Spies like who? or RIP M.R.D. Foot

[rich]

1st rule: do not at any time fart

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 9:56 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Accidentally ingesting plutonium (in powder form mixed w/ food - a
> murderous act, unless plutonium powder is stupidly stored in someone's
> kitchen), is a lot more plausible than mistaking plastic explosives
> for chocolate.  Does plastic explosive taste like chocolate?
>
> Davoid Morris
>
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 8:44 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > check out Ken Kalfus' story Pu-239 where some unlucky bastards if I'm mot
> > mistaken actually eat plutonium
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Matthew Cissell <macissell at yahoo.es>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> The obituary in The Economist's March 3rd issue was for Michael Richard
> >> Daniel Foot, "historian of secrets". One of the anecdotes from his
> writing
> >> caught my eye. It mentions someone "who ate plastic explosive in the
> dark,
> >> mistaking it for chocolate." Eating explosives? Preposterous. Who would
> >> think of such a thing? What's that? Say what? Oh yes, well now that you
> >> mention it it does ring a bell. Where have I read something like that
> >> before? Hmm. Perhaps truth is stranger than fiction.
> >>
> >> MC
> >
> >
>
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