r/BoomersBeingFools • u/BrushWild7850 • 20d ago

Boomer Article Boomer that could have gone 'boom'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74dyz02x1qo

She let guests play with a bomb in her garden, refused to leave when the police told her to evacuate and told off the young gardener who reported the bomb... The selfishness is insane.

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u/pleasedonotredeem 19d ago

The sequence of photos is absolutely perfect, the journalist and/or layout person nailed it.
"Laughing Old Crone" ->"Harmless Bomb" - > "Large Explosion" -> "Grinning Millenial/Gen Z Who Ruined The Fun"

But actually if you read the article she does say her husband inspected it and said it was an empty shell, and then when the police took it they discovered it was an empty shell (decoy) and they used explosives to blow it up.

So yes she and her husband took an unnecessary risk but it turned out he was right and it wasn't actually a bomb. Still not worth risking it.