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Ok, wtf was in the bucket?

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Old 19th Jan 2013, 08:17
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Ok, wtf was in the bucket?
To make a hole like this?

BBC News - Bucket falls from US military aircraft leaving hole in building
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Elsan perhaps
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In that case, someone's in the sh*t.
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Oh I did hope to see the blue signature of elsan but, alas, a clean hole.



Unlike mine after using..... Oh too much information perhaps?
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"embarrasing the marine corps"

Looks like someone was still sat on the bucket.......
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SASLess practicing TLA bombing technique.
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This is beyond the pale!
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At least it wasn't an M60 or 200 rounds of 7.62!!
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Ok, wtf was in the bucket?
It may have been an illegal stowaway they saw him curled up in the bucket and booted it off!
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It may have been an illegal stowaway
Cue for a song, perhaps.............

There's a Pole in my bucket, dear Charlie, dear Charlie..........etc
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Empty beer cans - they don't weigh much and were blown all over the place without causing damge.
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Was anyone more senior to the luckless Lt too embarrassed to comment?
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If it was the Elsan,pax perhaps been 5hitting bricks due being given a 'fun' ride in such a Heath-Robinson'esque device ?
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A bog standard air drop then?
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I bet the "paperwork" was extensive
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Elsan perhaps
As it went through the ceiling, did the sh*t hit the fan?
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Spray that again
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It was just a drop in the bucket...
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The Investigating Officer has nothing to go on
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Stocks of the real thing must be getting low.

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