see them that big because the taste isn't very potent at that size.

[QUOTE=Bob The Knob;52853380][img]https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/44DE/production/_98603671_gerpolzucchini.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] [t]https://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/653*367/device_riverside_backyard.jpg[/t] Fair assumption

[QUOTE=Aide;52853399]Hmmmm [url=maps.google.de]interesting[/url] [editline]3rd November 2017[/editline] The guy is 81 years old. I doubt his eye sight is 20/20.[/QUOTE] More like 19/45.

5kg zucchini?? fucking Five [I]KILOS??[/I]

[QUOTE=DrDevil;52853390]Oh hey that's right around the corner from where I live![/QUOTE] Stay safe bro.

[QUOTE=SILBERDRACHEN;52855120]5kg zucchini?? fucking Five [I]KILOS??[/I][/QUOTE] The real question we should be asking is who the hell grew this giant zucchini

[QUOTE=Burre.png;52853397]It doesn't even remotely look like a bomb.[/QUOTE] I'm guessing the 81-y/o just saw something flying over his fence and crashing his yard, old guy's likely seen more bombs do that than vegetables :v:

[QUOTE=InsanePyro;52854169]Me too. Silly Germans[/QUOTE] We call them exclusively "Zucchini" though (or "Zucchino", according to dict.cc) :v: 'Courgette' is British and French.

[QUOTE=Tamschi;52855832]We call them exclusively "Zucchini" though (or "Zucchino", according to dict.cc) :v: 'Courgette' is British and French.[/QUOTE] Why the fuck are they sharing a word and a wrong one too?

[QUOTE=matt000024;52857798]Why the fuck are they sharing a word and a wrong one too?[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Bob The Knob;52853380][...] [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41857694]http://www.[B]bbc.co.uk[/B]/news/world-europe-41857694[/url][/QUOTE][emphasis and related BBCode changes mine] [editline]edit[/editline] Nevermind, got the joke now.

[QUOTE=The_J_Hat;52853720]You learn something new every day.[/QUOTE] Wait you're saying you guys don't call them zucchinis? I've never even heard or seen the word courgette in my life till now.

I’ve always known them as zucchinis, not courgettes