Re: Stink Bombs

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Fri Nov 09 2001 - 07:51:46 MST


John Clark wrote:
>
> Believe it or not in the current issue of The Bulletin Of the Atomic Scientists
> is an article on stink bombs. The military has developed a substance given the
> wonderful name "US Government Standard Bathroom Malodor", it's harmless
> but according to a scientist working on the project " It really is quite pungent,
> more precisely it smells like shit but much, much worse". It's never been used
> in war but the army people think it could have a devastating psychological effect,
> it's hard to feel like a epic hero when everything smells like a thousand people
> just farted on you. It should be especially effective in caves and trenches. Hmm.
>

Of course, this is only effective if the inhabitants of said trench have
not already been shitting in it for a week or more...



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